Two certs on my entry-level path — one I've gone deep on, one I've previewed hands-on. This is the honest version: what the material revealed, and where it exposed gaps I didn't know I had.

Cybersecurity felt like forty open tabs and no idea where to start. So I turned the whole path into a bingo board — 25 beginner steps, in any order.

I finally opened TryHackMe — and Module 1 hit differently than I expected. Three rooms, one mystery chest, and a data analyst moment I didn't see coming. Here's what I found in Offensive Security, Defensive Security, and Search Skills through a data analyst's eyes.