First TryHackMe Room Experience: Pickle Rick and Self-Doubt in Learning Cybersecurity

The poster completed their first TryHackMe room, Pickle Rick, after relying heavily on AI assistance. They expressed self-doubt about their progress, questioning whether needing help was normal given their completion of 97% of Web Fundamentals and 30% of Pre Security over 3–4 months. They specifically wondered if identifying the robots.txt password or knowing bypass commands for later challenges should have been more intuitive. The post seeks others' experiences with their first room to gauge expectations.