Hey DEV! I’m 19, a former game dev, and now working in pentesting.
Hey everyone,
I'm 19 years old and currently working full-time as a penetration tester. I've been lurking around the DEV community for a while now, and I figured it's finally time to break the ice and make my first post.
TBH Honestly, if you told me a few years ago that this is what I’d be doing for a living today, I wouldn't have believed you.
🕹️ From Building to Breaking
My tech journey actually started out in game development. I loved building things from scratch, but eventually, I got super curious about how the web and data infrastructure actually worked under the hood.
That curiosity pulled me down a massive rabbit hole of web dev and networking, which quickly collided head-on with cybersecurity. I realized I liked networks and web apps a lot, but I fell completely in love with the security side of things:
Finding vulnerabilities
- Understanding how systems break
- Learning how to properly patch and fix them
I spent a ton of my time self-studying, grinding through labs, and building personal projects until I managed to land my current role.
🚀 Why I'm Joining DEV
I’m here because I want to start documenting my journey, sharing some of my findings (the non-confidential ones, of course!), and learning from the rest of you.
If you’re into cybersec, networking, web dev, or just tech in general, drop a comment and say hi! I'd love to connect and hear what projects everyone else is working on right now.
Cheers! 🍻
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