How to Start Bug Bounties 101 & How to Make a Million in 4 Years Ozgur Alp 8 min read · Oct 27, 2021 -- 10 Listen Share
I got lots of questions and requests especially from new beginners to the area, so wanted to prepare a blog post regarding how to start at bug hunting and how to be successful.
Firstly, I want to say as there is no only true way exist to became successful in any area including this one. Every person has their own personality, characteristics, speciality and qualifications so this criteria could differ from one to another. I am only telling my story and mental methodology here, which directed me to earn $1 million through 4 years.
How (not) to start at first place?
If you are a person who is consistently asking other people about how to become successful in bug bounty sector or being mentor to them, I can surely tell you that as this is not the right way. Nobody has a simple formula to become successful in any area. So first thing to do in here could be stopping to ask people generic “how to” questions. Instead of it; you can do your homework, do some research about the area and find out your way yourself which will really help you later in terms of gaining bug hunting mindset.
When I was lecturing “Cyber Security 101” class at the Istanbul Bilgi University for 4 years, my first slide of the presentation for the first term was this one:
Press enter or click to view image in full size It was in Turkish on original content, translated for the blog
This concept could be expanded & adapted to any area. In terms of bug hunting:
“Learning how to use Google” is super essential. I use nearly 50-100 times per day for the last 4 years of my time. If you know how to use if efficiently, you can find what you are looking for faster and smarter. If you want to know how to use it efficiently, you can start Googling about it.
If your native language is not English, then learning it is super essential as using Google. The most international accepted language for 2021 is English and nearly all resources can be found within it.
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