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First of all, hello to everyone.
I am browsing this forum since a few months and it is really amazing
My goal is to learn and pass certs to find a job in network pentesting or web apps pentesting and I am abit confused right now about the certifications I would like to get
To make it simple I don't know if CCNA is really worth it if your goal is penetration testing, even if it is network penetration testing.
I am currently working full-time in backend development.
I am enrolled in eJPT (will take the exam next week) and eCPPT.
I plan to do OSCP after these two, soon or later.
However
I wonder which of these two options is the best:
1) pass those certs along with CCENT and CCNA R&S, in which case I would do
eJPT -> CCENT -> eCPPT -> CCNA R&S -> OSCP
which I evaluate would take me around 18 more months, with my full-time work
2) grab the networking knowledge that I need along the way without passing any networking cert, in which case I would just do
eJPT -> eCPPT -> OSCP (-> ...?)
which I evaluate would take me around 10-12 more months to complete
Of course passing CCNA would be a + on my pentester wannabe resume but it is a matter of time : if I can have my OSCP sooner I can eventually pursue my pentesting training (with CTFs or web apps pentesting) and focus more on penetration testing than if I pass networking certs along the way, even if in this case I would have a better overal networking knowledge!
