I've been going through a rough period for the past couple of years and all the small things are catching up with me. I did research on RISC-V for my former University without pay or credit and it was alongside a doctor. I stirred up a different department on collaboration with CompSci and kept pushing FLOSS. I was effectively forced out before the talks could start so someone likely got credited with what I did.
In life I'm looked at as a failure, someone who had a bright future from a bad background. Sometimes I look back at those who ended up being successful and wonder what factors played a role in their success.
I'm not eligible for many careers because of my lack of a BS Degree. For a double Major in Mathematics and Computer Science with a minor in Cybersecurity with experience in the fields of all the above. I wasn't able to pay tuition or get a good paying job and had to quit during my senior year.
@AmpBenzScientist I recently got a doctorate in mathematics and I'm still unable to find good work in my local area.
I'm going back to school for cybersecurity as well as looking into the certification process.
I still feel, deep down, quite a bit like a failure.
@mathlover I built my former University's Cybersecurity Laboratory and did research there. No record of that exists.
So Cybersecurity is a bastard field that leverages the general incompetence of CompSci and uses outdated information to teach about outdated threats. The certification groups exist to write outdated material and collect their massive fees. They are malevolent groups who have made all jobs in Cybersecurity answer to them and get whatever plunder they want.
SOLARWINDS123 was approved by a highly certificated and educated individual.
