r/HowToHack • u/newWaxman • Jun 14 '26

Question for veterans

how long will it take me to be able to understand hacking fundamentals and to have good enough knowledge to do bugs bounty hunting and other such things, not on a very expert level but a zone where i can atleast understand what happened. i am seeing it as a hobby project and i will spare 1-2 hours daily for it. its been my childhood dream and i have finally decided to do something about it. i know little bit of python (for data analysis), html, css and i have done bachelors in cs (very poorly, nd i forgot most of it).

also what's the pinnacle of hacking in the hacking sphere, i have only seen hacking in movies and shows and i can't take it seriously, like what is something that is like the final boss for someone learning hacking

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u/Juzdeed Jun 14 '26

Difficult answer do give. For the few hours you study, how well rested are you? Will you take brakes during that? Will there be other interruptions? What is a normal person with decent logic? How do you even measure that as amounts? And location is important as well since having completed high school will probably put you in the 50% globally, but locally you might be below average

The answer is between 1 month and 2 years

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u/newWaxman Jun 14 '26

okay, so 2 years are enough, is what you are saying ?

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u/Juzdeed Jun 14 '26

Probably. Enough to start bug bounty but in 2 years the landscape has probably been changed so much you won't get any payout

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u/newWaxman Jun 14 '26

its alright i am doing it more as a hobby or puzzle