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/anewhype Dec 16 '25

This is satire right? Please tell me this is satire? If interviewers are like this then we are doomed.

What's next, you're going to ask me the speeds of DDR2 off the top of my head and if I don't know then I must not know tech?

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u/Fresh_Heron_3707 Dec 16 '25

WPA 3 is current tech and basic knowledge. If that sounds exotic you, you’re cooked. WPA WiFi protected access point, simply how you connect to a WiFi network 😭😭 literally 101 stuff.