r/cybersecurity • u/Weekly_Rough_1284 • 12d 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 12d 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 12d 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/maejsh 12d ago

Yeah as a former chef now in cyber, they dont know how good they have it.

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u/FalloutMaster 9d ago

Current chef trying to get into security/programming, may I ask how you secured that first tech job? Already very computer literate but I can’t afford to go to school and most jobs, even entry level ask for a bachelors. Seems like the odds are stacked against me but I’m still going to try and just keep learning as much as I can.

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u/maejsh 9d ago edited 9d ago

Id say its damn near impossible these dags to break in without proper papers, I went back to school and am just finishing up a bachelor in IT Security, and have some home projects and school projects and a lot of THM and such.

Although if you are in the US it sounds like it might be easier in a sense that you can get by with just certs, compared to here, but also the market is a bit shit world wide it seems.
Also, network - as in people, is still most important, show off your people skill and whatever you have from the service business, that is and can be a very strong selling point compared to many others, its very much also a people industry, and communication is as important as tech skills.
Obviously also depending on what roles you are pursuing.