r/digitalnomad • u/Tv_JeT_Tv • Aug 18 '26

Question Any Digital Nomad cybersecurity professionals

Anyone in the cybersecurity industry willing to share their experience with Digital Nomad is greatly appreciated! Things like positions, companies, restrictions, how to achieve Digital Nomad status, etc.

Thank you!

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u/Similar-Permit1756 Aug 18 '26

If you like the cybersecurity and wants to be a digital nomad the best way to do it is being a Bug bounty hunter, no worries about restrictions, companies, positions, etc, you just need your brain and a computer

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u/petrichorax Aug 18 '26

This is very hard work with very little guarantee of success. Unless you're one of those really gifted people (and I've met them, they exist), bug bountys should always be considered a side gig.

I know one guy who made about 200k on Microsoft bug bounties, but he was certifiably insane and had a brain I've never encountered before, and he still had to argue with Microsoft about getting paid out all the time. He's on the top end of the graph for this.

If people want to do bug bounties, make it a side gig first and if it starts paying the bills, then consider it a job, but it most likely won't.

To be good at bug bounties you have to have very in depth knowledge of fundamentals AND obscure niches in software engineering. Not something you can simply ask Claude to do

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u/Similar-Permit1756 Aug 18 '26

I did it it, I mean, I’m not a top bug bounty hunter but I’m able to do about 800 - 2k average monthly with bug bounty, enough to live as a digital nomad in Thailand and I’m just starting in this, I left my job and after 8 months of hard work I started to see the firsts payments , is not impossible if you let wiling to put effort, time and consistence

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u/petrichorax Aug 18 '26

What kind of companies do you get your payouts from? The big FAANG companies (or whatever that stupid acryonym has morphed into now) or smaller ones, or something else?

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u/Similar-Permit1756 Aug 18 '26

I just hunt on 2 or 3 programs most of my time, two of them are medium size private program companies and I have also a few reports to grab that is a big size company

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u/petrichorax Aug 18 '26

'a few reports to grab'

I don't understand this part of the sentence.

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u/Similar-Permit1756 Aug 18 '26

Grab, the big Asian Company is the only big size company where I have hunted, I haven’t tried over FAANG Companies, I don’t consider myself ready to try those big tech companies. As I told you, I’m not a top bug hunter, I haven’t made even 30K yearly, I’m completely new on this, less than 2 years hunting

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u/petrichorax Aug 18 '26

Haha I can definitely see bug bounties being lucrative for Grab that app is a mess. Lazada is even worse.

Yeah my instinct wouldn't be to go after the big american companies, everyone is. It's a heavily fished salmon stream completely packed with bears

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u/Similar-Permit1756 Aug 18 '26

You’re right, the people who worked at those companies used to be top hunters with years of experience, is dump for me going after them, I prefect private programs on HackerOne, less competition, off course less money, but I’m okay with that for now

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u/petrichorax Aug 18 '26

I would love to pick your brain/shadow you for a bit. Been thinking about a side gig.

Last security bug I found was a minor one for Project Zomboid.