How to Tell If You Should Hire an InfoSec Person with a Music Degree

I like the tone in which this article is presented. Slight sass but still strongly on point. No unnecessary fluff or tangential information.

I also like the flowchart at the very top. I didn't know that a music degree holder was involved in a InfoSec related case. Had I heard about this from a different source, I too might have said "oh maybe that why."

Not infosec, but in general tech fields, I have absolutely observed this to be the case. I work with a Philosophy PhD and a person with a no degree, and both are excellent at their job. (Of course my judgement might limited because I have an MFA in Screenwriting.)

I have personally gone through something like this. I have a degree in Biotechnology and stammer a bit too, which normally doesn't matter in conversations.

There are some employers who question my ability based on stammering while others on my Biotech degree. Even with 8+ years of IT experience, it hasn't gone away. I once had an employer who knew that I stammer a bit make me jump through 5 rounds of interview only to say - well you stammer so not a good fit. While there was one who refused to consider my resume because "non-CS".

I have compiled a personal blacklist of such companies.