I would recommend just going into ethical hacking. The downside to black hat shit is that, while fun, it won't get you paid and all the truly highly skilled are in the ethical business. They're paid...read that? PAID to find exploits and patch them. That's more of a merit-based thing and not something that you can "I'm a (insert color) differently gendered person so I get to call the shots and if not YOU"RE ALL RACISTS REEEEE!" your way to the top.

Depends on my mood. If I'm getting rage-inducing errors, I go hard electronic (anything off the DSBP or Alfa-Matrix labels) because for some reason the constant pulse-pounding bumps center me when I'm doing it. If it's an easy piece of code, then it's anything from Skynyrd to some Metal. Literally just whatever is in my mood at the time and my boogerhooks will be on my phone spotifying the shit out of some Static-X or something or even Johnny Cash. I run a huge spectrum.