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 hope that this makes you feel better. Mathematics is one of the only pure fields. No one can question something that doesn't become outdated because it was proven by the strongest and most powerful proofs in existence. The purity of the field is what makes it immune.
Go with Computer Science. Did you know that you have a CompSci background? You likely used \LaTeX and Beamer to create your dissertation presentation. Maple, Mathematica or Sage Mathematics to demonstrate it. You've used typesetting and programming in the most intensively investigated and professional settings, presenting a Doctoral Dissertation in Mathematics.
If they say that isn't applicable, tell them to ask someone who could properly screen an applicant like you.
I don't need math. I got wits.
@Virgin @AmpBenzScientist @mathlover
Bullshit comment. Depends.
@PawelK @Virgin @mathlover In my experience, Comp Sci Majors don't know about JTAG, UART,...,etc or how to solder. If they were the older classes when they knew ASM and hardware, they could hack esp if they had a background in Mathematics. Mathematics is why a lot of Ruskie Hackers have been able to break encryption. They were the best at one point.
@AmpBenzScientist @Virgin @mathlover
Hw hacking vs algo and crypto hacking. Two very separate areas.
@PawelK @Virgin @mathlover Cryptography can be detected by monitoring power use as each feature produces different signals and utilization. Even SDRs have been used to to detect encrypting.
I've been involved in pentesting activities. For one, a comrade said that a certain panel couldn't be tampered with normally and the accessible part, in an elevator shaft, was heavily monitored. IE, it couldn't be tapped with conventional methods without it setting off alarms. I came up with a way but we were never able to get the contract.
@AmpBenzScientist @Virgin @mathlover
My kin of man. I am bit alikez.
@PawelK @Virgin @mathlover I do questionable things for money and entertainment.