Friday, September 5, 2025

Security Testing Journal Entry | w/e Friday Sept. 5, 2025 - "Rested, Relaxed, and Recharged" Ed.


Highlights for the week

Coming home from a much needed vacation was awesome. The 10 days spent away from everything was necessary. While I didn't get the chance to actually sit with myself and reflect on what I want out life, I wasn't dwelling on the dumbshit I've done. I still feel a bit down about what happened at SI, and my confidence is at an all time low, but this week has been full of small wins and I'm feeling a little better. Sometimes I do get those pangs of guilt and self-loathing. The gym is my therapy and I have been the most disciplined as I have ever been in my workouts. I still don't have a solid diet, but I try not to eat like trash either. I aim to apply that discipline to my studies and work habits.

What We’re Grateful For

  1. Grateful to have been able to spend time away from the job rejection madness.
  2. Dark days at the start of the week lead to beautiful days (Friday!!)
  3. Grateful to be back to good physcial health, still working on the mental.

What We Loved

  1. Continued with Bugcrowd PT .. need to tackle the areas I marked off as points of interest. The week has been busy!!
  2. New pen test - app is https://voocab.com, and the backend url is https://api.voocab.com. Gave it a solid 6 hours of my day, pro bono! Client was happy.
  3. Picked up U-Test Application at the start of the week .. made some $$

What We Learned

  1. Portswigger practice with business logic flaws - post-poned to the weekend.
  2. WAHH Chapter 12 - completed; Chapter 13 started.
  3. TCM Lesson - On to week 6; need to complete the assignment of building out the Lab.

What We Longed For

  1. Should strongly consider making more contributions to my github by way of 2025 projects. Typescript, anyone?

What We Loathed

  1. Rejections! Getting the rejection email then seeing the job again reposted later makes me wonder why they bother.

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