eJPT Journey (2021)

I was around 1/4 through studying Network+ when my employer said they've got some funding for me to do the eJPT. It appears that the course itself is free, and you just pay for the exam. Awesome! But sadly this means my Network+ studying is now postponed - although I *have* to get it done this year... so...that being said....
I've done the OSWP, OSCP, WAPT v3, Sec+ and Pentest+ - looking at the eJPT, it doesn't look overly taxing. I think I should be able to attain this cert without too many bumps in the road. I've had a look at the course content and I've done a lot of it before, but there's some stuff I've never personally done e.g DNS exfil.
Looking forward to sharing my progress with you all here (will update around once per week, so feel free to bookmark this thread).
If you've got any suggestions let me know!
Thanks
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So what I’m saying is that my knowledge never really improved after the OSCP in the hacking space as I was doing web app stuff.
pentesting is great fun for me as a hobby on tryhackme, vulnhub etc but when you do it 8 hours per day, 5 days per week and then need to study up on your weekends, I think I burnt out.
but yes my employer is footing the bill for the exam thankfully!
There is one other element of the exam relating to routers that the course material doesn't cover very well at all. I actually thought I was going to fail in the first 30-45 mins of starting the exam. I was reading through the INE material during the exam (it's open book) and they didn't cover the very thing you need to do at the beginning of the exam...
I had to really get my thinking cap on. From then onwards, it wasn't too bad. I'd agree with SteveLavoie, the exam is similar in difficulty to the black box tests - easier in one way and harder in another. What really slowed me down was the amount of machines on the network - some didn't seem to have any business being there. I didn't attack every single box and still managed to get 18/20, which makes me think that some boxes are there to trip you up and slow your progress - similar to a real life pentest.
I plan to go back and study the programming section in future. But next up I've got the Network+ to return to.
Thanks all!