if i really want to get into security, do i need a PhD?
should i go back to school? i had an offer to enter the program when i left with my MS. it seems like it might be the best way to really enter the security world, but what about everything else?
can i handle the entrance exams? i mean, i just squeaked by my undergrad on purpose, avoiding things like compiler design and programming languages (well, i took the courses, just conveniently forgot everything in them)
and how long would it take? can i really put myself through 6 more years of school? of course, i'd be in santa barbara, so it couldn't be that bad i guess. but damn it would be expensive. and i can tell you, grad students do not make the big bucks. maybe andria would be my schoolteacher sugar mama ;)
reading about recent events at my old stomping grounds makes me feel like im missing out on cool stuff. a distributed CTF game? awesome. and UCSB kicked ass. right on.
anyways. just feeling directionless as usual.