Hello Ethical Hackers,

There is a big problem in my life , which is i don't know what to take in my life or what is the next step , i admire ethical hacking and i want to be an CEH , i was preparing for that too to take the exam from EC-council .

but my friends told me to concentrate more on programming because i am .Net Developer using C# , They told me the person with two intentions will fail to do any one of them , They told me to concentrate on programming and leave E-Hacking . But i need to take them both , i merely tell them that there is no difference between them , an E-Hacker must understand programming and must be a professional programmer before being an E-Hacker to conduct vulnerability detection and actually E-Hacking is multidisplinary field you must understand (computer architecture, networking,electronics , embedded system design , operating systems fundamentals , programming ,web programming to conduct ethical hacking and countermeasuring those) So my question : can i hold the stick from the middle? i mean can i take them both ? or you guys left programming to be become E-Hackers , Really i am destroyed from inside , i would like to be CEH without losing my programming skills.

Second, the companies here demand programmers rather than e-hackers so if i would like to work i will work as a developer , i don't know how to work as CEH , i thought about building a simple personal small company for me and advertise for companies to conduct penetration testing for them ? so what do you think about this idea ?? please understand my situation and try to help me with advices from geeks in the industry like you guys . Thanks very much my friends .


Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks Dale, You are awesome guy , and kind one , really thank you for two things
 the first thing : your generous reply to my question
the second thing : your kind heart , really thank you dale i really greatly appreciate your reply you are so kind thanks again


good luck my friend in your carreer

its easy. whenever possible...do what you like.