Need help in choosing career path.
I’m currently a 2nd-year B.E. Computer Science student specializing in Cybersecurity, which means I have about 2 years left to get job-ready. I’m feeling really overwhelmed because I find almost everything in this field interesting, and I’m struggling to narrow down which specific team or domain (SOC, PenTesting, AppSec, Cloud, etc.) I should actually focus on for my career.
My main goal is simply to secure a solid job or internship when I graduate. I am actively trying to skill up and build out my portfolio because my CGPA is on the lower side, and I know I need to make my practical knowledge outshine my grades to get past HR.
To help offset my grades, I’ve been focusing on combining software development with security. I currently code in Java, Python, and the MERN stack. For my resume, I've been building custom projects like an OSINT extraction tool, a secure chat application, a custom mail server, and a DoS mapping utility.
On top of this, my university requires me to complete one industrial certification right now. Since I'm still figuring out my exact path, I want to pick the most universally valuable one to help land an internship. Here are the beginner/foundational options they’ve given me: