Career Concerns About Starting in GRC and Transitioning to Technical Cybersecurity Roles

A recent graduate with a computer science major and cybersecurity minor has secured a GRC role with the DoD but is experiencing concerns about their career trajectory. The individual finds the GRC work unengaging and worries that spending several years in a non-technical GRC position may negatively impact their marketability for future technical roles such as system administrator, network administrator, or SOC analyst. They are questioning whether transitioning to technical roles later in their career would require them to restart as a junior-level professional due to the lack of direct hands-on experience in those technical areas, despite having relevant educational background in computer science and cybersecurity.