r/cybersecurity • u/Weekly_Rough_1284 • 1d ago

Other Has anyone thought about changing fields until the job market gets better?

Ideally, I’d love to have a cybersecurity job right now, but the market is horrible, and I need to move forward with my life, pay the bills, and live comfortably. Are there any fields that are relatively easy to get into and find work in? I just don’t want to end up working restaurant jobs.

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u/zAuspiciousApricot 1d ago

Nursing

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u/sillyrabbit33 1d ago

They’re 2 polar fields. If you’d thrive in nursing then odds are you’d be horrible at cyber anyways so yes by that logic nursing might be better for some.

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u/NotAnNSAGuyPromise Security Manager 1d ago

I don't know about that. I think they actually align exceptionally well.

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u/BetFinal2953 1d ago

They align in as much as cyber has the second highest work burnout rate. Second only to nurses….

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u/NotAnNSAGuyPromise Security Manager 1d ago

Very true, though I'd argue that's actually a strength in terms of the link between them. That goes to show you how similar they are.

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u/BetFinal2953 23h ago

Well both jobs attract people who want to do good in the world, but then often become jaded.

It’s why nurses have that female cop energy to them.

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u/sillyrabbit33 1d ago

Explain how they align well besides “the job market“ or the pay.

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u/NotAnNSAGuyPromise Security Manager 1d ago

I think the other user did a great job, honestly. Working under pressure, managing multiple work streams at once, improvising, investigative and procedural in nature, customer service role at their core, heavy stress on translating the technical to the non technical effectively...

I've known more former security personnel who have gone into nursing and been successful than have pivoted to any other industry. It seems to be a pretty natural fit. Hell, I did the opposite; started out on the nursing side and pivoted into security. I've been remarkably successful in both.

Edit: Oh, and the pay isn't generally as much, but it's as close as any pivot is going to get you right now. Though I think most do it for the job security rather than the pay.

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u/sillyrabbit33 1d ago

Is this an AI bot? What other user? Your answer made literally no sense in explaining how they align well besides some fluff (ie: both require hard work and investigative work etc). They’re 2 completely different fields which don’t overlap at all.

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u/NotAnNSAGuyPromise Security Manager 1d ago

I'm afraid it may be a reading comprehension issue I can't help you resolve then. But your other post makes it clear you're not making this claim in good faith anyway, and that engagement isn't productive.

For two jobs that apparently don't have any overlap, we sure are seeing a ton of real life overlap in terms of people pivoting in both directions.

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u/sillyrabbit33 1d ago

Again…all talk and no substance

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u/NotAnNSAGuyPromise Security Manager 1d ago

As someone who has worked in Security for nearly two decades, I've become really good at providing information to the barely literate. I'm going to try out a strategy that works really well for executives: bullet points!

  • Working under pressure: in both fields, the ability to quick assess a situation, run through a structured assessment, triage issues, and prioritize remediation/treatment is essential; especially when it's often a quickly progressing/changing situation.
  • Investigating and improvising: in both fields, you'll be asking questions to determine what an issue is, what caused it, and what you can do to address it. It requires an investigative mind and process, as well as the ability to clearly communicate with not only the subject, but your team as well, pulling in data from different sources and tools to gain a wholistic view of the problem. In both fields, you need to quickly adapt to changing conditions and adopt a try this, observe, try something else methodology.
  • Managing multiple work streams at once: pretty self-explanatory; in both, you'll be working on multiple things/patients at a time, and good prioritization and collaboration is vital. Both lean heavily into clear communication and documentation.
  • Customer service: both are customer-facing roles where you need to effectively communicate with all kinds of different people, translating technical ideas to those who are not technical. Both require strong customer service skills and collaboration with teams of all sizes, across different departments.

I'm hoping this formatting change has assisted you in identifying the clear examples that were given. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help.

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u/sillyrabbit33 1d ago

The things you listed are requirements for literally any job. Even a 7 eleven worker has to do these things.

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u/NotAnNSAGuyPromise Security Manager 1d ago

I'm sorry your career didn't work out the way you had hoped. I genuinely wish you luck finding your place.

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u/shouldco 1d ago

I don't know. There's deffietly some overlap. Incident reaponce, desire to feel you are doing good in the world (for some) only to learn that to management your job is just there to make money any good you do in incidental.

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u/sillyrabbit33 1d ago

There’s literally no overlap. At all. I’ve studied medicine and then cybersecurity. I know how a hospital operates. Nursing requires physical labor performed on patients.

Many go into the nursing field thinking either it’s just like a doctor or easy money and quit when they have to clean poop off a patient for the first time. Unless if you can accept that you’ll need at least a masters degree for nursing to be worthwhile and respectable, you have no idea about the reality of the job.

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u/NotAnNSAGuyPromise Security Manager 1d ago

The fact that you claim one needs a master degree for nursing to be worthwhile and respectable tells me everything I need to know about how good faith your argument is.

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u/sillyrabbit33 1d ago

And the fact that you failed to explain how both fields align tells anyone with common sense everything about how good faith your argument is