What is a Personal Hacker? A Personal Hacker is a  computer and networking expert who systematically attempts to penetrate a computer system or network on behalf of his/hers owners for the purpose of finding security vulnerabilities that a malicious hacker could potentially exploit. The Education of a Personal Hacker required a Bachelor’s degree, work experience has to be five years or less, and there is no job training for this career. The Salary and environment of  Most Personal Hackers work are computer’s companies,consulting firms, or business and financial companies. The salary of a Personal Hacker would be $47.28 per hour and $ 98,350 per year.

        How it’s related to STEM? It’s related to STEM because it uses Computer Science and Technology to improve and secure networks and infrastructures around the world. The number of the job is 112,300 and right now the job outlook would 32% the highest  job right now and in 9 years the job number will go to 35,500. Aren’t there different types of Hackers? Yes there is a grey hat or middle hacker who is someone who may violate ethical standards or principles, but without the malicious intent ascribed to black hat hackers but it is illegal. A black hat or hacker is someone who violates ethical standards and may exploit security vulnerabilities for monetary gain, to steal or destroy private data or to alter, disrupt or shut down websites and networks.