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anyone here with a cyber security cert? i kinda want to go that route of cyber securty. so im curious if its worth it.

experience,knowledge>certs

but wouldn't you need the cert to get into the job to obtain experience ? lol

@jorgecastillodp No, you do not need a cert to get a job. Tell them what have you learned, where you gathered resources for learning and ace the task they give you. Later the company (if it wants to) can pay for your certs.

They aren't as valuable as a degree or previous work experience. If you get employed and a company offers to help you get the certs and cover the expenses take them up on it. But I wouldn't bother going after certifications yourself.

If you are in the US try to get the CISSP.

thanks for all the info. i am in the U.S and i am working on my BS degree for CS.

@jorgecastillodp cyber or computer science?

im getting my computer science BS. but i want to work in the security field.

@jorgecastillodp alright. Just asking because I'm curious. That's what I'm interested in. I'm just undecided between CS and Cyber. So interested in knowing what others are doing.

getting your CS degree can help you in the Cyber department but you can get a job with a cert.. for a CS degree. you must be good a math. not so much for the field (it depends on the job) . but the degree itself requires you to go threw a lot of math classes.. if you want i would recomend you to go to the website udacity.com and take the free intro to Computer science course. or download the app by sololearn to learn code or use codeacademy.com to test the waters. their are many different sources

@jorgecastillodp I will actually try all those, thank you! I mean I think I would be good at math but the farthest I've taken is stats. Didn't do so well with that one but all below I understood. I am registered to take Discrete math in the fall. So idk.. I guess I just like the sound of Cyber but with CS I feel it's more broader and I could secure a job with a lot more places if I don't get what I am after.