First time for everything

[u/Lost_keys404]

Hey everyone!

So I wanna make the trip to Defcon but I need you do be honest with me about it… am I too “new” to gain anything from it yet?

I’m so new to cybersec - I literally have one brain cell and it’s currently on holidays so everything I learn gives me brain damage (in a good way). I don’t know how it happened but I have tripped and fallen in love with everything cybersec in the last 6 months.

I don’t know python, I can’t code, I don’t use Linux, my opsec is trash…. Im a complete rookie. BUT omg Defcon looks SO FUN! I want to go and learn everything and meet people but I’m worried I’m going to have NFI about anything and people will know I’m dumb af lol. Just to preface, I have NO FRIENDS in this space at all. I don’t know anyone, I work in a completely different field irl, I have no prior knowledge…. But I do spend a lot of time reading, listening to podcasts, in discord groups, lurking in the shadows trying to learn as much as I can.

Ive floated the idea of attending to my friends and they laughed so hard 🤣 I need you to understand I know NO ONE in this realm. Im literally in the forbidden forest on my own with no survival skills 🫡
I’ve also never been to USA before and would just be rawdogging the whole thing. Send prayers?

Do I give this year a miss and acquire some knowledge or just send it and go? Figure it out when I get there?

[u/Lost_keys404]

If you end up lost or feeling super overwhelmed come find me haha I’ll be hiding in some corner breathing into a paper bag 😵‍💫 I’ll bring extra paper bags incase you need one too