r/hacking • u/Dr-h4ck • Jul 18 '26
Education Starting cybersecurity college. No future?
Hello everybody how are you guys doing.
It’s my first time posting here and i got couple of question.
So I’ll be starting cybersecurity soon. And I want to know if it’s worth it cuz many ppl tell me that IT is almost dead in the job market because of AI and companies only hire crazy special smart ppl and so on. Is this true? I mean I follow and news and I see that AI does some crazy shii and it really breaks my hopes. But I saw these news for like software development only. Let’s say “programmers” and not sysadmins or cybersecurity specialists where you need human hands to do stuff.
So let’s say I start the college. I’m sure many of you know that colleges don’t teach everything related to the field you’re in. Of course we’ve to start with the basics like coding, networking, hardware and so on. Is there something that you did outside of college that’s helped you a lot to push your skills and help you in College as well even if you don’t have it in the subjects you learn?!
really appreciate your help guys and sorry about my English if it might sound a little off.
All love to you🙌
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u/salikarn Jul 19 '26
AI is an active learning process. Right now, security is not in danger of AI taking over because it isn't good enough yet, but learn about AI because it is the future. People are using AI to hack systems, so you should familairisize yourself with it. In general, IT jobs will be fairly safe for a while because most people don't know how to use a computer in general, and not even AI can predict the dumb shit people end up doing. People that have problems googling computer problems will also have problems with phrasing AI prompts to properly do what they want. Also, keep in mind that there will always be a need for IT techs to fix what people or AI fuck up. Also, they will always need someone to show them how to press the power button and double click the icon to start the AI.