Some good points in this thread though a touch overly pessimistic. For reference, I'm a security engineer.
The part of my job I enjoy the most is building things, mostly by writing code or working in AWS. If you aren't interested in writing code, I might suggest a cloud security role though if you're doing it right, that will also involve writing terraform or cloud formation or something code-like.
Pentesting is the cool field everyone wants to go into, but it also pays less than security engineering and is most often employed by consulting groups who have you repetitively testing web applications and writing reports.
All this to say, if you find cloud interesting then a cloud security role could be fun for you, and it's in high demand at the moment.
The part of my job I enjoy the most is building things, mostly by writing code or working in AWS. If you aren't interested in writing code, I might suggest a cloud security role though if you're doing it right, that will also involve writing terraform or cloud formation or something code-like.
Pentesting is the cool field everyone wants to go into, but it also pays less than security engineering and is most often employed by consulting groups who have you repetitively testing web applications and writing reports.
All this to say, if you find cloud interesting then a cloud security role could be fun for you, and it's in high demand at the moment.