Thanks for the replies. I try hard not to let the BS get in the way, but it makes me not want to function sometimes.

Oh well. I will keep pushing forward advancing myself and try to build my future since it's in my hands. One of my buddies wants to begin a business with me, doing management and monitoring, and eventually getting into engineering and security consulting and availability services. So I will be pursuing that with him on the side and see where things go.

Be well.