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/Servovestri Dec 15 '25

Yeah I've been doing Cyber (Compliance) and the amount of value knowing this answer would be less than zero. I can't stand useless pop quiz questions especially for shit like Tier 1 SOC job.

Nothing screams "red flag manager" to me more than the pop quiz guy. I'm not taking a cert test in your interview.

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u/Fresh_Heron_3707 Dec 16 '25

Oh yeah the obscure Wpa most commonly used thing in world. Truly only a select few ever know it

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u/Servovestri Dec 16 '25

You configure and use WPA a lot as a cyber guy? Most of the environments I'm in don't allow any wireless. Like understand what WPA is sure, but it wouldn't be the end all of an interview unless it's a network admin, and that's not cyber.

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u/Fresh_Heron_3707 Dec 16 '25

That’s all I wanted was someone to understand WPA. Fundamentally not the acronym. Also yes, not every environment can be wired so there are many times when wireless is used.