Ep 17 - Breaking Into Product Security, AppSec, DevSecOps, and Cloud Security Without a Degree

🎙️ Coffee, Chaos and ProdSec, Ep 17

Breaking into cybersecurity without a degree feels impossible, yet people do it every single day. So this week, Cameron and Kurt grab their mugs and get real about how career changers actually break into Product Security, Application Security, DevSecOps, and Cloud Security when their background looks nothing like tech.

Your hosts dive into the honest truth behind this path, the rejection, the gatekeeping, and the internal drive it takes to push through. They explore how personal brand becomes your signal in a noisy market, how a strong pivot story makes people want to invest in you, why networking still matters more than any certification, and which technical skills help you stand out early. They even dig into how AI has become a learning accelerator for anyone who knows how to use it with intention.

If you are trying to make the jump into security or you want to help someone who is, this episode gives you a roadmap instead of a motivational slogan.

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