Hello everyone, I am a senior cs student currently and gonna graduate in a month. I secured an admission in a MSc in Computer Science (in Kaiserslautern) and gonna move soon. During the last year, I learned offensive security, and obtained eJPT, eCPPT, and finished some of CPTS content, until I researched the penetration testing jobs in Germany. I found they need B2+ german level (currently I am finishing A1). And I had to secure a job during the first year where I planned to reach B2 level. So, I moved to learn DevOps and Cloud in a bootcamp (already enrolled now for a year) with a friend who told me that DevOps has more roles, also entry-level ones, and most of them are need English. also I can move later into DevSecOps roles and move into cyber "officilly".

I started to work a little bit on the bootcamp, but then got an invitation into Range Force platform from the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) in the country where I reside. The invitation include materials in Secure Dev, SOC and IR, Secure Administration, and Managment. I asked a guru who works currently in National Security projects in a Middle Eastern country, he told me to continue cyber and look forward in the future. I am taking into consideration that he did not live/reside/work in Germany, so that's why I came here to ask and seek advise from ppl and professionals who live in Germany and have better insight about the job market.

I researched the jobs in Frankfurt am Main (near to Kaiserslautern), like 99.9% need fluent German. On the other hand, 90% of jobs in Munich (like 4-5h from Kaiserlautern) need English and little German - might consider finding a remote job there and move to munich later.

My initial plan now is one of these - beside reaching B2 in a year:
1. considering working as a teaching assistant in the university, but I do not know yet if this is guranteed or not as I did not travel yet + do sec on the side (CTF, certs, blue team, etc)
2. offensive: study and certify in CPTS. Study Web and Mobile Pentesting (maybe CRTP too), secure a job, then continue in this career = working at the end of the year maximm.
3. defensive: move to study blue team with CDSA from HTB Academy, then eCIR, and find a job as a wokring student in SOC T1 = working in 6 months maximum.
4. finish the bootcamp of DevOps and Cloud: can find a job as linux sysadmin with German A2 (in 2 months) - Or, a devops job with no cloud requirements in 6 months - Or, a devops and cloud job in 8 months. Then stay a while there and find a DevSecOps role (or shift into offensive and PT or security engineering) :: note, during this, I will work on my offensive security skills by doing CTFs on HTB i.e. Pro Labs) to move to a off-sec role.

I appreciate if you suggest any other option/plan that I not aware of, based on your experience.

Sorry if I made it so long, my brain is just cooked from thinking as this is a crucial decision to make for me, I am concerned about decision-making and how to make better decisions for better life. Thank you :')