Cybersecurity

[sialiblo]

I wouldn’t think that college teaches savviness in any degree field and I certainly didn’t say that it did.  A person becomes savvy by learning and doing. That’s what college does. It forces (if you want to succeed) to learn and do. Over time a person becomes savvy if they stay interested. If by savvy the op means navigating their way around a computer , then hopefully They will figure it out if they are motivated/ interested enough. I certainly wouldn’t make it more intimidating or discouraging  by recommending  that someone not explore cybersecurity because of it.

Anyone who started school in a developed country in the 90s or later grew up using computers. If someone is not computer savvy, it's probably because they don't have the aptitude for that sort of thing. If someone failed math in high school, they're probably not a good candidate for a math degree. Many who end up studying computer science and IT in college were already coding and/or fixing computers in middle school or high school.

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I also recommend starting at a community college. They usually go slower and, if you fail, at least you didn't spend much. There's also Harvard's free intro to CS course on edX that should help you determine whether you're able to master this subject.

A lot of people are trying to get into programming, software engineering, and data science for the money without considering whether they have the aptitude for these fields. A couple of days ago, a young lady on my feed announced that she was dropped from her coding bootcamp because she wasn't grasping what was being taught.

Bootcamp is a different beast, it's a sprint sport, not a marathon. In the morning you might start with hello world, in the evening you might have to solve dynamic programming or recursive algorithm problems. if the student can't keep up, it will piled up rather quickly and have to quit the program.