Cyber Security?

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Someday I am aiming to enroll in an online school to earn a CS degree and Cyber Security is one of my planned career choices.

I have a ton of questions regarding this career. First off, what kind of roles are you guys in? What is your lifestyle like? How would one break into working a remote position? What programming languages do you soley use?

My apologies if that is a mouth-full of questions. My other career choice is web dev although I heard there are a lot of layoffs according to juniors on Reddit.

To my knowledge web developing is oversaturated market, so I'd not see it as safe option.
I can't answer other questions as I've yet to start any career

I've worked in IT , as have several of my friends. Cybersecurity and network admin is a dwindling field that is more and more being outsourced, and a lot of people are losing jobs over it. Virtualization and AI are making the process so much easier than previously, that now rather than having an in-house IT department, they outsource it to an IT agency that handles multiple clients - and these agencies employ fewer people than previously, cos now one person can do work that used to take five people. As such, the positions are far more competitive.

Having said that, the work is often hectic and thankless, and many companies don't like remote workers, even when the entire job can be done remotely just as easily as in-office. Some of the best things you can learn are PowerShell, Linux interface, and network layer protocols. You often use whatever program language the company tells you to use. Very seldom is this standardized or universal. Learn the most common languages. You probably won't be "solely" using just one.

That's been my experience, at least.