InfoSec can be hard to get into. Especially for a junior role, they will likely have hundreds of applicants for that role. You can't be sure that the medicine

InfoSec can be hard to get into. Especially for a junior role, they will likely have hundreds of applicants for that role. You can't be sure that the medicine degree is whats getting you rejected but a lot of people will not understand why anyone would be doing something as difficult and time-consuming as a medicine degree when they actually want to work in InfoSec. To be honest, I don't understand it either! I think some people will look at your CV and just think "Somethings not right about this guy". Also, a lot of employers often have a weird mentality that candidates need to dedicate everything towards their current profession. I've noticed it, because I took spent ~10 months working in InfoSec (I was a developer before) and am now returning to development again. I always get asked "Why did you change from Development to InfoSec" - in a tone that implies "You shouldn't want to do anything else other than development". I also get asked "You're sure you want to be a developer right?". And that is for two extremely similar jobs (I was working in application security) which have a lot of overlap.