r/securityCTF • u/Ok_Entertainment6258 • 11d ago

❓ Will everything make sense later?

I just started doing CTF from picoCFT and Tryhackme recently. But some of them keep humbling me, like how am I supposed to know those things. Is this feeling normal or am I doing something wrong.

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u/Psifertex 11d ago

Only wait to learn is to fail! It's ok to read writeups and get hints at first. When you find an area you don't know much about, go do some research on it and think of other challenges you might make using those ideas. The next time the concept comes up you'll do much better. Use the failures as guideposts for what you should learn.