Solidity Developers vs Security Researchers | What's the Difference?

Solidity Developers vs Security Researchers | What's the Difference?

🔨 vs 🔍 Focus:

Solidity Developer: Building and implementing smart contracts
Security Researcher: Analyzing and finding vulnerabilities in existing contracts

🏗️ vs 🐛 Primary Tasks:

Solidity Developer: Creating new features, optimizing code, integrating with other systems
Security Researcher: Auditing contracts, developing exploit scenarios, recommending security improvements

🎨 vs 🧮 Mindset:

Solidity Developer: Creative problem-solving, efficiency-oriented
Security Researcher: Skeptical, adversarial thinking, edge-case focused

🔧 vs 🛠️ Tools:

Solidity Developer: Development environments (Remix, Truffle), testing frameworks (Hardhat, Ganache)
Security Researcher: Static analyzers (Slither, Mythril), symbolic executors (Manticore), fuzzing tools

📊 vs 🕵️ Metrics of Success:

Solidity Developer: Functionality, gas optimization, code cleanliness
Security Researcher: Number of vulnerabilities found, severity of issues discovered

🌱 vs 🏛️ Typical Work Environment:

Solidity Developer: Often part of a development team, may work on multiple projects
Security Researcher: Often independent or part of specialized security firms, focused on audits

📚 vs 🗃️ Knowledge Base:

Solidity Developer: Deep knowledge of Solidity, general blockchain concepts
Security Researcher: Extensive knowledge of common vulnerabilities, attack vectors, and security best practices

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[viktorchaklosh]

Your videos are really good and full of interesting info! Could you please make a little video-breakdown (in a form of a roadmaps for both of them or smth) on how to become both solc dev and sec. reasercher?
Would be much much appreciated!!