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I realise that infosec is a component of CS, but it is different enough to day-to-day programming that you might find it interesting. Have you considered application security or related fields?

If you have years of development experience helping younger developers learn how to write secure code is a worthwhile endeavour.

Frustrations, I dont think you can detach that from CS!

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I have for little bit. But I don't think I'm smart enough for it. Is it big enough? I also don't see much job opportunities. I'm worried I'd just jump from something I like and enjoy (Functional programming) but can't find job in, into something similliar, that I won't be able to pay bills with.

I only hear of these 20yrs olds catching awesome bugs, and thinking that it's awesome for them, but it feels like I missed out on it a bit.

But it is good idea. To be honest I considered DBA... it seemed to be more sensible lol... I actually enjoyed working with Posgres, tuning it etc...

It's beyond big enough and with the right talent the pay is going through the roof. It's only going to grow. Take a stab at it, doesn't hurt exploring the option.

I will definitely explore it. Thank you. That's a kickass suggestion.

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