^ ah man working from home would be awesome. that would be my dream. not sure how i could work from home in cyber security without having programming skils, but oh well.
consulting is my goal. i'd like to go on my own after having several years of experience and credentials (masters degree, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC). Theres a ton of certs I want lol. I would like SANS GIAC certs too, but they cost a ton... i would only do those if my company paid for it. There isnt much learning material for them out there either, it's mostly just bootcamps that i wont pay for myself.
Also, spaced repetition is just ridiculous. Wish i knew about it in undergrad, it just puts learning on easy mode. There are so many reasons spaced repetition works it's not even funny. Here's what i like explaining to people:
1) if you're just reading your outlines, how do you know if you know something? Only if i take your outline from you and ask you a question! The stuff you know, you'll answer. The stuff you don't, you won't answer. You want to study stuff you dont know as well. By only reading notes, you lack a good way to measure what you don't know. Sure, when you read certain things the answers will jump out at you and you'll be like "yeah i know this stuff." But maybe they jumped out at you because you read over it and recognized the answer, rather than arrived at the answer in your head and THEN reading it on paper
2) if you turn all of your notes into questions, then you will know if you know something. The stuff you can't answer, just study those more. The stuff you can answer, put them aside for later. it identifies your weak areas more accurately than reading over notes. this leads to efficiency because you will fill in a lot more blanks (leading to higher scores) focusing on your weak areas.
3) the mere act of answering questions instead of reading notes helps you retain information better! Active recall ftw. so not only are you more often studying the stuff you dont know (which is more efficient than studying everything equally) but you are learning it at an increased rate, regardless of how much studying you put into it.
4) the kicker is to take all these questions and put them into a spaced repetition software for long term memory retention. this will automatically make you more often study the stuff you dont know as well, so theres no math to be done. Just answer the questions that come up at you.
however, i like to add in techniques to the above. the above is just a structure or something. what about... HOW should i structure my questions in my flash cards? which is better to ask:
(A) Q: What color is the sky? A: Blue
(B) Q: What is the blue thing above called? A: The sky
You can reverse questions like that. I guess i could just include both in my flash cards, but then i'll have a ton. i wonder which is more efficient for learning.
I also like to include images in the flash cards. some questions i will make for myself will ask me to draw something, or to write out an outline.
