Confused Brit looking for advice

[bjcheung77]

@BritStudent, you're a year younger than me, take a little time - decide what your goals are and plan to reach it is, read through the thread again, and see which options are more suited for you. What you're trying to do is get into Cyber Security and move to the US... Why? You're going from #2 to #1, is there such a need when UK has a great national university system?

In this day and age, you're going to be evaluated by immigration to meet certain criteria, nations such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and so on will have slightly different requirements, including here in the US. My suggestion usually is the trifecta of certs, degree, experience, if you're already working in Cybersecurity or a subfield in IT, great, if not, try to get in first...

You want to make sure that field is something you're looking into and want to continue in, not just because you read it online and thought it was a good profession, something good or recommended for one person, may not be for another. When you're in IT and have a job, experience along with certs and degree, you've got a very strong application already.

In short, you don't need a specific degree to get into Cybersecurity or IT, even their subfields of data analytics/science, etc. People nowadays look at the trifecta I mentioned and 'ageism' exists, they'll look at what you bring to the table and length you've been in that field. Just make sure you've checked all the boxes, dotted your i's and crossed your t's, you'll be fine with the UMPI BABA PM/IS.