Is working as a Real Estate Agent worth it?

[Dale Viljoen]

This is something that I have been struggling to decide for a fair amount of time now. I have completed a one year course in university and will be moving onto a 4 year course next year in Cyber Security. However my end goal in life is to work for my self in Real Estate. The course to become a Real Estate Agent is 1.5  - 2 years. So not only will I start learning much faster I will also be able to earn money faster. 

Now here is the bit keeping me back from going as a Real Estate Agent. In my country (New Zealand) there are 12,000 Real Estate Agents and only 7500 houses sold this year which does worry me as they are paid through commission. I also often here people say that you have to be "on call" all the time and its very common to work throughout the weekends. On top of that Cyber Security pays about $50,000 more a year which would allow me to purchase properties much sooner with the downside of no Real Estate experience.

All help is much appreciated as I have to decide by the end of next week.