Hey! This is easily the most detailed career decision I’ve come across on the forum, so it’s super helpful to walk through. One question I had is how you made your decisions earlier on in your career? Like did you apply the same framework to decide to follow out cybersecurity earlier? And how did you decide to do the masters? As someone earlier on than you, this part is of great interest to me, and I’d love to hear more!
Glad to hear this was helpful! In short, the answer is no, it was much less structured (though also thought of).
These decisions were made under very different circumstances, and I’m not sure there is much value in explaining how I arrived at them. Very quickly though—I chose math because I highly enjoyed it and had the time (I did consider alternatives, such as physics and CS); cyber-security was part of my military service, which did involve some choice, but it is a very different situation and would drag me into a long digression.
Apologies if this doesn’t help much. Feel free to ask any other questions (publicly or privately).
Hey! This is easily the most detailed career decision I’ve come across on the forum, so it’s super helpful to walk through. One question I had is how you made your decisions earlier on in your career? Like did you apply the same framework to decide to follow out cybersecurity earlier? And how did you decide to do the masters? As someone earlier on than you, this part is of great interest to me, and I’d love to hear more!
Glad to hear this was helpful! In short, the answer is no, it was much less structured (though also thought of).
These decisions were made under very different circumstances, and I’m not sure there is much value in explaining how I arrived at them. Very quickly though—I chose math because I highly enjoyed it and had the time (I did consider alternatives, such as physics and CS); cyber-security was part of my military service, which did involve some choice, but it is a very different situation and would drag me into a long digression.
Apologies if this doesn’t help much. Feel free to ask any other questions (publicly or privately).