Career change advice

[K4shy]

Hi everyone.

I wanted some advice. I am currently an Android Developer prior experience include being a full stack Java Developer with some experience in HTML and JavaScript. About 5+ years of total developer experience.
After been dealing with a Pentester that comes every now and again to "break the app" and after being sent on 2 work shops within the past year to learn hacking techniques and ways to prevent it for web and Android,.
I would like to move into the Security field. Ideally a pentester but I know that might be a bit over ambitious straight away so I would like some advice on what I could do to move into that direction, ie what certifications to do, what learning to do, etc? and also what should be a good entry point job to lead me to becoming a pentester.

Thanks in advanced

 

[syntax]

The security market I believe is about to be flooded with tons and tons of people looking for high salaries.
Similar to the networking market was 15 years ago, everyone wanted to do their CCNA / CCNP.

If you are solid at Dev and enjoy it, I would not recommending changing. You could go really far

Security is broad so you would need to decide where you want to specialize. You have mentioned Pen testing, do you know why you want to do this? It is interesting and certainly challenging, but the majority of your time is spent doing documentation and reporting. It is a far cry from the "hacking" you see on TV or imagine.
Proper Pen testing requires a range of knowledge and skills from medium networking and protocol knowledge to web app, dev, databases and strong logical reasoning. Excellent documentation skills are critical.
OSCP is probably the current go to certification for pen testing as it is practical and provides a reasonable assurance of some competence.