An experienced reverse engineer is good because they have a great sense of what not to get hung up on. Shedding the unnecessary clutter reduces a chaotic mess to a slightly less chaotic mess, a chaotic mess that is actually exhilarating to navigate. A valuable life lesson, IMO.
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Have any good tips, links, or books for inexperienced reverse engineers like myself to avoid such hang ups?
This realisation is obvious in hindsight, but took me some time... Scan for API calls, if it is not an api call it is 99% not relevant. If it is an API call- is it then relevant for the flow/specific task? When you see relevant API call, reverse the asm that have effect on params