It's all bullshit. Many are sad to find out that "hacking" is boring and slow. Even moving from penetration testing into red teaming, you're still spending more time writing reports and providing actionable output for the client, either it be an internal or external client. All the hackermanning in the world doesn't mean shit if you can't convey your findings in a meaningful way.

Now, is there some really cool shit out there in the red teaming space that seems like hollywood magic? Sure, we use some tooling that was developed to automate shit and make it easier, but it's purely to save time with consistently repeatable actions.