I learned cyber by first trying to understand what breaks.

I got my first computer at 11. I quickly started taking apart everything happening behind the screen: networking, object-oriented programming, Arduino boards... That exploration left me with solid foundations in C, a sensitivity to reverse engineering and the ability to develop in OOP — tools that, without me realizing it yet, were already preparing me for offensive security.

That same curiosity is what led me to pentesting. What started as a Sunday hobby became a genuine obsession. Today, I am completing a cybersecurity bootcamp and actively preparing for the OSCP, which I am targeting for Q3 2026.

For a year and a half, I worked as a freelance developer building WebApps and business management solutions for companies — task automation, internal tooling for accounting firms. Several clients are still using the solutions I delivered today — which says something about the quality and durability of the work produced.

That experience gave me far more than development skills: it gave me the ability to understand how applications are built — and therefore where they break.

Today, I am able to conduct a full killchain on lab environments, from reconnaissance to complete compromise. I am now looking to bring these skills into my first professional experience in cybersecurity.