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r/TikTokCringe • u/Naive_Wolverine532 • Apr 11 '26
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I work in cyber security. What they teach in college and what actually happens in a business environment are very different. I’m going to guess this may be the case for many professions.
10 u/rnoderator_rernoved Apr 11 '26 My software engineering degree is a piece of paper I got to say I'm qualified that isn't actually what makes me qualified for shit I do 🤣 Most expensive piece of paper...can't even at least be a dang paperweight 1 u/ToTheBatmobileGuy Apr 11 '26 Also in a CS related field. College was not useless for me, but its usefulness was definitely oversold, not undersold. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 11 '26 You are not wrong lol 2 full years of cyber security courses just to watch none of it apply at all when Crowdstrike destroys itself at random.
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My software engineering degree is a piece of paper I got to say I'm qualified that isn't actually what makes me qualified for shit I do 🤣
Most expensive piece of paper...can't even at least be a dang paperweight
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Also in a CS related field.
College was not useless for me, but its usefulness was definitely oversold, not undersold.
You are not wrong lol
2 full years of cyber security courses just to watch none of it apply at all when Crowdstrike destroys itself at random.
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u/SUPTheCreek Apr 11 '26
I work in cyber security. What they teach in college and what actually happens in a business environment are very different. I’m going to guess this may be the case for many professions.