‘Hunters’ biggest mistake? Expecting immediate results’: ‘RL’ on building a Bug Bounty career

**Executive summary:** This interview with a 19-year-old ethical hacker ('RL') outlines his path into ethical hacking during COVID lockdowns, his primary tools (browser and Burp Suite), focus areas such as WAF bypasses and documentation-driven research, and career advice for aspiring bug hunters. He recounts a notable cache-poisoning vulnerability on Glassdoor that resulted in a stored XSS, but the article is journalistic and career-oriented rather than a technical incident report.