please bear with me if its too long :') My experience: I (25M) graduated recently with a degree in computer & communications engineering here in Egypt, i've done bug bounty for a couple of years (not full time) and got like 50 bugs in bug bounty programs and got paid many times (and have published writeups about some bugs) i can't work in my country til i finish my military service (which is very close to start and lasts around one year), if i go in i'll be 27 years old when i finsh it..

one interesting option for me is to do a masters in germany, if i do this, i can skip the military service and go straight to germany, the problem is i don't know german (i can confidently reach A2 while i prepare for the masters) and i'm afraid if i go i won't land a cybersecurity job besides doing my masters (i'm allowed to work on a student visa) and i'll have to work any retail job (so i can pay for expenses) til i finish my masters, what would you recommend me that i do ? my final goal is to work full time as a web security researcher or actually be so good in bug bounties that i can do it full time. the main problem with the masters is that i may work any bullshit job while i can work in security, and also i'm not really sure how helpful will the masters be to my work goal, i can obvsiously go to Germany and not care about the masters and just focus on getting a nice job

1- finish military service at 27 years old, start improving resume (bounties, certs etc) and start applying for jobs (in and outside of Egypt) 2- appply for a masters in germany and hopefully try my best to land a cybersecurity related job besides my masters

note: trust me when i say i'll be 27 years old when i finish the army stuff ik the dates are kinda confusing