Security Testing Journal Entry | w/e Friday January 26, 2024 - "Mentees Winning" Ed.

Highlights for the week

I am a proud "papa" this week. My mentees are thriving. Ony one from France is successfully advancing through her studies. My other mentee is being courted by two potential employers, each with promising paths to success. She and I spent the better part of last week rehearsing interview skills. She passed all the preliminary rounds and is now in the final stages.

As for me, job hunt remains a grind, but the learning goes on. Huge lesson learned regarding testing LLM and Salesforce.

What We Loved

1. As noted above, being a mentor and watching others thrive is a super I've unlocked.

What We Learned

1. Pen Test for "Cartlane" - 75% complete. Goal this week is to be 100% done
2. Burp Suite - LLM tests ... this was fun and relevant!; Will revist web cache poisoning
3. QA Day - Learned Saleforce testing. Good stuff. Goal this week -- python practice, all week (autom., scripts)
4. Cult.ure - paused! "Husband" - new chapter "Illumina" started

What We Longed For

1. As always, looking forward to getting hired soon. Happily, I applied to a Jr. Pen Test role (fingers crossed)

What We Loathed

1. Unemployment!!
2. Seeing far too many tech workers getting laid off for silly reasons, when clearly its to rerout the budget from payroll to R&D