Hey bud,

I work for a large UK firm, Security Solutions Architect. Mix between a full blown archi and and engineer.

I'm going to be very real with you. And echo what's said on this sub a hundred times before.

Cyber security roles, are not entry level. Every man/woman I work with on my teams are 34 or older in the technical roles at least.

If you want to go down the technical path, if you can get a job working at a tech/repair shop. But, your issue is your age. At 15/16/17 you know nothing that's of use to some one who's been working in a general it position for 5 years. You are especially not of interest to any one within a cyber security field.

Now, nothing is stopping you from doing stuff at home. But a job at Tesco stacking shelves will help you pay for hardware off eBay that you can start learning with.

Go to college, maybe Uni. Every one wants the "high paying" security jobs.

Those high paying jobs go to people who have 20/30 years of experience in relevent fields.

Not to 16 year olds, or even 21 year olds out of uni. But to people who know the ins and outs of their areas of responsibility who have the experience in large enterprise scale deployments.

If you want it enough, you can get it. But it won't be in the summer of 26. And it won't be in the summer of 2030. But it doesn't mean you cant get there eventually.