Multiple Degrees, Higher Pay?

[spohara]

If you like tech but not code, I'd say probably cyber security. Tons of paperwork. I don't know anything about penetration testing, but my guess is you're using software to do scans and it is nothing overly complicated. It is possible to get to 6 figures by being motivated and managing cyber security, but it will take some years of experience. Honestly some aspects of cyber security are just training old folks in your org not to fall for phishing and you can make six figures just doing that in some places. Writing code is the fastest path to six figures, but you have to be good at it and if you don't enjoy it you won't be good at it. I'd avoid data science because it is a lot of code PLUS statistics (but if you love stats, you might be able to make it work).

Get the most relevant degree. If there is enough overlap to easily get a double major, go for it if you want, but avoid it if it will slow you down or sap motivation. My guess is you probably don't need a CS degree if you go the cyber route and you might be happier doing less code and computer architecture for the bachelors. That said, CS is probably the most flexible.