The person who runs fastest usually trips first. The person who talks the most usually listens the least. And the person who slows down? They notice the thing everyone else walked past.
Bug bounty works exactly the same way.
Most hunters are racing. Refreshing dashboards. Firing scans. Submitting low-impact bugs fast. Meanwhile, the real money sits quietly in places nobody bothered to question.
This story is about one of those places.
The Mistake I Used to Make (And You Probably Did Too)
I used to believe good bug bounty hunters were fast.