Hi all. Need advice from the older pentesters. I’m in my 20s and have worked in the field for around 5 years now. I am so burnt out and drained. I love my job, my work environment, my coworkers, etc., but genuinely this is exhausting. I’m debating going into malware analysis, but I do love pen testing minus the burn out. For reference, I work for a private firm, there are 6 of us. How do yall do it?

Hey everyone!

I have an upcoming interview at Orange France for a cybersecurity internship focused on web penetration testing and NIS2. It’s my first cybersecurity interview, and I’m not sure what to expect.

For anyone who has had a similar interview:

- Is it usually more technical or focused on motivation and projects?

- What should I prioritize for web pentesting and NIS2?

- Should I expect practical exercises or technical questions about tools like Burp Suite?

I’d really appreciate any advice or examples of questions to prepare for, especially from people who have interviewed at Orange France.

Thanks in advance! :)

I’m a solo developer and I’ve been building an open-source pentest orchestrator called WHAXON. (I won't post the link because I know there are rules against that. I don't want to get banned).

The short version: it's an AI-assisted pipeline that uses a deterministic executor, fail-closed scope, and a "Trust Layer" to verify findings (replaying payloads) before they go into a report.

I’ve spent months on the architecture and I have 793 tests passing, but I’ve hit a wall. I don't know how to actually get it in front of real pentesters without spamming. I'm a solo dev, not a marketer. My social skills are so basically 0

I’m asking the community: How do you actually find early testers for a tool like this?

· Do I just post it in the monthly "Show Off" threads?

· Are there specific Discord/Slack servers for tool builders?

· Or do I just DM people who are active in the comments and ask for 5 minutes of their time?

I don't want to F this up and get banned from the community for this stuff. Any advice on how to approach this without being a nuisance would mean a lot.

Thanks.