Additional Experience(Required)
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Projects
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By graduation, you should have:

A home lab (VMs, Linux servers) 

5–10 real projects, such as:
- Vulnerable web app + exploit
- Network monitoring tool
- Password manager
- IDS ruleset
- Secure API

Other ideas:
- Log analysis project
- Packet analysis writeups
- Home lab attack simulation 
- Detection rule creation 
- Python automation script 

Projects turn “I studied” into “I can do”.

Specialization Depth
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You MUST specialize to get paid well.

Examples:
- Web app exploitation
- Cloud Security
- Detection Engineering
- Reverse Engineering
- Secure Backend Systems

Experience
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High paying entry roles often come from:
- Security Internships
- Software Engineering Internships
- Research With Professors
- Bug Bounties
- Open-Source Security Contributions

Proof>Credentials
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Employers care more about:
- GitHub
- Writeups
- Blogs
- Demos
Less about:
- GPA
- Certifications
- Number of courses completed