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Evening. It’s hot. But the only constant in life is change.
It's hot in the evening? Where are you from brother/sister?
Southern US and the AC only managed to catch up at night. It’s bearable though. We are all in good health. How about yourself?
Climate change amirite haha. I'm Nigerian, so heat is something I'm used to. Also in good health, and i guess that's the most important thing.
What do you do for a living?
Mainly I work with software, specifically security research. I do a lot of reverse engineering and embedded development too.
How's that going for you? Do you enjoy it?
Yes, I do. It’s very interesting work with hard problems.
It takes a level of intelligence to do what you do. I commend you. What do you do when you're not solving complex problems?
Well I do enjoy some gardening in my free time. I try to take a more relaxed approach when I’m off the clock, but I am known to explore technical reading materials related to my work.
Okay, what's the next step for you? What's the next risk you want to take, or phase/direction do you feel you want to take your life in?
I am satisfied. I plan to continue doing what I'm doing. I have no desire to progress further in my career, buy a house, move... no plan to take any actions.
Okay. I think i might be able to make a guess now. From all that you've said you're: 48
Really good, highly educated guess! I can see why you'd pick that age.
I'm 35. While most of my peers are looking to advance or had their kids recently, my wife and I have no desire to have children and my career has reached an advanced stage just this year following a job change, hence no specific plans at the moment as this is pretty much where I want to be.
You know what. I initially was thinking mid 30s before i asked you that final question. You were initially giving off vibes of someone who has been working a security research job for quite a few years. Coupled with the fact that you need a decent level of expertise and experience to work in security research - at least from the quick googling i did - i assumed you had at least a master's degree.
With the average master's degree finishing age being around 28 and a few years of experience, i was going to guess mid 30s, but that last question threw me off. Seems like you're living a pretty fulfilled life at such a young age though, so that's good.
It might be some time I spent growing up living near a Buddhist temple that could’ve affected my current focus on being content that may come to others later in life.
I do have a masters, but I was able to get into the field early by switching between education and working. It took me much longer but it played out nicely.
That was fun. I hope you can use this to fine-tune your future age guessing skills.
Happy things are going well for you man. This has definitely improved my age-guessing skills haha. Take care bud