Pune: When Solapur Resident Mayur Fartade joined the computer engineering in 2017 at the College of Kolhapur, he was filled with the subject.
Coming from a semi-English, countryside, his knowledge about a limited computer and at first he felt it was outside the scope.
But, immediately programming began to make sense for him.
A convenience of time at home during locking to study the new programming language that took it to the Hunt Bounty Bug program launched by Facebook which encouraged people to find computer bugs.
After almost a month of intensive research and testing, Fartade found a bug that caused privacy problems in Instagram user profiles.
He reported it to Facebook and was rewarded with Rs 22 Lakh for his business.
The success of opening many doors for the fort and he has a flood of work on his LinkedIn profile.
But he has chosen one that offers 4.5 lakh Rs per year from a company in Pune because it is in the field of interest.
“I scored 74% in HSC and not too well in a shared entrance test.
I registered at the Tatyasaheb Kore Technology and Technology Institute for computer science techniques Which will make them easily hacked in my second year.
I sent this information to the website and they sent back recognition, “Fartade said.
While working on the internet, he accidentally found a Facebook bug bug program.
“My Instagram avid user, and decided to check it for a bug.
I didn’t find anything even after two weeks.
I read a blog about such a program and start testing the application for two weeks before I found a bug,” Fartade said.
He sent a report to Facebook on April 16 and three days later the Facebook security team was looking for more information he sent on the same day.
It happened twice and finally on June 15, he received an email stating that he was awarded a $ 30,000 prize.
“I hope RS one lakh or maybe Rs two lakh, but this number is unexpected.
I give it to my parents.
There is a job offer on LinkedIn but it’s not in the area I want to browse.
Offers from Pune company suitable for me.
My dream is becoming a developer for one of the top IT companies, “he said.
His father worked at a sugar factory, his mother was a housewife while her sister had completed it and worked in the industry.