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OP here:

Thank you for the radical candor everyone (I greatly appreciate it)!

While I'm humbled by the warnings, I'm also inspired by the encouragement.

Consulting, quality assurance, and security bounties are all related to my passion, but as I've clarified in other comments: investigating and fixing known bugs is the niche I'd like to aim for, regardless of the non-technical challenges in procuring such work.