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🐛💸 From Noob to $10k: How I Cracked the Bug Bounty Code as a Beginner! 🚀✨
Imagine this: You’re just starting out in cybersecurity, armed with nothing but curiosity and a laptop. Fast forward a few months, and you’re cashing in $10,000 for finding bugs. Sounds like a movie plot, right? Nope — it’s my real-life story, and I’m here to show you how you can do it too!
Hi, I’m krish and I went from knowing zero about hacking to earning $10,000 in bug bounties as a beginner. No fancy degrees, no secret hacks — just hard work, smart strategies, and a whole lot of persistence. Ready to learn how I did it? Let’s go! 🚀
The Moment That Changed Everything 💡
It all started with a YouTube video. I was scrolling through my feed, and there it was: a guy talking about how he earned $50,000 in a year by finding bugs. My first thought? “No way this is real.” But curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to give it a shot.
Fast forward a few months, and I was holding a $10,000 payout in my hands. Here’s exactly how I made it happen — step by step.
Step 1: I Started with Zero Knowledge (And That’s Okay!) 🎓
I didn’t have a cybersecurity degree. I didn’t even know what “XSS” stood for. But I had one thing: a hunger…