# About Me

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Concepts, tools, code, techniques, and everything in-between that you find on this blog is ***strictly*** educational. I don't condone using the knowledge for malicious purposes.
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I'm a software engineer, DevOps engineer, and aspiring malware analyst/reverse engineer. \
I was inspired to head into software engineering and reverse engineering when I was about 8 years old, when I played an old Wuxia MMO called 9Dragons, and wondered how things worked in the background. \
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Ever since then, my main goal has been to make it into the cybersecurity world. \
As I'm writing this, I am but beginning in the niche world of cybersecurity, so expect a lot of blog posts about the basics, concepts I'm attempting to learn and implement, and my struggles.

I'd like to give a shoutout to GodLy for his incredible patience in helping me out, providing a ton of resources for me to use and learn,  [crow](https://www.crow.rip/crows-nest/general/whoami) for his amazing blog and [Lavender](https://github.com/Lavender-exe) for dealing with my rookie questions, providing job resources and a good career path.

## Certifications

For some people, certifications are useless. For others, they're nice to have.\
As I start or complete certifications, this list will be updated. 

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These certifications pertain specifically to my goal of becoming a malware analyst/reverse engineer. \
Some or all of these certifications may be useless to you
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| Achieved | In-progress                                                                            | Future                                                                                                                                                            |
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|          | [Practical Junior Malware Researcher (PJMR)](https://certifications.tcm-sec.com/pjmr/) | <p><a href="https://training.invokere.com/course/imbt">InvokeRE</a><br><a href="https://courses.zero2auto.com/adv-malware-analysis-course">Zero2Automated</a></p> |

Without wasting anymore time, welcome to R\&D's Road to Reverse engineering, malware analysis, and malware development.