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Side Hustle School

#766 - Vigil Anti-Hacker Logs $110,000 Profit

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A high school student uses ethical hacking to discover computer bugs, earning as much as $20,000 a month. Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are. Share: #SideHustleSchool Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com Twitter: @chrisguillebeau To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪

0:08.9

Science and School continues to level up.

0:11.5

And that's because if you are amazing listeners.

0:13.6

Yesterday we had the story of the auctionistas,

0:16.5

the dynamic sister duo that bids up profits for charities.

0:19.7

What's today we have the story of a guy who earns a lot of money

0:22.9

up to $20,000 a month starting as a high school student

0:26.4

by using what's known as ethical hacking.

0:29.0

So this is something that we haven't talked about on the show

0:30.7

at least not before in this particular context.

0:33.0

This was my introduction to the world of bug bounties,

0:35.8

which I had never heard of before and I found fascinating.

0:38.5

It's basically about helping companies discover

0:40.3

computer vulnerabilities.

0:41.8

This would not be a good side hustle for me,

0:43.5

but maybe somebody who is into coding

0:45.2

or is just good at finding needles and haystacks

0:47.6

should pay close attention.

0:49.0

Because even though as I said, it wouldn't be good for me.

0:50.9

I did find it fascinating.

0:52.4

And this guy we're going to tell you about today

0:53.6

is a vigil anti-hacker, like a vigilante hacker,

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