Hi, my name is Justin!

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Earned My CompTIA Security+ Certification

Just passed the Security+ exam. Didn't grind through any study materials, I just went in cold and passed because the fundamentals stuck from my high school.

Why It Matters

Security+ is DoD 8570 baseline for government contractors. I'm serious about working for companies like TVA, Southern Company, or Duke Energy on critical infrastructure, and that path basically requires a clearance. This cert is step one.

My TVA internship showed me what applied security actually looks like: vulnerability assessment, red team operations, real infrastructure at scale. This cert just formalizes that I can talk about it in the way the government cares about.

Going Forward

Longer term, TS/SCI clearance if the opportunity comes up. Right now it's about signaling that I'm thinking strategically about my career, not just building random projects for the portfolio. The skills matter. The credentials back them up.

CompTIA Security+ ce Certification was issued by CompTIA to Jeffrey Justin Wright.

Earners of the CompTIA Security+ certification have the knowledge and skills necessary to perform core security functions required of any cy

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Quadtree Image Compression

A project that uses a quadtree data structure to progressively compress images by recursively subdividing regions based on color variance. The deeper the tree, the more detail is preserved.

Source code & docs: https://github.com/Justintimefordinner/QuadtreeCompression

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My original portfolio website has served me well. It gave me a platform to showcase my skills and projects when I was first starting out. As I’ve grown, I realized that maintaining a fully custom design maybe wasn't the best use of my time. So after convincing myself that using a template isn't cheating, I’ve retired it in favor of a blog styled site

Goodbye buddy, you were terrible.