An Entire Cyber Security Degree in 15 Minutes

That’s tuff I barely tried and got A’s in vector calc and linear algebra at the same time.

Wolrd of Warcraft 😂 ✋️

I did blue collar work most of my young adult life, said “FUCK doing this for the next 20-30 years” and now getting a cybersecurity AND networking degree (bc the difference in degrees is only 4 classes so why not) from my community college and then plan on getting certs and getting to work.

Man, this is really inspiring! I took the long way to college and tried coding first as well. At 28, I should be graduating this October with a cybersecurity bachelor's degree. I'm definitely going to get those certs before I do! Thanks, Madhat!

This video emphasizes: YOU (the viewer) have a place in technology
Whether you're in college, considering it, or skipping entirely, there's an area you'll enjoy... it's a matter of finding it
So please don't get discouraged if the first area you pick seems hard, boring, or if you have a bad teacher.
Also! If you ever feel "dumb" in classes/school that's ok. It shows you think differently, and especially in a field like cybersecurity, having a different approach is a GREAT thing

You're probably watching this video because you like tech, so keep digging and ask around.
You're in the right place and soon enough you'll find something fun you excel at

"Would I do it all again? Fuck no, I'm doing certs". This is why we love you Madhat, hahaha ❤

I just graduated with a degree in CS and am looking to get into cyber security and the fear of me not knowing anything cyber security related is weighing on me. “Will I need a cyber security cert?” But this video helped a lot, I learned that dam near all of my education can be applied to cyber security. Thanks for easing my mind.

Lololz I feel you here and we the same age I went the college route

It's OK, BoA sucked, classic wrath is my fav

I feel you there. "Fuck no! I'm doing certifications!" That could not be any truer. I started our with Simulation Programming and Game Design, because I wanted to work on video games. Years later, I did ended up working on video games and it required zero college as I got my foot in the door through testing/qa and from there, it was straight up, references. After a while, I went into software doing qa, then IT. I had experience already and just like any other job, what you don't know, they'll teach you.

I'm a double major at depaul for cybersec and game design and now im working on certs while in college

SCADA Supervisor control and Data Acquisition… I use it everyday and most of the engineers at work don’t it’s an acronym.I learned thanks to Mad hat the goat

u know forsen ?

RIP Reckful :(

Wow I loved your other videos but this one made me so damn relieved!! I can relate a ton, was/still am a gamer, struggled hard to finish my bachelor's over 7 years... 3 years at CC, 2 year 'break' doing mindless retail work, last 2 years at a uni, just graduated last month! Tbh school wasn't even hard, but the stress of working full time plus deadlines & everything is just torture. Unfortunately our school was no where as hands on or in depth as yours, literally everything was online so I did not soak in much, which is why I have been watching your videos now since I currently work IT support but want to make the move into CS soon (but still not confident in my skills)

I got a good one for you. Started the path to the four year degree in 2007 with the completion of my AAS and I'll be finishing my four year this coming May. Better late then never I guess.

I have a BS in a Natural Resources degree, an AAS in computer programming and a CySA+ cert ... I am working IT for a company in transition.

bro couldve saved us 15mins and 27secs if he said "f**k no" first 🤣🤣

love the reckful tribute <3

This video made me feel less idiot for not remembering some of the most boring and theorical parts of my college (I also am studying cyber). Like, I had a whole year about “AWS Security” that was LITERALLY A BIG FUCKING “read the fucking manual” because AWS gives a whole fucking documentation and even WARNINGS about some mistakes and people still manage to fuck up. It was boring because, in my head (and I can be wrong), if i ever have to do this i’ll just… RTFM.

The concepts I believe were important, but holy fuck A WHOLE YEAR?

“Fuck no, I am doing certifications..!”
- Mad Hat

Would you say that school is necessary? 1 being not at all and 10 being you can't get a job without. I'm really enjoying self studying on my own time without having to worry about deadlines and classes and all that, but I want to know if I really really should go to school.

