Am I fired?
I interned for a startup for free for 4 months. I took a few weeks break for my end sem exams and before that the CEO told me not to worry about continuing the internship and that he will also provide a stipend when I continue after the exams.
Now here's the thing, I used to carry out pentests on their web app and found a critical level IDOR. The co-founder and CTO were pleased with my work, they replied on my internship completion post on LinkedIn, told me that my work was great throughout the internship so and so...
Now I approached them again and he said, they are currently going through "internal restructuring" and that he won't be able to offer an internship this month. And he will contact me when the "requirement is strong". As far as my experience with rejections goes, those are just other words for "Bye bye". He also appreciated my work, my ownership etc etc. I Guess he did that to sweeten the situation and politely asked me to 'go away'.
Any experienced ppl in Cybersecurity. Considering my performance as an intern and his replies, am I cooked? Or is there really a silver lining?