Aljan Juneja

19 | Cybersecurity | Learning in Public | Rebuilding life from scratch

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

2026 is finally here.
I’m getting serious about cybersecurity and bug bounty now.
Diving deeper, staying consistent, and documenting everything here- the ups, the downs, all of it.
This was the plan for months. I slipped. But now it’s time. Let’s go. 🚀

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

@S1r1u5_ What if someone has just started and doesn't know which niche to go for? Nd also the fear of AI replacing the freshers, how to tackle these thoughts when you don't have any experience or expertise?

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 29

-Completed one room on TryHackMe.

Balancing academics, self-learning, and preparing for an upcoming hackathon, life’s been moving at 2x speed lately.
Still finding time to stay consistent and keep the streak alive.

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 28

-Completed one room on TryHackMe.

It’s been almost a month since I last posted, exams and some health issues slowed me down and I lost momentum.
Now trying to get back into the grind and rebuild the flow again.

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 27

-Completed one room on TryHackMe.

I’ll be a bit offline for the next few days with exams coming up and a lot to cover.
Might not post consistently, but I’ll try to show up whenever I can.

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 26

- Completed one room on TryHackMe.

Most of the day went into procrastination and I couldn’t do much else.
Resetting today and aiming to come back stronger from tomorrow.
#LearningInPublic #CyberSecurity #BuildInPublic

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 25

- Completed two rooms on TryHackMe today.
- Also handled some academic work.

Trying to get back into the grind, I’ve got about a week before exams, and I also need to manage hackathon related work alongside it.

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 24

Couldn’t finish a TryHackMe room today focus just wasn’t there.

Most of the day went into research for our next hackathon framework, and we made good progress as a team.
Need to get back to the grind now. Let’s see how tomorrow goes.

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 23

- Completed one room on TryHackMe.

Today wasn’t very productive, I mostly took a day off. I still completed one room just to stay consistent and keep the streak alive. The next few days will need full focus, as a lot of things are happening at once.

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 22

- Completed two rooms on TryHackMe today.
Most of my time went into working on a project for an upcoming hackathon, it’s going to be my first one, so I don’t want to fall behind.
Whenever I get some extra time, I try to solve a few TryHackMe rooms to stay consistent.

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 21

- Completed one room on TryHackMe.
Got a bit busy with academics and some hackathon-related work, so I didn’t get as much time as I wanted to focus on cybersecurity.

Trying to balance everything right now, but hoping to get back to the grind properly very soon.

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 20

- Completed two rooms on TryHackMe.

Learned about logs and how they’re analyzed using SIEM tools.
Been struggling to do more lately with academics and exams coming up in 2 weeks, trying to balance both.

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 19

- Completed two rooms on TryHackMe.
- Learned the basics of DFIR.
- Finished a few small Python topics.
#CyberSecurity #LearningInPublic #BuildInPublic

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 18

- Completed one room on TryHackMe.
- Finished a CTF, but needed a lot of help, realized there are fundamentals I need to focus on first.

Tried Python and Bug Bounty Bootcamp, but it wasn’t clicking today.
#CyberSecurity #LearningInPublic #BuildInPublic

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

@helderbuilds I was stuck on an md5-crypt hash just because of a single dot that I forgot to include in my hash file

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 17

- Completed one room on SQLMap.
- Finished a CTF related to hashes.

Calling it a day early, traveling back to my hostel/dorm.
#CyberSecurity #LearningInPublic #BuildInPublic

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 16

Ended the day by completing one room on TryHackMe.
Got home very late and had limited time, so couldn’t do much more today.
Tomorrow, I’ll get back to proper work.
#CyberSecurity #LearningInPublic #BuildInPublic

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 15

Couldn’t do much today, out of town and without my laptop.
Taking this as a short break and resetting.
Back to the grind soon.
#LearningInPublic #BuildInPublic #CyberSecurity

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 14

- Completed one room on TryHackMe.
- Learned Python topics: logical operators, conditional expressions, and string methods with indexing.

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

Day- 13

- Completed one room on TryHackMe just now.

Procrastination took over most of the day, but I didn’t want to end it with zero progress.
Did what I could to maintain the streak.
#CyberSecurity #LearningInPublic #BuildInPublic

[Aljan Juneja @aljan019]

@RogueSMG What would be your advice for beginners? The current job market feels quite demotivating sometimes