![Punit Choudhary](img/punit-img.png)
Punit
Choudhary
Pragmatic Programmer
Aspiring Data Scientist
Hacker | Geek
Age: 18 | From: India
Punit
Choudhary
About Me
This is Punit Choudhary, 18 years old Geek, First year BS student at IIT Madras.
Founder and Maintainer of Pragmatic Programmer, Codecademy Ex-Chapter Leader of Rajasthan(IN) and AngelHack Student Ambassador.
I'm currently studying Data Analysis & Web Pentesting.
I don't like the idea of having competition with somone, I believe that "Competition kills cooperation."
tho I have a tough competition with myself!
- Qualification Programmer, Pen-tester, Community Manager
- Workplace Looking for one :)
- Expertise Python Programming, Web Development and Pentesting
- Interested Fields Programming, Hacking, Cosmology, Research, Web-Application Penetration Testing and CTFs
What I Do
Resume
Education
2020
Graduated from high school
2020
Started graduation at ACEIT (B.tech)
Dropped out of ACEIT in feb 2021
2021
Started graduation at IGNOU (BCA)
Started studying through Distance Learning Program
2022
Started graduation at IIT Madras BS in Data Science
Got selected for BS in Data Science and Application from IIT Madras
Highlights
2012 - 2019
School CurriculamSchool Books
I wrote my first "Hello world" in 2012 using QBasics, I learned Introductory QBasics, Pascal, VB, HTML-CSS and Java till 2019
2020 - ∞
The BeginningCodecademy, Sololearn and E-Books
I learned Java, Python, Bash Scripting and other computer skills back-to-back!
May 2020
Pwned first MachineStarted learning to hack!
Started using programming skills to break things and exploring CyberSecurity field. Started to participate in CTFs and solving HTB & THM boxes.
Got in touch with HackerCTF
June 2021
Pragmatic ProgrammerMy First Community
Founded Pragmatic Programmer and completed 3 Programming Batches, shared knowledge with more than 400 learners.
Learned to "teach" and work with community
July 2021 - Sept 2022
CodecademyChapter Leader Rajasthan
Got selected as a Chapter Leader for Rajasthani Geeks by Codecademy
Sept 2021 - Present
AngelHackStudent Ambassador IGNOU
Got selected for the title Student Ambassador for IGNOU University by Angel Hack
Main Skills
Python
Data Analysis
Machine Learning
Problem Solving
CTFs
Other Skills
Web Pentesting
Web Development
Community Management
Design
Working Areas
- Python
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
- Research
- CTF
- Cyber Security
- Teaching
- Community Management
Work
Certificates
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eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester
100% practical certification on penetration testing and information security essentials. By passing the exam, a cyber security professional proves to employers they are ready for a rewarding new career.
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One of the best courses for me, 14.5 hours of content, I learn everything from 0 to great level at Ethical Hacking and Web Pen-Testing in 3 months here..
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This learning path provided by tryhackme platfourm as preperation for PenTest+ exam.. Here we use many penTesting tools , also practice on Web-application valnerabilitys with Network-based vulnerabilities and Local-host vulnerabilities like Active Directory
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This was my first tryhackme certification for the beginner learning path, Here We learn about basic stuff like Linux Fundamentals, Network Exploitation Basics, Web Hacking Fundamentals, Cryptography, Windows Exploitation Basics, Shells and Privilege Escalation & Basic Computer Exploitation
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And the last tryhackme certification is the web application security path, this path is for web security tools and vulnerabilities and practical challenges after all
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Here is Bug-Bounty courses bandle from xploitacademy, 21 hours with Web-Application Pen-Testing Going through tens vulnerabilities and real world scenarios, In my opinion this is one of the best courses in Web Pen-Testing and Bug bounty hunting
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This Full-stack web Development courses was provided from 1marab coders for free , here I started with Web Development from zero to good level and got 2 Certificates from them
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The second certification for the INTERMEDIATE level course
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