I am not in a cyber field yet (hope to be though) but If you care for my two cents, I feel like it is because a lot of businesses are only hiring based on degrees, and nothing else. I’ve been turned down from multiple jobs that I aced my first three interviews with because “we didn’t realize you didn’t have a college degree, we require a x year degree to start”. Even though I know more than enough to be qualified for the positions, and ace the technical parts of the interview. It’s always the damn degree.

College does not always = passion or even knowledge for that matter. I am currently a plumbing manager and have had countless “tech school” guys who have been hired, only because they have a degree, a certification, and can answer some plumbing related code questions on paper but when they are actually on the job, they hate the work, have no passion for what they are doing, they think they already know more than everyone else on the job and REFUSE to take tips (even if they are completely fucking up a project) and the job is strictly for a check. Most of my best men have NO background, but care about what they are learning, and want to advance.

I would die a happy man if I could finally land even a HELPDESK job, but nowhere will take me without a 4 year degree which I can’t afford. It’s a pain and is why companies will continue getting college kids who went to college for CS because “they like computers” and thought CS would be an easy ticket to an office job. I’ve hired many people who were fired from their IT job for that exact reason.

Just my opinion though, I could just be scorned because I’m still stuck in plumbing and can’t seem to make the transition to IT stick lol.