How to Break into the Malware Analyst Field

A reader asks:

How can I get a job looking at malware? I worked at a company that was exposed to lots and lots of stuff targeting Chinese dissident groups and got pretty good at analyzing, tracking and spotting it. Do you know anyplace that I could go to do this for a living?
Any input appreciated

I don't have time to write a proper response to this, so perhaps you, the reader, can offer some advice.

Is the Word "Tranny" Offensive?

See also:

Tranny and Subversivism: Re-reclaiming Tranny (or not) part 1

Is Tranny Offensive?

(No one can see who voted on this, except for me. So you won't out yourself to everyone.)
(UPDATE: This poll is in no way scientific, and I had to write it before my laptop battery died, so I may have spent, at most, five minutes thinking about it. And 1:=not offensive, 10:=very offensive.)

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