u/securityofus

Context, I'm not seeking career advice. I have 10 years of experience and I've done everything from network engineering to managing a security program.

But is there any field out there with as much misinformation as this one? The cybersecurity community in general reminds me of the gaming community.

For example, someone may post "I'm looking to get into this field what should I learn?" And then someone will go on this long rant about how long they did was get a few certifications and they got a job. But they also omit key details like being drinking buddies with the CEO. Or their dad being the manager of the security department.

https://www.wgu.edu/online-it-degrees/ai-engineering.html

https://www.wgu.edu/online-it-degrees/computer-science.html

So, regardless of how people feel, AI/llm is here and it's getting better every year. And please do not flex about how it makes mistakes right now, we all know it's in infancy.

If you were preparing to enter workforce in 2028 which program would you do? And why?

I have a bs from wgu in IT and a MS in cyber. And I'm getting another degree because my employer is paying and I see writing on the wall. I don't see my job existing in 6 years. So I plan to do something highly technical and then do an MS in systems engineering.

Not a rant but I've seen several people here call it one of the best places to get pizza in Huntsville. So my husband, a few friends, and I went to Lowe Mill. I'm not trying to sound negative but with it being oven baked and lacking a real kitchen..

It didn't exactly taste like a "top" pizza. I did appreciate the obvious support for the LGBT community, vegan options, etc. But we were all pretty disappointed to have made a trip to go get that.

Am I the only one that thinks it's ridiculous that there are two certifications required to do these assessments? Let's be honest, the exams are not hard. It's more that the information is gate kept by the ecosystem by design.

Being forced to take ridiculously expensive training courses and then take ridiculously expensive exams. You could get all of the information you need to pass these exams from a book or a course on YouTube. All the instructors are doing is reading information that has been provided to them by NIST and the Cyber AB.

I feel like people who go through these training courses and exams feel like they have to charge insane prices just to recoup the cost of getting certified.