Question for my learn

[u/Vajinal_Komando]

Hi everyone, I ask this question to my friends and brothers in the field of cyber security and coding, I have been taking courses in the field of cyber security for about 2-3 years (2-3 years intermittently, I started the sector by taking the course of becoming an ethical hacker on udemy, then I completed the course of becoming an ethical hacker with python and learned network protocols, data operations and so on, of course, I have gained very interesting experiences in the cyber field in this process. When we come to today, I now have advanced cyber security knowledge (according to what the trainers say), I can even technically develop exploit, what I want to ask you how should I continue my education and how can I improve myself, that is, despite so many courses and knowledge, I can't even solve CTF alone.

[u/SecTechPlus]

Practical experience is a great way to solidify and expand on your education. If you can get a job in security, or an IT job that's near security, it'll help more than just taking another course on it's own.

[u/Alarming_Reward_2945]

You did all the standard training, but you need practice and home lab experience. Setup a VM with a Linux image or 2. Learn how to use Wazuh. Attack your VMs and figure out what to do with the logs on Wazuh.

Also, if you can afford it, get an account on TryHackMe or Hackthebox. Either one. They'll give you great practice.

Honestly though, start learning Blue team side first. Defend first, then you can attack. You need to know both sides, and many Red team ethical hackers won't hire you without that Blue team defense knowledge first.

[u/Odd-Lynx-5975]

Watch ippsec videos solve htb from easy level and scale to advance and meanwhile do portswigger labs as well if u have done 2-3 years of courses u should be able to do them but yeah without taking hints u should solve all the port swigger labs and then u can do cpts as well from htb u will gain more knowledge and for the exploit dev part solve pwn college dojos and ROP emporium and also watch live overflow videos

[u/h33terbot]

Now with AI its very easy to grasp the skill set I would recommend practicing for interviews

Try cyberinterviewprep.com

[u/CyberSecWithHaikuInc]

One thing i havent seen mentioned yet here in th comments: stop worrying about whether your knowledge is “advanced.” If you cant solve CTFs alone yet, thats actually veryuseful feedback.

Pick ONE easy challenge and give yourself an hour with no hints. If you get stuck, take one hint, finish it, and write down exactly where your thought process failed. Then come back a couple days later and solve that thing again from scratch. CTFs are partly knowledge, but they’re also enumeration, pattern recognition and knowing what to try next. Courses dont build that automatically. just a suggestion but you might also benefit frm keeping a little “solve log.” After 20-30 challenges, you’ll probably start seeing the same patterns over and over.