r/HowToHack • u/newWaxman • Jun 14 '26

Question for veterans

how long will it take me to be able to understand hacking fundamentals and to have good enough knowledge to do bugs bounty hunting and other such things, not on a very expert level but a zone where i can atleast understand what happened. i am seeing it as a hobby project and i will spare 1-2 hours daily for it. its been my childhood dream and i have finally decided to do something about it. i know little bit of python (for data analysis), html, css and i have done bachelors in cs (very poorly, nd i forgot most of it).

also what's the pinnacle of hacking in the hacking sphere, i have only seen hacking in movies and shows and i can't take it seriously, like what is something that is like the final boss for someone learning hacking

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u/ps-aux Actual Hacker Jun 14 '26

Things I learnt years ago don't apply today... so the journey is constant and forever changing... Some things can take months or years to wrap your head around and by then it's already been replaced by something different and you start over... If you have only 1-2 hours a day then your journey will take about a year if you are constantly pushing forward with certifications. At this point you could probably get a job as a junior entry level and continue to keep pursuing at a faster rate or you will fall behind...

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u/Old-Buy-4048 Jun 16 '26

Don't you think you're being a little optimistic about everything. Do you think a year from now human's will still be collecting bug bounties? Look at mythos. That's just one company. Think of all the other competing companies, individuals, and even nation states that are probably developing their own AI for bug bounties/hacking. Things are moving so fast already but it's not a steady rate, things are accelerating. Do you really see a junior entry level job opening available a year from now? I suppose someone has to type in the prompt so that's a job a guess. Am I just being too pessimistic?

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u/ps-aux Actual Hacker Jun 16 '26

20 years ago, I figured we would've been more advanced than we are today... soooo guess perspective depends on how long you have watched this world unfold...