u/Evorron

TL/DR: Trying to learn everything, thinking it's not enough, and going too deep.

Hi there! I'm a graduate who had gotten his diploma in cybersecurity two years ago. Unfortunately due to my country's military conscription laws, those two years were not used to further my skills (Or rather had little opportunity to). Thankfully, I still retained some fundamental knowledge (Linux, Python, CTF-level attacks)

Ever since I've gotten out of service several months ago, I've been getting my hands dirty, doing read-ups to refresh my memory, attempting CTFs, writing scripts and applications. Just doing all I can to get back into the flow.

However, by doing so it made me realize that what I learned during my studies was really scratching the surface. Topics were brief and basic, which made sense because it's about getting the fundamentals down. But now I'm constantly finding myself going down the learning rabbit hole whenever there's a knowledge gap or when I'm stuck doing something. I just feel so compelled to learn about the entire topic to bridge the gap.

How could I stop that mindset of trying to learn everything and how does one manage how much is actually needed. Appreciate yalls for reading!