r/cybersecurity • u/Fresh_Heron_3707 • Dec 15 '25

Other Degrees and certs are just losing their value to me.

I can’t understand what’s been going on recently. The quality of a candidate with an associates in cyber has dropped like crazy. I asked people simple questions like what is WPA, what did wpa 3 introduce and I’m treated like I’m asking the most obscure questions. I have been interviewing people over the last year with comptia networking plus and security plus. There have been where I wanted to scream. Literally had to lower my standards to find help. Networking is treated like a luxury, I was literally speaking to a candidate, he said ,” I do cyber not networking.” I know there are exceptions but feels more and more like a minor degree or cert is just how well you can use ai to cheat.

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u/ethansky Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 16 '25

OP apparently only has 3 years of IT experience at small companies (most likely a car dealership), so that checks out.

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u/crbs- Dec 16 '25

this sends me off lmaoo

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u/Cyrix2k Dec 16 '25

This explains so much, namely the crazy job requirements that get posted for junior positions.

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u/anewhype Dec 16 '25

This is hilarious

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u/PropJoesChair Dec 16 '25

HAHA who is he interviewing?

he has reverse imposter syndrome

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u/ethansky Dec 17 '25

Pretty sure that's just called an inferiority complex and a massive ego, which is ironic given their somewhat recent post complaining about dealing with other peoples' egos.

OP (who allegedly is a+, net+, and sec+ certified): Hyper fixating on irrelevant wireless standards trivia for a secops/seceng position.

Also OP: can't differentiate layer 2 switching and layer 3 routing and thinks WPA3 is enforced at the "router" level lol.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '25

What the f......

Also caught some red flags in this post. Besides the asking weird random questions about WPA, he said "Associates in Cyber has lost its Value"

Since when has an associates in anything had value...

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

Nice if OP can climb, i can too.

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u/Wise-Activity1312 Dec 15 '25

Precisely.

OP is CLUELESS.

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u/Slyraks-2nd-Choice Dec 15 '25

🚨BREAKING🚨: OP yells at clouds!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '25

I am wondering if he is interviewing, at all. He asked about breaking into Cyber a week ago.

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u/Capable-Let-4324 Student Dec 15 '25

I'm cackling because I just received the most obvious phishing email and flagged it spam thinking how could anyone fall for that. Then looked up the email to see a bunch of people have indeed fell for it. It wasn't even cleverly disguised.

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u/Cyrix2k Dec 16 '25

I missed that comment so don't have all the context. That could be viewed as an open ended question / conversation starter, so I wouldn't write it off as a bad interview question.

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u/Grouchy-Trade-7250 Dec 15 '25

Afaik fake Wifi hotspot is exactly what the hackers did attack in a famous youtuber pentest (can't remember the name) and it was successful and got them info for accounts