How to get started today FOR FREE
Become a hacker!
Are you ready to take control of your career and dive into the exciting world of hacking? You might think that hacking is only for tech-savvy individuals, but the truth is anyone can learn the skills needed to succeed in this field. With dedication and the right resources, you too can become a skilled hacker and make a fulfilling career for yourself. So why wait? Let's get started today on your journey to becoming a successful hacker!
Before you wonder what the catch is, I want to let you know that this is all completely free. The goal is to help everyone learn and build a better life for themselves. Whether that means learning skills for fun, starting and building a career, using their skills to help their communities, or just being curious about what it is that hackers get up to.
Nothing worth doing is ~~easy~~ too hard for YOU
The investment that you must make is with your time. Beginning is always the hardest part of any journey, but if you stick with it, in six months, you will be unrecognizable to your current self.
Speaking from experience, it can be hard to stick to something challenging for a long period of time, but steady progress over a six month period will bring you quite far towards the goal.
The learning curve will be steep in the beginning, but that is mostly because of the huge array of new vocabulary and concepts flying at you. If you stick with it for even just a couple of weeks, you'll find it gets MUCH easier.
You are NOT too dumb or technology-illiterate or old or anything else to do this. ANYONE can learn and do this. We want to help you along the way.
What do we need to learn?
We will be teaching a number of things, including non-technical topics: - Hacking (obviously 👺) - How to Learn - History of hacking - History of technology - Cybersecurity - Cybercrime - Cyberwarfare and espionage - Japan (We are based here, afterall) - Ninja (The patron saint of all hackers) - Technology reviews - News - Job posting analysis - Career guidance - Many other things!
Things you need
- A computer (even an old laptop or Chromebook will work in the beginning)
- A goal (being able to confidently call yourself a hacker is a good start, but we will help you find useful milestones)
- A desire to change your life and/or the world
First things first
For your very first steps in the world of hacking, I highly recommend a website called TryHackMe. Specifically, their learning paths which are (mostly) completely free and do not require anything special.
Go to https://tryhackme.com/ and click on the "Join" button in the top-right corner. After you sign up, join the "Pre-Security" learning path by clicking here: TryHackMe Pre-Security Learning Path.
Simple as that, you're on your way!
What if that method doesn't work for me?
We will be releasing lots of content in the coming days, weeks, months, years, and decades about various ways to learn. If one method doesn't resonate with you, don't worry! There are many roads to your goal.
Why do this for free?
I personally believe that hackers can change the world. By empowering anyone who is willing, we can help people take control of their lives and the world around them. Technology, and specifically hacking, changed my life in a dramatic way. At the end of 2013, I was homeless and just scraping to get by. At the end of 2016, I accepted a job offer for $115,000 a year as a penetration tester/red teamer (professional hacker). I want everyone to have that kind of opportunity and we can start together TODAY.
The awesome thing about learning hacking is that it is considered an "advanced" skillset, so you will learn many foundational skills along the way that will help you move in different directions within technology. Don't wanna be a hacker? You'll learn enough networking and IT fundamentals to be able to move in the direction of a general IT career. As they say:
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.