Thanks for the additional context. A few final thoughts: - even if you stay in cybersecurity forever, I'd guess that increasing your software engineering capab

Thanks for the additional context. A few final thoughts: - even if you stay in cybersecurity forever, I'd guess that increasing your software engineering capability is worth some amount of effort - the knowledge can help you in the job, and in an interview, but in most cases it's your CV that gets you the interview; someone reading your CV will likely look at your past accomplishments, so it would be good if those learning opportunities also allow you to have some impact