Sunday, May 19, 2024

Security Testing Journal Entry | w/e Friday May 17, 2024 - "Dankful" Ed.


Highlights for the week

As it happens, this was a great week full of a bunch of small wins coupled together. Sure the job hunt continues, but there's a lot to be hopeful about.

What We’re Grateful For

  1. Having friends in important places to provide meaningful feedback.
  2. Having a mentor also providing great feedback.
  3. Having a roof over my head, food in the 'fridge, and a bed to sleep on.
  4. Grateful to have the energy to make it another weak UE.

What We Loved

  1. As always: the small wins, the grind, and the persistence to push through the hardwork, even when it feels frustrating at times.
  2. Looking forward to this week's onsite test.

What We Learned

  1. Automation, pt. 1 - Appium with Pytest: It took a couple of days and several hours of research before finally putting together a comprehensive suite for testing android and ios apps on mobile. On to the testing! Blog in the works!!
  2. Automation, pt.2 - Successfully migrating security tests to new repo. Now for the tedius decoupling from the target project to make it more portable.
  3. Pen Testing - moving through my current project, but going through Cybrary lecture. Learned some really interesting things. More to come.

What We Longed For

  1. A good job
  2. More time! My writing has taken a back seat to ongoing projects and shifting priorities.

What We Loathed

  1. Lack of response from jobs I've applied to. The grind is getting old!
  2. Trolls on reddit! Getting downvoted for being right and contesting a crap statement is the worst thing about that forum.

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