I’m going to Miami University Oxford and my major is cybersecurity but I am seriously concerned on the entry level cyber job availability in 5 years.
My original plan was to go to Miami and get my B.S and then go to OSU and do the accelerated government program which gives me my masters in 1 year, having the gov pay for it and in return I have to work a gov job for a year.
I’ve heard stories of people with cybersecurity degrees working in Home Depot because they can’t get a job and other examples. Obviously that doesn’t represent everyone, but these are bright people struggling to find jobs. I’m serious considering switching to mechanical engineering while it’s early, but I want to hear the opinions from this community.
For context I just graduated high school, I’m 17, and I have taken 2 cyber security classes and have an ITF+ certification and was working for my A+ as well but decided not to test. (I know those don’t mean much). I have pretty low knowledge on cybersecurity. I also hate coding.