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Not a question but I’d like to provide some career guidance. If you’re interested in a career in penetration testing, please, please put some time in your training plan for technical writing. So many folks think the job is all hacking, but it’s really about a third project planning with meetings and such, a third hacking and a third writing. Writing rules of engagement, test plans, reports, presentations on results, etc. So business and writing is just as important as the technical stuff. A well rounded applicant will have better luck finding a role.
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I’ve heard from multiple seasoned pentesters who have their own pentest-focused consulting companies that they have hired junior pentesters for no reason other than they were either A. good writers or B. Uniquely excited about report writing/technical documentation. So yeah, learn to write, like to write, get paid. Good tip!