Hello, High School student here in my senior year. I am very intrigued to get into network security (Cloud engineer, etc). My question for people with years of experience in this role; did you go to college? Was it worth it? I'm seeing a lot about CompTIA certifications and Cisco tests like CCNA. My plan right now is to take a gap year and focus and these certs like Security+ and CCNA (or whatever you guys think). Also doing at home SOC labs with wireshark, etc. Throughout my 4 years in high school, ive always been in a computer class and big into computer since before HS. I built my first computer at 13 and realized i've very interested with software and how network works. The classes i've taken are Coding 1 (python), AP cybersecurity (ports & protocols, wireshark, analyzing packets, etc), and now currently doing AP Computer Science Principles. Any advice would appreciated!