I don't know if this is the best place to post this but worth a shot!! Cybersecurity or Computer science?

- noob

Whichever interests you more!

That doesn't help lol. I don't know :/

Why not both?

@doubledee Touché. But it'd have to be a major and minor then. And the coursework id have to take for both is a lot.

@Lovely you should do research on both until you know. I don't think this is a question anyone can really give you the answer to unfortunately. Both are great career paths. Is there something more specific you aren't sure about?

The biggest mistake would be going into a career because someone told you to rather than it being because you wanted to and it seemed like a good fit.

@Lovely if it is for college go into computer science. Computer science encompasses cybersecurity for the most part.

@dfox I think I'm just going with one because it will benefit me in the end. But I didn't take either when taking associates and don't want to take the wrong route. They both seem good but I feel wouldn't I be able to do what cyber does with computer science?

Computer science to me is learning a little bit of everything about computers? Where cyber just focuses on the protecting and attacking side of computers.

@doubledee Yes college. Just received my associates in Criminal justice so it really doesn't help with either majors for the most part.

@Lovely what do you think would interest you more as a career? Just focusing on cybercrime or more on the software development end of things? I think a lot of it comes down to that.

Keep in mind too that a lot of competent cyber security engineers are SQL and Python wizards, because it enables them to quickly automate little processes, or tie together existing tools. SQL because once you've got access to a database, you can't waste time googling which join you need! So the two are not entirely mutually exclusive. It's just security will teach you programming for a more specific purpose. My advice? Comp
Sci then specialise into security. Informed decision and all that.

@Lovely My computer science course is literally the embodiment of all things computers. From computational theory to computer programming.
For me all be it biased, when you complete a cs course you have a bigger variety of jobs you can go to and or apply for including computer security.
You're limited when you complete a computer security course.
Just my two cents.

You will have a much broader knowledge base in Cyber security. You have to know networking, windows, Linux/UNIX, Python, server technology, etc. You get down to reading the 1s and 0s in packets.

@dfox I think I'm interested more in cybercrime. And what doesn't help is that the school I paid my enrollment fee for has an excellent cybersecurity program versus if I were to change to computer science they have it but the best program is at another school.

Then I don't really know if I will be good at either because I've never taken a class. I'm good with computers but I don't get cs good if that makes sense? As in I don't know anything about codes etc.

@ChrisCooney Okay, thank you

@compSci yeah that's what I figured. You could do cyber with a cs degree

@JohnSeabourn I thought it was the other way around? Bigger knowledge base with computer science?

@Lovely Wait till you take a Cyber security cert and then you will see the large amount of things you must know to be effective in the industry.

CS gives you more expansive knowledge. Besides, a lot of CS students (myself included) focus on security coursework within the major.

@askerr Okay, thank you

The grass is *always* greener on the other side. I went Comp Sci, spent 8 years as developer, then moved into a Cyber Security role (less programming). Now I'm moving back. For the most part, cyber security involves using tools. Who do you think built those tools? (Developers did, with CS degrees...)