I know you get this all the time but advice on a career as a cyber security analyst

[Orion88]

Hey guys firstly YOU ROCK! Been watching you for a few years since I built my first gaming rig which some of your videos helped with thank you!

I’m 33 in the U.K. and now with a real love of tech and wanting to secure a career in tech I am interested in a cyber security analyst position.

My qualification path is 5-8 years as I need to retake 3 GCSEs to get a grade C in all so I can then get into a university course of either computer science or business computing and cyber security at Brighton university East sussex, u.k. Then after that I would think I would need to do a networking qualification.

By that time I will around 40 even though I got look a lot younger even now. Is there age discrimination in the tech industry? Would it be a waste of my time putting all those years in qualifying?

I read that they are crying out for cyber security analysts but do they mean only younger ones?

Best,

Adam

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Depending on your grades you should also consider an apprenticeship.

but do they mean only younger ones?

Generally if your good for the job, you should get hired. They cant discriminate against age in the UK.