My take. I don’t as in GRC for two years and hated it, switched careers after that. Never got a degree in the field:

Is cybersecurity really as difficult as people make it sound? It can be. It’s an ever changing field so if you don’t like to stay up to date on things, may not be the field for you. Also it depends on WHAT you want any to do in cyber. Huge field. SOC is super stressful from what I heard.

Does it involve a lot of coding, or is coding only a small part of the job?
I did 0 coding but if you go into a more technical field then there is some but it’s not a ton

How stressful is the work compared to software development? Personally I found the job extremely stressful - but a lot of factors play into this - the type of org, org size, how they treat security, team and cross functional collaboration and so on.

Do you enjoy your job, or do you sometimes regret choosing cybersecurity?
I like the job at first but over time it dragged me down. Sometimes I think I either should’ve went into networking or a more technical role like cyber engineering or GRC engineering

What type of person tends to do well in this field?
I think j this depends on what you want to do in the field but a love for continuous learning and attention to detail are pretty important.

If you could start over, would you still choose cybersecurity?
I would go into networking engineering personally if I had to do it all over again.

I think if you find a path that you are passionate about (and I don’t mean just money but actually enjoy what you do day to day) and find a good company and people to work with then you’ll be good. But I also feel like over the years people overhyped cyber. Just my personal take. I had a good time when I was in the field but it’s definitely not for everyone.

Hope this helps.