Career advice

[Deleted member 83432]

Should I go into cybersecurity or data science? Both are well paid ig but data science seems boring asf

 

[nolpolin2]

Cyber security's a good major, idk about data science tho
theres alot of jobs in cyber security

 

[Deleted member 83432]

Cyber security's a good major, idk about data science tho
theres alot of jobs in cyber security

Yeah that's what my parents are saying too. I'm not getting a computer science degree because the markets saturated asf

 

[Deleted member 19101]

Yeah that's what my parents are saying too. I'm not getting a computer science degree because the markets saturated asf

I thought CS was a basic degree and then cyber was like a speciality.

 

[Deleted member 83432]

I thought CS was a basic degree and then cyber was like a speciality.

Maybe a few years ago yeah, but nowadays there’s degrees dedicated to certain parts of CS

 

[Deleted member 19101]

Maybe a few years ago yeah, but nowadays there’s degrees dedicated to certain parts of CS

huh

If you get a cs degree can you do IT?

 

[Deleted member 83432]

huh

If you get a cs degree can you do IT?

Probably, the way I see it is that CS covers the basics of everything whereas niche degrees like cybersecurity focus mainly on one main thing

 

[Deleted member 19101]

Probably, the way I see it is that CS covers the basics of everything whereas niche degrees like cybersecurity focus mainly on one main thing

I have no clue how college degrees work, so i looked it up and there are some jobs that require a cs degree minimum and college also probably gives you other related certifications, connections, and internships. I went and dropped out for CS and i didnt like it. Now im joining the AF to advance my career