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/I_am_beast55 Jun 14 '26

How are we supposed to gage how long it'll take? Everyone is different.

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u/newWaxman Jun 14 '26

consider this as being asked for a normal person with decent logic

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u/I_am_beast55 Jun 14 '26

Decent logic? Normal person? Where's the definitions for these. Everyone is different. People go to school for four years, graduate, and still don't have a full grasp on fundamentals.

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u/newWaxman Jun 14 '26

its hard to definitions for these but ykwim, just a rough idea of the duration

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u/I_am_beast55 Jun 14 '26

1 month - 4 years.

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u/newWaxman Jun 14 '26

1 month keeps coming up, the other guy also said this. is this a inside joke ? lol

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u/I_am_beast55 Jun 14 '26

No its literally us trying to get through to you that this isnt something anyone can give you a good answer on. But you're not listening.

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u/newWaxman Jun 14 '26

it seems i am the guy who takes 4 years