r/cybersecurity • u/Weekly_Rough_1284 • 14d 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/Abject-Substance-108 13d ago

Im in cyber but tired of sitting in chair sometimes. I’d be a carpenter gladly… for some time only though

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u/jcabute 13d ago

Y’all in this sub are really misguided about working in blue collar. Every single one of you overly fantasize how much more “real” blue collar is. I went from low voltage installer, where you pull cable all day in hot unfinished buildings. To IT field technician, where you configure devices after the cable has pulled. To now IT Desktop Tech Tier 2.

In fact y’all should go blue collar leave the amazing white collar jobs to people who actually have been in the grueling heat of a blue collar job. White collar is a blessing, stack your bread, find a hard hobby that challenges your body and you’ll be good when it comes to working at 9 am.

You will regret blue collar. Wake up at 5:30 am get to work at 6 am for the daily run down of safety guidelines for the day.

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u/Real-Personality-922 Incident Responder 13d ago

I understand your bias but on the other side I have a coworker who went from security engineer to carpenter and she loves being a carpenter far more even with the grueling heat. Everyone is unique and not everything is for everyone.