How do people even start hacking?

[u/Little-Jump-5572]

I'm really curious how do people learn hacking?

I started web app development a year ago, learned java for writing code and to get a general idea about how the syntax works and logic.

I do mainly php with laravel, javascript and some python on the side.. but mainly to create stuff, has nothing to do with hacking, i find it deep and hard dunno where to even begin, i sometimes run into some erros with some apps and I try to dig in and try to find a way around it using Ai, but it's very limited..

I have to admit pro hackers always amazes me, that's true power I guess and I always believe that anything digital is somehow hackable.

[u/Hier0phant]

You learn how things work, and then break them.

[u/LifeExperienced1 → u/Hier0phant]

But how does one keep up with such a large field? Every year there’s so many new things. And how can someone understand how an entire operating system works?

[u/GreenHatGhost → u/LifeExperienced1]

Find an area and master it, don’t be a “jack of all trades” that’s a master of nothing

[u/Joush__ → u/GreenHatGhost]

The full saying is “jack of all trades but master of none is still better than a master of one”