stainer89

Do you consider yourself a sailor first or an entertainment manager (or whatever your title is) first?

(Not trying to be an asshole, just curious. I was in the Navy and we always considered ourselves sailors first and firefighters or welders or whatever second.)

Also, having spent 9 months (including 135 days+ straight without going ashore) at sea, it totally sucks that you’re stuck there. Hang in there, cooler heads will prevail and get you off that boat.

Depends on what jobs you’re looking at. If you’re writing code, for the most part certs aren’t really worth anything. If you’re doing forensics or incident response, SANS courses are super good. Network and/or corporate IT security, N+, Security+, etc. Start by figuring out what job you want and then browse job listings to figure out what certs you need (if any).

Fair winds and following seas!