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Supply and demand I guess. Pathetic for a senior SE but pretty awesome for a 16 year old up and coming hacker.

by FloorEgg 10mo ago

tuesdaynight 10mo ago
You are right, but that could (probably not) make them go for the bad route because they would get way more money that way. 4k for a bug that could take control of your customer account sounds disrespectful to me.
- finghin 10mo ago
  Yeah, my read is that the teenage hacker confronted with this ridiculous payslip sees two ways forward: accept the pay cut for the CV benefit of working with bug bounties, or get a bit better at hiding your ass and make them really pay.
  - james_marks 10mo ago
    If I were 16, I’d be thinking I just made an obscene amount of money ($4,000!) messing with computers for fun, and got to meet people at a famous company. That’s a free car. Free computer. Uber eats for months. And my status with my peers as a hacker would be cemented. I get that bounty amounts are low vs SE salary, but that’s not at all how my 16yo self would see it.
    - finghin 10mo ago
      When I was sixteen I was already familiar with the concept of leverage. I’m not sure if I’d have had the cajones to use it though.
- grenran 10mo ago
  Playing devils advocate but 4k is probably more money than most kids that age have seen in their life
finghin 10mo ago
I hope I'm not assuming too much but I'm really hope the up and coming hacker is smart enough to know that his work was worth more than $4,000. That's 1-2% of an annual SE salary for someone with similar skillset.
- ascorbic 10mo ago
  And this will help them land that six figure job
  - bbarn 10mo ago
    I mean, as a hiring manager, a fresh grad with multiple bug bounties tells me a lot about their drive and skill, so I'd agree. It's a great differentiator.
- MeetingsBrowser 10mo ago
  > That's 1-2% of an annual SE salary for someone with similar skillset. I agree $4,000 is way too low, but a $400k salary is really high, especially for security work.
- degamad 10mo ago
  > That's 1-2% of an annual SE salary for someone with similar skillset. So commensurate for approximately 2 days of work, a little high for two hours of work, and a little low for 8 days of work.
yieldcrv 10mo ago
market value is the same regardless, so this was pathetic

Supply and demand I guess. Pathetic for a senior SE but pretty awesome for a 16 year old up and coming hacker.

You are right, but that could (probably not) make them go for the bad route because they would get way more money that way. 4k for a bug that could take control of your customer account sounds disrespectful to me.

finghin 10mo ago
Yeah, my read is that the teenage hacker confronted with this ridiculous payslip sees two ways forward: accept the pay cut for the CV benefit of working with bug bounties, or get a bit better at hiding your ass and make them really pay.
- james_marks 10mo ago
  If I were 16, I’d be thinking I just made an obscene amount of money ($4,000!) messing with computers for fun, and got to meet people at a famous company. That’s a free car. Free computer. Uber eats for months. And my status with my peers as a hacker would be cemented. I get that bounty amounts are low vs SE salary, but that’s not at all how my 16yo self would see it.
  - finghin 10mo ago
    When I was sixteen I was already familiar with the concept of leverage. I’m not sure if I’d have had the cajones to use it though.
grenran 10mo ago
Playing devils advocate but 4k is probably more money than most kids that age have seen in their life

finghin 10mo ago

I hope I'm not assuming too much but I'm really hope the up and coming hacker is smart enough to know that his work was worth more than $4,000. That's 1-2% of an annual SE salary for someone with similar skillset.

ascorbic 10mo ago
And this will help them land that six figure job
- bbarn 10mo ago
  I mean, as a hiring manager, a fresh grad with multiple bug bounties tells me a lot about their drive and skill, so I'd agree. It's a great differentiator.
MeetingsBrowser 10mo ago
> That's 1-2% of an annual SE salary for someone with similar skillset. I agree $4,000 is way too low, but a $400k salary is really high, especially for security work.
degamad 10mo ago
> That's 1-2% of an annual SE salary for someone with similar skillset. So commensurate for approximately 2 days of work, a little high for two hours of work, and a little low for 8 days of work.

yieldcrv 10mo ago

market value is the same regardless, so this was pathetic