I took 2 years off college and now im a senior software engineer, idk if i should go back and complete it

you saved me 6 years. thank you. i thought cis was noobs and computer science was the way to go.

A woman teaching marriage and family at the college level was a pain in the ass and made the stupid filler course way harder than it should have been because of her own insecurities and biases. Wow, color me shocked.......

Good stuff 👍

Just finished my first year at college for a CS degree and it's safe to say I remember a little bit of it :D. I have a 4.0 tho lol

Totally worth watching for the ending. 😂

Just graduated with my cs degree with 3 kids while the wife worked. Still looking for work but man, that was a real grind. Took me 5 years. Thanks for sharing yiur story. Gives me faith that I'll get some work here soon.

Rip Byron ❤️

Western Washington University?

I don’t get it. If you do it that quick but you won’t know anything about cyber security when u get in the field

Hey man, pretty inspiring. Got my BA in Film Production while working in desktop administration for my college all years. Met a guy who put me on to cyber and motivated me to believe I could do it. Now I’m in a digital forensics and cybersecurity masters. Just got the sec+ and now going hard in the paint for the cysa+. A lot of people think it’s a race to the finish line with college but most people don’t realize that you always start with people in a race but usually at the end you’ll have nobody running next to you. Basically it’s your own journey and you shouldn’t give a crap about others journeys or compare. Keep up the good content bro

RIP Reckfull Sadge :(

I was initially doing Kinesiology in College. No fucking clue why other than my family were all nurses and I had tried and true beaten path. Then i heard about cyber security halfway through completing my degree and made the switch. Got a lot of flak from family, covid hit during most of my years in college and I failed a lot of my classes and I grew severely depressed. I'm starting up again going back to school after working for a bit doing caregiving. Taking a Caltech Cybersecurity bootcamp and am going to try again for the classes I failed during covid. I appreciate the backstory on your career and how you got there. A lot of ups and downs that I can relate to. It keeps me motivated. Hopefully down the line I can make a video like this one and motivate people the same way you did for me. Or maybe one day we will be peers.

Bro you are the goat, you killed me with the final 😂😂😂

ngl i've been grinding my degree/certs for a year now after finally finding what i truly wanna do in life; i'm genuinely glad i was blessed to not have this long of a discovery cycle for my passion 😭😭

You think it’s too late at 34 to transition? I’m begetting different opinions on people who want to move into the field later in the life. If I follow your 2024 path, do you think hiring managers and teams are open to individuals like myself?

I'm attending WGU online to get my bachelor's degree in cyber security. So far, I'm a month in and have not finished my first class. Which is intro to IT covering IT laws, project management, software, networks, hardware, and topology basic stuff I guess without a teacher btw, only way to get help is to either schedule a call with the professor or email them. I did fail my assessment to pass the class, but they allow 2 attempts so hopefully I pass. Just wanted to say this video gives me hope for the future in my career and choices.

I go to the college that you put for community college. Southwest Tennessee Community College XD the clip felt a bit scary to see my school. lol

From a lifelong WoW addict and one who also had the most unconventional, weird, too long of a college career. You and I are not so different, Mad Hat. I love not feeling alone in terms of how long it took me to get my cyber-related Bachelor's. Just got my Google Cyber cert last November and have been churning out as many applications as possible. Hoping to get the money for Sec+ here in the next month or so! Thanks for all of your entertaining, relaxed videos on the industry, bro. Really appreciate your content. <3

Wow you pulled shabusiness...watched the whole trial......the coroner while streaming hall of dead kings ambiance....life changing

I have a question, in your opinion do you believe getting a computer programming and analysis degree is good for future cyber security positions? Or should I possibly look at different options

degrees freakin sucks, fax
certs are the way of living

Really What a Journey
You made it Bro🎉

Funny 🤣 you. So, you won't like to pass those 10 years shit again.

The fact that most of the classes are just nonsense filler for 3-4 years is what irks me the most.
Teach me things that actually pertain to my field!

God damn I did not expect to get hit with a Byron clip in this video. May you live in ever land.

Who knew Mad Hat was mad jacked