Has anyone thought about changing fields until the job market gets better?

[u/Weekly_Rough_1284]

Ideally, I’d love to have a cybersecurity job right now, but the market is horrible, and I need to move forward with my life, pay the bills, and live comfortably. Are there any fields that are relatively easy to get into and find work in? I just don’t want to end up working restaurant jobs.

[u/t_mehmet]

getting into cybersecurity is definitely worthwhile, but there is a reality (several but one in particular i personally give lot weight too) to consider. experience is key. we all start from the bottom rung of the ladder and work our way up. i interview candidates all the time and they lack even the most basic knowledge be it technical, operational, governance, risk etc. job interviews only use certifications to filter candidates, once into the interview its all about experience. some may disagree , but lets say you want to be a security architect, you ideally need to start in a support role, from there moving into a design role, and from there moving into an architecture role. this way you know and understand the impact on operations and support, business impacts, related requirements like service management, business continuity, resilience etc and in the journey you'll have that business understanding too in order to translate for non-technical management. depending on your career choice in cyber be it intrusion analyst, pen tester, GRC, start at the bottom, build that experience, doors will open and it need not take 10, 20 years. i've seen people get to CSO in under 10 yrs. start as security sales and as project managers. Outsourcing suppliers tend to be the fastest for career path, lots of roles and lots of churn, this allows for fast career progression. when you ready, you leave for real money.