Intro

I quit my high paying job at a FAANG company on 2022-06-03 after 5 years and 6 months. Since then I was reflecting on the last 2-3 years. A global pandemic, a war in Europe and economic uncertainty.

I did not have specific goals to achieve during this time. I started power lifting, cycling, running. Or should I say, resumed these hobbies. I learned to drive and how to read an income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement.

Now is the time for more direct focused work. I am documenting these as a form of public accountability to myself.

Goals

Get a P1 on any bug bounty program.
Get more familiar with industry related mathematics.
Get more comfortable with algorithms and asymptomatic analysis.
Build projects and release them. Develop in public.
Do a single burp suite lab per day.
Get better at Mathplotlib.
Learn more Typescript.
Double down on Python.
Read a page from a physical printed medium a day.

Methods

Use Feynman technique to learn topics.

Use projects to learn without allowing perfection to be the enemy of good.

Outro

I am aware that some of these do not read as goals but more of a list of things to do. I am happy with that.

I am planning on returning to work approx. August 2023. I realise I am in a privileged position to be able to choose when or if I want to work.