[stealthn]

Lots of good advice here.

I’ve been designing and installing wired and wireless networks since punch-cards went away. I also focus on security, which I think you need the networks background to get good at.

The problem now is companies want 1 person to do a job that would take 3 or 4 people to fill, so you either specialize in something that will be popular long from now, or get good at 2-3 disciplines.

Tell him to find something he likes and work up from layer 1