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last updated — march 2025 · denver, co
where i'm at

Working full-time in security while grinding toward CEH and OSCP in the evenings. I'm also working on my Master's. It's a lot, but the structure is keeping me focused. Both exams are scheduled, and that deadline is doing the heavy lifting motivation-wise.

Also starting to document more of what I learn publicly. Partly to solidify the knowledge, partly because I wish more of this stuff had been written down clearly when I was starting out.

currently working on
certification
OSCP/CEH prep
exams scheduled 
project
AI Powered Attack/Defend Lab
configuring schemas for defense
platform
TryHackMe
my favorite
writing
Windows Auth Writeup
finishing touches
reading

OSINT Techniques
Michael Bazzell — re-reading for the second time

Evading EDR
Matt Hand — polishing up my blinding strategies 

Time Management for System Administrators
Thomas A. Limoncelli — not everything has to be (purely) technical
listening to
Miss Anthropocene on repeat while doing CTFs (obviously)
A Tribe Called Quest 
Darknet Diaries for the commute
Insider's How Crime Works series
not doing right now
Taking on freelance work — focused on learning
Social media scrolling, mostly