You're in IT, grinding at $80k, tethered to an office that drains your soul. But imagine pivoting to IAM: certs like Security+ and SC-300 in hand, labs replicating enterprise auth flows. Six months of relentless 25-minute daily sessions, publishing your builds online. Suddenly,
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- Committing to 3 hours of studying every day for the next 90 days is worth landing your first six-figure tech role. But you playin'
- Dear algorithm, send this to anyone who wants to finally make 6-figures in IT.
- If you're in IT, and have two remote jobs, and are a digital nomad, I have two pieces of advice: 1. Don't talk about it. 2. Use a VPN router with a built-in WiFi repeater.
- You’re giving 20 hours a week to Uber for $2k. An IT side gig pays $3k-$5k and sets you up for $130k remote in IAM. Certs take 90 days. Labs take a laptop. Discipline takes guts. Choose the path that changes your life. What’s holding you back?
- No degree. Just getting the CISSP, focusing in IAM, and becoming an Azure Security Specialist. This is the path to six-figures in IT.
- Grind 3 hours daily for 90 days. That’s all it takes to land your first $100k tech job. Stop playin’ and start studying.
- With IT, I have been able to: - Purchase 2 houses - Travel to 18 countries - Gift my mom a car - Take dates to nice restaurants I've let all my CompTIA, and Cisco certs expire at this point. I'm mostly coasting off of experience. Grateful. You can too.
- Security+ is a good first step into the cybersecurity niche. Get into a sub-niche for fatter stack: - Azure Security is good. SIEM for Azure Security is better (SC-200) - IAM is good. Okta Certified Professional is better. - AWS is good. AWS Security is better.
- IAM is the cheat code of tech. Quiet work. Low competition. Six figures on repeat.
- I used to think networking, cloud, and security were the best paths in IT. Then I fell into IAM by accident. And everything changed. - Every company needs it. No exceptions. - The job isn’t a constant fire drill like SOC or Help Desk. - You can hit $120K+ in under 2
- Behold. The Slow Crawl: Year 1 - Help Desk = $55k Year 3 - Sys Admin = $75k Year 5 - Cloud Engineer = $100k Year 15 - Security Architect $180k Behold. The Right Niche: Year 1 - Support = $50k Year 2 - Niched role = $120k
- Cloud is an IT niche. Get paid top dollar when you sub-niche: Cloud -> Cloud Security Cloud Security -> AWS Security AWS Security -> Emphasis in IAM, SIEM, Endpoint Security, or GRC
- This is your reminder that you should be studying for your next IT certification.

