Meet Pranav

I've often and recursively grown tired of a particular discipline regardless of how interested I initially seemed. Though this characteristic is often seen as detrimental and counter-intuitive, I feel this behavioural trait opened myself up to be exposed to a multitude of different spheres of influence. Which is why, this week, I've chosen versatility as my superpower.

Growing up, I had a fairly uneventful childhood. I was confined in the constraints that your run-of-the-mill middle-class family establishes for itself because of monetary feasibility. So we never really traveled or did the fun things, other, much more economically stable families where able to accomplish. Don't get me wrong, there was never a single day where we didn't have food on the table or not have the ability to ask for something moderately reasonable.

The experience of growing up in a middle-class family inevitably instilled upon me two very specific values. One, work ethic and two, an appreciation for what one is disposed of off. Me, watching both my dad and mom, consistently and without fail, always show up to work and perform they're very best, helped me comprehend the amount of effort and dedication that goes into working a 9 to 5 job. And that all that effort contributes to what we have on the dinner table that night, and regardless of what it was, the understanding that hard work and sweat went into getting it there, gave me a sense of appreciation for what I was disposed of off.

The Miraculous World of Technology

If I were to retell the story of the first time I fell in love with technology in absolute detail, we'd have a very long and needlessly unnecessary blog. But to put it simply, the first time I fell in love with technology and what goes into making it tangible, wasn't when I encountered my very first computer at the age of 7. No. The first time I actually wanted to know how it all fits together, was when the very same computer broke down when I was 9.

Two years of never having to really consider that this marvellous invention that opens a portal into the vastness of the internet, was all washed away.

And thus, a man dressed in all white with a briefcase in one hand and the power to heal computers in the other walked into my life. The absolute sense of power he radiated in being able to fix the one thing that really mattered to the nine-year-old me, sent ambition like a bolt of lightning through my head. At that moment, I did not care how hard it took to get there, how many sacrifices I would have to make, but I wanted to understand and tame the beast of technology.

This then led me down the rabbit hole of learning the most over the shortest period of time, giving me adequate but incomplete knowledge. My very first real test of skill was during my last year of high school when I took part in a "Digital Forensics Challenge" by New York University. Me, not completely understanding what this entailed, and fueled by the years of experience I had in fixing things I'd broken, I signed up for the intense seven day long preliminary round. I soon realised, about two hours into the competition, I was most definitely, not equipped for this competition. Everything I thought I had known well, seemed to be much deeper and much more immense than I had previously imagined.

During the seven days that then ensued, I had reinvigorated a passion that I had seemed to lose since that 9-year-old kid watched the man in white fix his computer.

I delved into the world of cybersecurity fasted and deeper than ever before. And in those seven days, I had learned everything I needed to know to finish 10th on the leaderboard and qualify for the finals. Finals, that me, along with my teammates Jaasim Mulla and Jonathan Sumon, cruised to victory. What this event accomplished was one, narrow my field of expertise that I'd like to follow, to cybersecurity and two, there was so much more I could learn in cybersecurity.

And that's how I expressed the desire to attend Harbour.Space and Harbour.Space recognised that I would be a good fit here at their Bachelor's in Cyber Security programme.

Well, that concludes this very long and comprehensive evaluation of my superpower. I hope you enjoyed it and check out my Medium or Harbour.Space's YouTube channel if you'd like to see more of my work.

Pranav Joy is a Bachelor student of cybersecurity at Harbour.Space University. Drop by if you'd like to say hi!

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