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Job searching with a Master of Science in Cybersecurity, which I earned in November 2023, has been an unexpectedly challenging and emotionally draining experience. Despite the hard work and late nights I poured into my degree, I’ve spent the past year struggling to find a position that reflects my skills and aspirations. Working at Rosa Parks Elementary in San Diego, CA, while meaningful, often feels like a world apart from the cybersecurity field I’m so passionate about. Each rejection email chips away at my confidence, leaving me feeling stuck and questioning if I’ll ever land the job I’ve worked so hard to qualify for.
This blog is my way of channeling those feelings into something constructive. Writing about my journey—the highs, the lows, and everything in between—helps me process the weight of these emotions and remind myself that I’m not alone in this struggle. Sharing my thoughts here also gives me hope: hope that by reflecting on my progress and connecting with others, I’ll rekindle my belief that I have what it takes to succeed in cybersecurity. Someday, I know I’ll look back at this as just one chapter in my story—a stepping stone on the path to a fulfilling career.
Today I published TextWarden v0.2.0, a C++17 command-line program I’ve been developing to help AI assistants and developers navigate book content. TextWarden currently includes my autobiography, Sufficiently Educated, and supports searching for words, counting occurrences, navigating chapters, retrieving sentences, and resuming longer operations. The program can be used by AI assistants such as Mistral Vibe,…
On November 8, 2026, I completed Story Scout v0.2.1, a genealogy application developed in C++ using Qt 6 on my Manjaro Linux computer. Story Scout helps me organize family history by displaying names, birth and death information, parents, stepparents, spouses, children, and genealogical descriptions. The application supports TG identifiers, website references, searching family records, and…
Paragraph 1. What might a nineteenth-century blacksmith tell us about a community? In the 1882 History of the Minnesota Valley, a man named August Hedtke appears in a short account of migration and work. He is described as learning the blacksmith’s trade in Prussia before traveling to the United States. That combination of a specific…
