Finally took the plunge and last week signed up for the course, scheduled to start next Sunday 15th Jan.
I started my pen testing adventure last March with the eJPT course and passed the exam the following month. Plan was to go straight on to the eCPPT course but due to work commitments that was impossible so signed up for the course but had to wait till end of July to actually start it. I went through the material and videos twice and started the labs but half way through them I felt my motivation and enthusiasm had dwindled during the labs. Not that its a bad course. Far from it the material and videos are great and learnt a ton but the labs have too much hand holding and knowing that you have the answers under your nose did not push me hard enough to give my all to solve the labs. I also felt the time is ripe to change jobs and seeing that the eCPPT holds very little weight with HR and interviewers compared to OSCP, I decided to go for the OSCP and come back to tackle the eCPPT exam after the OSCP.
Having read all the OSCP threads on here, their labs will surely keep me on my toes and push my sanity (whats left of it
) to the limit. This is what I want and that is how I learn. Of course this is just me as others find the elearning security way of teaching as best for them but I'm different. In fact coming back to the eCCPT, I will not hit the labs but will jump straight to the exam.
Some might say that I should have just jumped straight to the OSCP but I disagree. As already pointed out, their material and videos are very good and learnt a lot. I'm pretty sure they will come to very good use during my OSCP adventure.
I will try to update this thread as often as possible after the commencement of the course.
