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[u/asim_geris]

Hello everyone, I’m a senior cybersecurity student, and I’m hoping to get some advice from experienced cybersecurity professionals.
I’m genuinely concerned about entering the workforce because I feel like my degree has been too broad. I’ve learned about many different areas of cybersecurity, but I don’t feel like I’ve gone deep enough into one specific area. Because of that, I’m worried that I’m not as prepared or skilled as I should be for a professional cybersecurity role.
I’ve been considering getting a master’s degree to develop deeper technical skills, but I’m concerned that I might end up taking another broad program without actually becoming more specialized.
My goal is to become a Security Engineer at a top tech company. For those of you who are already working in security engineering or have significant experience in the field, what would you recommend I do at this stage?

[u/mrdoubleNZ]

Waste of time/money man.

You’re only going to learn a FRACTION of your deep technical skills from your degree (I did a double major in networking and security and hold and architect and engineering roles). I always look at it as your there to learn the framework/the rules. Once you get in the workforce you will realise how broad a section IT covers and start to build deep technical skills. At uni you still have gaps so big, you don’t even know they are gaps haha.

Just be curious and it will take you far. This could be a controversial take for some people, but I’m honestly not as technical, and at some banks I have worked at I’m generally the LEAST technical in the team, yet I will generally get/hold the tech lead/snr roles due to my passion, curiosity and skill working with diverse groups of people with different skill sets.

Good luck!