In r/AskNetsec, experienced pentesters emphasize that scalable programs require standardized runbooks and searchable notes, and candidates are encouraged to evaluate employers on whether templates and knowledge management exist.
15+ years in and this problem never goes away. You get more and more notes, so how do you stay organized?
If you are interviewing at a shop, and you ask about their runbooks, guides, and templates, and they say they don't have those, work somewhere else.
You need a way to search notes (One Note or Obsidian have this feature)
so how as a senior pentester you structure your notes ?
Do you have a checklist ?
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