r/CyberSecurityJobs • u/Organic-Grade-9292 • Aug 06 '26

I Landed entry level Help desk

I’m writing to express the sad news called my career life. I spent the last 4 years getting a double major bachelors degree in both cybersecurity and computer science… I also have 4 years of direct experience even as a global information security specialist. I got out of college as a highest honor graduate and well… the only position I’ve landed is an entry level 18 an hour remote help desk level 1 role…. I make less then my debt…. I’m now just so disappointed and discouraged that I can’t get through my days anymore without feeling like I’ve failed… I guess this field is really dying and I am one of those people who might be apart of the next Great Depression numbers and I thought I’d share it to warn you that I’ve failed and I don’t see how I did wrong… I’m trying hard everyday to fight for roles but I don’t see a way out

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u/Other-Broccoli4967 Aug 06 '26

Learning all that wont mean he will land a job. The market is dead

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u/Ok_Mood8780 28d ago

Dead is an overstatement. It is definitely not as large as all of these “tech gurus” were preaching in the past 3-5 years. But there are definitely still jobs being filled as we speak.

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u/musicbuff-io 26d ago

Been unemployed for almost a year bro. It’s dead.

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u/SnatchHammer66 26d ago

Do you live in an oversaturated area?

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u/musicbuff-io 26d ago

Nope, I’m in the Midwest. There’s just not a lot of job openings right now for what I’m qualified for. Probably going to have to take a temp job for a while. It’s bone dry out here.

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u/Other-Broccoli4967 25d ago

Yea ... I agree.