Day: July 16, 2023

Hacking Career Path (especially Low-level/Binary) for Current SWE

I’m currently a SWE in a FAANG company doing data/ML and honestly have been pretty bored with my day-to-day. On the side, I’ve been getting into binary hacking (really a mix of actual exploits like buffer overflows, binary instrumentation like putting backdoors in binaries, and a bit of reverse engineering) and have loved it.

I was wondering:

  • What would a career path in these areas look like for a current SWE? From preliminary Googling, I see both security engineer roles which seem SWE-like as well as more IT-oriented roles.
  • What is the actual day-to-day like? (I know this depends a lot on the specific role, but any data points are helpful.)

I’m willing to be flexible about sub-areas – all the areas I mentioned I find really interesting, and I’d be open to other things in the hacking space as well (e.g. web hacking) though I don’t have as much exposure.

Thanks in advance!

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July 16, 2023
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