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ASSISTANCE PLEASE. Lost in direction for a career!

Findapath-Job Choice/Clarity

Hi there. Like the title says, I need some real assistance....

I am a recent graduate with a 3.40 GPA, with a BS in Computer Info Systems, with a concentration in Cybersecurity.

Tbh, my degree is a brand new degree type for the university I went to. I finally graduated after 6 years from that university, but I don't feel like I got anything from my degree after looking back on it.

The degree was so new, they taught us from a third party entity that literally just had us listen to lectures, and do the work ourselves... the directions were there, right in front of us the entire time... I didn't even really learn a thing if I am being honest, much less RETAIN the info that I DID learn. I feel as if I got a useless degree at the end of the day...

I changed degrees 6 times, from 2018 to 2024. This was the journey...
- BS: Computer Info Systems / BS Broadcast Media
- BS: Nursing (Pre-Nursing only)
- BS: Digital Media and Advertising
- BA: Graphic Design
- BS: Nursing (Took a spring semester... failed, took a summer semester... and didn't pass to go to clinicals.)
- BS: Computer Info Systems (with a concentration in Cybersecurity), and finally settled.

Here I am now, freshly graduated over two months ago. I started looking at jobs in November of last year, even looked into the US Coast Guard to get a career started there, and was not accepted for OCS.

I decided to start looking into US Air Force OTS, and the process for it is a whole 8 months from now... I want to shoot for a fighter pilot slot, as that would be a dream, but everyone is shooting for one. I am now debating enlisting, because I can't wait that long for a 'possibility'.

To top all that off, I have $70k in student loans that I need to figure out some way of paying, but the "entry level" jobs for Cyber are either 'not here' where I am from, or need 5 years of experience or more... No one is hiring fresh college grads anymore, I guess?

I am currently still unemployed, but once I find something, I work hard at it... I just don't want to do retail or fast food. I need to make a proper living, or at least something to get my feet out there, on. I have applied to countless "entry level" jobs, but I keep getting denied or told "we have selected other candidates at this time".

I am thinking about other avenues other than military service, so please let me know if you have ever left tech for another industry. I'm just lost, and definitely depressed about the whole situation...

Posted Jul 19, 2025, 7:44 PM UTC

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