Whoami II – From Duplicates to $680 directly [as a Beginner]

Hello Everyone!

whoami? Everyone have some stories to tell, and behind every character there is a story worth telling! even though i don’t have such character, that i would able to write even a paragraph about me!! but i think it’s better to start my article journey in this prestigious platform. and Mr Founder, since it’s an introductory article. so this time i be won’t using A.I you don’t have to worry about it. 😂.

Whoami?

Born in the far-west region of Nepal in my village(29°33′7″N,80°22′20″E 🏔️) which is surrounded by beautiful hills of Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. Hills taught me everything, “a person who learned to walk on mountain will never fall in plains😎” – once a wise man had said! although i was raised in India in 7 different places, away from my homeland. I’m 18, currently pursuing B.Tech (2nd year ongoing).

Cybersecurity and Me

Cybersecurity is an Awesome field, The more you learn, more you realize how less you know! I was not that kind of guy who already knew about this field! Hacker word was a matter of joke for me! i used to think it’s just about criminals portrayed in movies.

I never had thought that i would write this kind of article ever. but when i was in 1st year of my college, i got an assignment to learn an extra skill different from my course curriculum, firstly i was about to do a course related to wildlife photography due to my love and attachment with nature as born in Himalayas 🙂 but i don’t know how i got attracted towards Cybersecurity! i opted for a 30 – day virtual live course on Ethical Hacking Taught by Dhruv Gupta Sir! and my life changed from then.

The course i opted for was related to introduction to Bug Bounty! i got to learn two bugs from there! without bringing the greed of money in my mind i started building my skills watched a lot of PoCs from youTube build my skill and then made and account in Hackerone and Bugcrowd, i chose canva for my first target but got Out of Scope and negative points were awarded my interest in this field got grounded, all this happened in April 2024 just after my course had ended! instead of getting upset I chose to work more harder and today after lot of Duplicates and rejections, I’ve 2 valid resolved  bugs and one in triaged!

My work!

I started Hunting from April 2024 just after my 30 day course ended, i made lot of mistakes and learned a lot of valuable things from there!

list of Duplicates and Closed as informative Bugs with triaged and resolved bug at top

Got a solid $630+$50(retest) bounty from Starbucks

This is just a start, looking forward for learning more and more! this bounty is my first lifetime bounty and its really a grand one! it’s always very painful getting duplicates over duplicates but “if you never joined a war, you can never win”, always believe in yourself and work harder with full patience. you will be surely rewarded. this motivates me more to learn as learning is a process which never disappoints you!

looking forward to utilize this platform for learning and sharing my knowledge, special thanks to Mr Founder and his team for taking this initiative, i believe one day this platform will be a matter of proud for you guys! this platform is a blessing for cybersecurity community! eagerly waiting for the launch of OneWriteup Labs too! this is an amazing initiative!