i started on July but july- sep just solve 7–8 days , i was not persistence enough from 20 sep i decided to complete at least try hack me 101 to showcase my skill and knowledge so for that reason i was persistence for just one week but later I was addicted when I was Missed to attend I was getting emiil don't loose your streak at before 10pm so I had a fomo so just for that steak i solve atleast one lab related to encoding, decoding, networking, os , which take 10–15 minutes but I never skipped the day but when I had good enough time I was solving CTF challenges which takes minimum 50–100 minutes and that help me know learn penetration testing. before that has no idea how deeply we can go in one tool like NMAP, wireshark, metasploit, gobuster , wpscan , gtofobins , exploit db , searchsploit , dirb , seclists , linpeas , winpeas , hashcat , john , mimicatz, meterpreter , msfvenom , string , steghid , binwalk , exiftool , sqlmap ,burpsuite . all things i learn from try hack me
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i decided to attempt ejpt cert there was black friday discount so I bought it on just 150$ ejpt+ icca . i bought voucher on 21 nov 2025 and attempt exam on 11 nov within 20 days I cover all of the topics you can read my article how i cleared ejpt in 20 days but , that all possible because I practiced lot on thm
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in this journey i solve only most popular ctf easy and medium level CTF different aspects most of those are free no need to buy premium try hack me. i learned topics related to linux ,windows ,AD ,network traffic analysis, web based vulnerability
now after this much practice almost 90% of time i dont need any walkthrough to solve ctf , if i stuck in any ctf i try my best on next day if i still not able to solve it then i take walkthrough
My next plan :
after learning many things from try hack now its time to contribute my knowledge to cummunity so i am planning to build machines , challenges and room i will upload it on try hack me and hack the box . i will update on medium once i done my machine
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