If there one particular core skill that should be recommended for anyone to learn, then, it is cybersecurity.
This is the type of skill you will learn and never go broke or jobless. No doubt, the unemployment rate in Nigeria is huge but it doesn’t affect cybersecurity professionals.
The reality is that firms from different industries are expected to keep their customers’ data safe and secure, but the growing shortage of qualified cybersecurity professionals is making it difficult to do that.
It’s estimated that the number of unfilled cybersecurity positions will grow to a staggering 3.5 million by 2021. You can imagine how huge the opportunities are.
According to reports from the Cybersecurity Workforce Study, the average salary in North America for a cybersecurity professional, for example, is $90,000. And that figure rises to $93,000 for those professionals with security certification.
When you begin to think about cybersecurity and start building your career on it, in the next 5 years, you would become a certified and professional cybersecurity practitioner otherwise known as an ethical hacker.
Many Nigerians are beginning to learn how to code, others are also beginning to venture into Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. While there hasn’t been so much noise around learning cybersecurity skills.
Here is the most important thing – if you are the type who has a passion for technology, you are curious about protecting your devices and computers from viruses and external threats, then, you are good to go.
There are lots of online resources that would get you started. Udemy, Cisco Networking Academy is there for you, as well as others. Some of the introductory and fundamental course is usually free. You can take advantage of these free stuff and be passionate enough about it.
It’s not usually easy to get started, it only takes a determined person to learn. You may not see the opportunities that abound but there are a lot of them.
Keep off from social media for a while or stop watching unnecessary videos that will distort your learning potentials. Start today and enroll for this core skill and you will never regret.