[etaioinshrdlu]

I don't know any security professionals. Is this something that a mostly-self-taught software engineer could get a job in? What are interviews typically like?

[codyb]

Tom Aptek’s (security company founder) pitch a few years back was

Get through ‘A Web Application Hacker’s Handbook’ and ‘Securing DevOps’ and his company would probably give you six figures and a brand new macbook.

For an extra bonus you could work through their crypto challenges.

https://cryptopals.com/sets/1

https://www.manning.com/books/securing-devops

https://archive.org/details/TheWebApplicationHackersHandbook...

[mr_toad]

That’s a company that hires based on actual knowledge and skill, rather than certificates and buzzwords.