This seems a little weird asking for career advice to a bunch of strangers on the net, yet I spend most of my time in-front of a computer. Creating this from a dummy account because I am somewhat nervous about this. I am in my late 20s that is currently working in a stable InfoSec job doing mostly threat-tracking. While its interesting, I feel as if my technical skills are leaving me. Some background, I started off in IT doing HelpDesk then progressed to System Administrator work then to InfoSec. I am have done mostly Information Assurance, from validating software that is being introduced to our environment and security testing but never done pen-testing. I understand at a certain point you must take off the tech-hat and put on the management hat, but I think I have gotten to the “middle-management, I NEED A PORSCHE” way to soon. I truly miss doing my work on a terminal, climbing under desk/fixing issues and helping to build projects. That’s why I kind of think that Software Engineer would allow me a new challenge while also staying within the Tech realm.

I guess my question is, does it make sense to switch over to become a Software engineer? Or does it make more sense to go the Cyber Security Engineering route. I would like to stay in “Tech” but I don’t want to live and die via emails and dashboard alerts. Has anyone moved from Cyber Security/InfoSec to Software Engineering? I have mostly seen people switching from other career fields within IT over to Cyber. I have no formal education in IT/CS but have taken a python course and Java course previously. I am planning to take a Calculus course this fall to brush up on my math skills.