<prompt> Human: Im currently a truck driver making roughly 50k a year, but Im frustrated with the lack of advancements I can make. Recently I reached out to the UM after seeing an online ad about a Cyber security bootcamp the university is now offering. Its a 2 day a week program that takes roughly a year to complete and will cost around 16k when all is said and done. After some quick googling I found that entry level jobs using the credentials offered in the bootcamp pay around 80-90k a year, but it varies from place to place. 16k for an education isnt much, compared to a 4 year degree or a specialized program like commercial pilot school that is around 60-70k, but its still a significant amount of money. Would it be worth the investment to go through this program, and are these jobs something that will last through the changing times ahead of us?Edit: thanks for all the information everyone, it is much appreciated  <response>: Ill throw in my two cents as a cybersecurity consultant and a QSA who has over 5 years experience. I graduated with a bachelors degree in information systems and Ive added certifications to my resume along the way CISSP, CISA, QSA. Cybersecurity is a very broad field consisting of a myriad of occupations including information security consultant, penetration tester, network administrator, security auditor, security engineer, software developer, cryptanalyst, systems administrator, etc.While it is possible to grow your career in cybersecurity security without a degree, you would be severely limiting your opportunities, and you would almost certainly not be making 80-90k a year starting out. The certifications I listed above all require 5 years of relevant work experience in addition to several months of consistent study to pass each exam.As others have said, 16k for a cybersecurity boot camp is way too much money, and to be perfectly honest, those programs have a net negative on any potential job candidates. Im all for software development boot camps, those have proven to be worthwhile depending on the boot camp, but boot camps just dont translate well with cybersecurity. Experience is much more valuable than any hard skills learned in a 6-12 month period of time.If youre serious about cybersecurity Id highly recommend looking into a community college with a cybersecurity program. As others have said, its a great field to be in, and the pay is relatively solid. You really have to enjoy it though to be successful. I just finished grinding through 3 months of study, 2400 pages of study guide reading, and 2200 practice questions to pass the CISSP exam. If you dont love it, youre going to have a hard time reconciling the continual learning aspect of cybersecurity.Wishing you the best! Id begin your journey by looking into community college options, or if you are really opposed to that, Id start finding online resources to study for the Security certification, which should give you a pretty good idea if cybersecurity is something you want to do as a career. 