It is the end of 2019 and like most I want to take a moment to reflect on all the things that I actually have accomplished this year. Sometimes we can think too much about where we aren’t that we don’t focus on where we actually are and how far we have come. At the beginning of this year I had just changed careers and I was a little unsure of where or if I actually fit in. Now, I’m more self-assured and confident in my ability to learn and retain new things and the “rightness” of this course .
Accomplishments
- Passed Network+
- Passed Security+
- Participated in First CTF (Individual and Group)
- Started a Blog
- Delved more into Cryptography
- Cracked a Password
- Finished my First Year in a Cybersecurity Position
- Attended my first Cybersecurity Conference (Hacker Halted in Atlanta)
- Finished Undergrad work (Only have my Capstone left)
But, it’s also good to look back at how we might have failed because epic-ly failing is how we level-up epic-ly.
Failures
- My First CTF was a Bull in a China Shop Scenario
- The Group work was worse; most of my group work across categories was kind of a bust (Pen-testing Methodology for a Class was the 1 exception)
- Really buckling down and learning Linux…
”Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes.”
—Lawrence Bossidy
Upcoming….
- CYSA+ (Taking the Beta in a few days…[crossed fingers])
- Linux+ (Voucher has already been purchased)
- Finish Undergrad and move directly onto Graduate Coursework
- Build out Security Lab
- Put a Dent in My InfoSec Book Collection
- Get Better at Networking…
“The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on. “
–Barack Obama
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