Penetration Tester

Jason Haddix Portfolio

Offensive security leader with 15 years in the field, formerly in head-of-research and trust roles at Bugcrowd and HackerOne, publishing bug bounty reconnaissance methodology and training through his own site and talks.

Offensive SecurityBug Bounty MethodologyReconnaissanceSecurity Leadership

What makes it work

A breakdown of the choices that make this portfolio stand out.

1

Career spanning both the practitioner and platform side of bug bounty

Having worked inside two major bug bounty platforms (Bugcrowd, HackerOne) as well as independently gives a rare dual perspective — how researchers work and how programs are run — that a pure practitioner's portfolio wouldn't show.

2

Explicit years-of-experience framing

Stating "15 years" directly on the homepage gives visitors an immediate, unambiguous sense of seniority rather than requiring them to infer it from a list of past roles.

3

Consulting and training offered alongside personal content

Positioning himself for training and consulting engagements, not just content consumption, signals the site is a professional practice hub, not only a personal blog.

What Penetration Testers can take from this

Specific, actionable tips to apply to your own portfolio — no generic advice.

  • If you've worked on both the practitioner and platform/program side of an industry, make that dual perspective explicit — it's a distinctive credential few others can claim.

  • State your years of experience plainly on the homepage rather than making visitors calculate it from a timeline.

  • If you're open to consulting or training work, say so directly on the homepage rather than only implying it through your content.

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