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Can I change my career to cybersecurity after a 2-year break and 5 years of VLSI experience?

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Krishna Kumar is the founder and CEO of GoMoTech, a company that provides strategic consulting in B2B sales, performance management and digital transformation.
Before branching out on his own, he worked with companies like Microsoft, Rediff, Flipkart and InMobi.
With over 25 years of experience under his belt, KK is a regular speaker at industry events and academic intuitions, both in India as well as abroad.
KK completed his MBA in marketing from the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in Andhra Pradesh and his management development programme from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
He has also completed his LLB from Nagpur University and diploma in PR from Bhavan’s College of Management, Nagpur, where he was awarded a gold medal.... more
Asked by Anonymous - Jul 03, 2024Hindi
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I have 5 years of experience in vlsi, and 2 year career break, now want to change domain, can I change to cybersecurity now

Ans: Hello

Yes you can change domain but for that you will have to self educate through online courses and also be open to pay cut as you will be starting fresh.

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