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Why I Quit Development to Break Into Cybersecurity

Ujjwal Jha on June 15, 2025

I started at the terminal with my fingers frozen, time ticking–tic-tic-tic–less than 5 minutes left for my very first Capture The Flag (CTF) challe...
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Rohan Sharma • Edited

Great insights. I might try to explore CS as well

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Ujjwal Jha

Sure! Give it a try bud

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Chirag Aggarwal

Good luck in cybersecurity 🔥
Hope you get millions in bug bounties :D

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Ujjwal Jha

haha thanks yr <3

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Prince Affum

I just graduated from the university as graphic designer but studied software development along side my degree. I am very passionate about Cyber Security and would like to pursue it.
Currently, I'm studying CS from Cisco and I luck the consistency. Maybe a mentorship will do but here lies the case I'm not getting it. How do I stay consistent and committed.
Any help please?

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Ujjwal Jha

Hey, sorry to get back to you so late; I was busy with my grad school admissions. Mate, I think you know the answer to the question. If you're already pursuing CS from Cisco, then it's a stepping stone. You just need to focus and keep at it.

If you ask me how I stay consistent, then, mate, I have a big printout in my room that reminds me every morning why I started.

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Oscar

Awesome story -- makes me consider checking out some other areas of CS!

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Ujjwal Jha

You definitely should! In fact, I, too, was looking into cloud computing and how I can incorporate cybersecurity with CC to get into roles in cloud security.

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Priya Yadav

☘️☘️

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Ujjwal Jha

❤️❤️❤️

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MartinJ

Well written post - thank you for your insight. Good luck with your new career

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Ujjwal Jha

thank you sir

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Aavash Bhattarai • Edited

Good luck Ujjwal. I know you'll do great.🥳 🎉

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Ujjwal Jha

thank youu buddy <3