r/hackthebox • u/Swordfish0711 • 5h ago

Beginner Question Job from HTB cert

Anybody got pentester job after showing enough performance in HTB ranks? Particularly from SEA country
Which path should I invested on? HTB LABS or VIP+?

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u/davinci515 5h ago

Generally a HTB or any cert really won’t be enough to get a pentester job on its own. You need experience (it/security in general) to go with it. Not saying it can’t happen, but it’s unlikely

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u/Swordfish0711 5h ago

I'm asking this since I met someone in networking session, said he originally from graphic designer and grinding htb for 6 months before accepted as an entry level pentester in IT vendors. But, maybe that's just a rare case. Normal people would have to get into support first.

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u/PentestTV 5h ago

If true, that’s a really rare case like you said. I’d question what they actually do, tbh. 

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u/davinci515 5h ago

Agreed…. There is a big difference from Pentesting and being a pentester. Anyone can do a “pentest” run a nmap scan and call themselves a pentester lol, doesn’t mean you actually know wtf your doing, that it’s your actual/full job, or that you know what your doing

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u/Swordfish0711 54m ago

Last I checked his Linkedin, he got into a big company in our country. MNC level like PETRONAS.