Closing words

I hope you had a lot of pleasure reading this book and that I've been able to get you started on the path of messing with electronics and embedded systems. I think I can never repeat this enough, but persistence and repetition are the key to learning hardware hacking; it is a craft. You will burn yourself, cut yourself, burn components and tools, and other not-so-agreeable moments will happen. You will be stuck at 3 A.M. hunting for bugs in your code or looking for a vulnerability that may not really exist. The key thing is... don't let that stop you. Like anything hacking- or making-related, persistence and courage are actually what will allow you to succeed. A big part of this job is staying up to date on current research: keep reading articles (new ones, old ones... read all the things!), follow security conferences, read Hackaday, Y Combinator, participate in Capture the Flags (CTFs), follow trainings (on a side note, having a serious training budget must...