Saturday, June 15, 2024

Security Testing Journal Entry | w/e Friday June 14, 2024 - "Big Gemini Energy" Ed.


Highlights for the week

HUGE NEWS! This week as I've been moving along through the interview process for a QA Specialist role at a Consultancy. Great pay, with seemingly cool people, working on an awesome product. No word on acceptance yet as I have to make 1 more interview. Overall, dare I say: Prayers answered!

Big gemini energy this week as the birthday/father's day falls on the same day. Enjoying both as I've decided to take the weekend off from the gym.

What We’re Grateful For

  1. Grateful for a loving wife. We managed to get through these dark times without being at each other's throat. On the same page regarding finances.
  2. Gratful for a wonderful mom who gave me a lot more $$ for my birthday than I was expecting.
  3. Grateful for fatherhood, both being a dad and understanding what it takes to be a dad (we don't always get it right, but we try).

What We Loved

  1. The promise of a new job is truly what I've been loving most this past week.
  2. The Cybrary course has been really eye-opening. Learning something new every day.

What We Learned

  1. Cybrary - Learned some invaluable lessons with LFI/RFI and File upload vulnerabilities that I hadn't known before.
  2. Burp Suite - pivoting off of the Race conditions and onto GraphQL. That seems more relevant.
  3. Automation - some light work with mobile; finally getting around to learning JAVA with Playwright; Security suite is coming along nicely.
  4. "Husb..." - exciting chapter as we get to learn about the founder of the Order. The story ballooned.
  5. Medium Blogging - I'm going to start ramping up the "Security 4 N0obs series" and catalog my journey better.

What We Longed For

  1. Really truly hoping to hear something soon. I'm in the red with finances.

What We Loathed

  1. Nothing this week. Rejection letters don't phase me any more.

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