Goal: Find work doing Vulnerability Research.
I work at a small company that does some pretty awesome stuff. I get to write python scripts or java apps on most days. occasionally I work with microcontrollers, but in an archaic basic like language, or RARELY C. They hired me out of high school, I've worked here here for about 4 years now, and I'll be turning 21 soon. I tried going to a community college, but bailed before my first semester was 3/4 over. I don't like working when I feel the work is worthless, AKA every English assignment.
I'm making more than a livable wage @ just under 35k annually and live with my family. I went to a vocational college during high school and earned myself a few (moderately worthless from what I understand) certs from TestOut (PC Pro, Network Pro, Security Pro). I think with ~48 hours of studying I could get the CISSP, next would be CEH and OSCP. Even then, none of these certs would actually teach me anything about vulnerability research. I've played with a IDA and Ghidra, but have never used either to accomplish anything. I think I should find myself some good books on both Windows and Linux kernels. Any recommendations for those?
What I really want to know is, what steps should I take to find a role as a vulnerability researcher?
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