How I hacked my way to the big leagues: Fat bounties, interviews on NASDAQ, and advisory boards
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Summary
Self-taught hacker Ads Dawson recounts his path from network engineer to Bugcrowd's Hacker Advisory Board—late-night CTFs, RFC deep dives, and LLM red teaming—with advice for aspiring hunters.
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