Cynthia Kamau

'Take risks now and do something Bold.

You won't regret it.'

Elon Musk.

My name is Cyndie.

I boldly jumped from Genomic Science to Cyber Security, with nothing but an old hp desktop and a burning desire to learn how to think like a cybercriminal, in order to outwit them. That was 2 years ago.

Now imagine a 3rd-year student, with no money, and not a single clue on how computers work, claiming they want to break into Cyber Security.

For crying out loud I pasted a full C script to Google!!! I didn't know what compilers were 😃😃.

Looking back then, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would be designing an AWS Migration plan for an organization, training Machine Learning models, managing on-premise High-Performance Computing servers, performing security tests, producing tech content... and of course being a proud AWS Community Builder!!! I practically live in the terminal.

The journey has been marvelous. The loong nights consuming CompTIA A+ content, keeping up with the "Kardashians"; Harvard CS50 Computer Science course, writing my first ever Hello World in Python, and of course crashing my good ol' desktop several times... I wouldn't have it any other way.

The fight still continues. As Steve Jobs famously stated, 'Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.' Learning is a never-ending process. As cyber criminals devise new lethal attacks, it is up to us internet watchdogs to defend not just current attacks, but also future ones in advance. With great power, comes great responsibility.

Sincerely,

Cyndie.