CISM and CISSP here.

For entry level, stick to hands on qualifications like sec+ and pentest+. Apply to large firms, and be mindful of the career path you want to follow (such as security engineering, secops, governance/audit, consulting etc).

Such a good meme haha, keep them coming!

Hack a lesser nation-state and live to tell about it

First of all you should join the community of hackers over at LHC https://lonelyhackers.club/.

Im locking the thread due to it not being a meme but good luck padawan.

What do you already know? Ideally you have a lot of hands on IT experience and skills.

All else being equal Security+ would be good.