The best Hacking Courses & Certs? Your 2024 roadmap to Pentester success.

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  Operator Handbook Red Team + OSINT + Blue Team by Joshua Picolet https://amzn.to/41JTQYH
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  // Menu //
  00:00 – Coming Up
  01:51 – Sponsored segment
  03:35 – Intro
  04:11 – Blackhat
  06:43 – Try Hack Me / Hack The Box
  08:35 – Roadmap in 2024
  14:30 – Do You Need Certifications?
  18:07 – Problems Getting a Job
  20:16 – CCNA or Network+?
  23:34 – Certifications & Degrees
  27:43 – Roadmap for Developers
  30:33 – Using BugBounty for Experience
  32:40 – What Should you Focus on in 2024?
  36:12 – A.I in 2024
  41:12 – Modern Day Opportunities
  42:02 – Books For 2024
  44:58 – Last Advice
  50:03 – You're Never Too Old
  52:14 – Different Roles
  54:00 – Phillip's regrets
  57:33 – Outro

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• This is so educational and great content . Well done

• You work for 40yrs to have $1m in your retirement, Meanwhile some people are putting just $10k in a meme coin for just few months and now they are multi millionaires. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

• Hi David another great video again!
  I moved into cybersecurity from a completely different industry and passed my ccna exam last week. Now the question in my mind is which certificate should I focus on, because the majority of such videos say "Which certificate should I get, CEH, OSCP or eJPT?" and the content of the videos contains information about how the exam is.
  However, I don't know what kind of job I should apply for after receiving one of these certificates. I think it would be helpful if there was a video about all job areas that could work in the field of cyber security.

• I learn so much from your video, you're doing great job man.

• Good job Mr David 👏

• maybe i am wrong but i think that Philip is the first one who talks about learning assembly language if you want to get into pentesting. Really interesting skill!!

• As someone switching careers in my 30s this interview really spoke to me. Phillip's insights, particularly as an older gentleman, were exactly what I needed to hear to stay motivated. Thank you both so much!

• I have absolutely 0 experience. GpT has accelerated my learning 10x. Started python and all I do is carry on a dialog with it asking questions as I work through the material it tailored for me to learn it.

• Thank you for the invaluable tips and advice David👍A must-see for anyone interested in learning more about cybersecurity and pentesting

• I am somewhat still new to TX and recently laid off from an admin role of 7 years due to budget cuts, from a mutual friend on discord I was able to meet Philip because I was encouraged to go a local event. Once I met Philip it encouraged me to go to other events, and I continued to meet Philip in these events but not just him but others that are very talented, Im still new to the local community and a little nervous to speak and I dont always have the most confidence in my skills, and sometimes I am afraid to sound stupid regardless of how many certs I have obtained or how many years of experience I have in tech, but they all made me feel welcomed, I am now getting to know my local community and its an honor to get to know these people. And far as discord goes, it really is an amazing platform to study on, its how I was able to obtain my Sec+ and CySA+ with others with the same goal in mind, however somewhere it would seem that I forgot that its just as important to seek out your local community just as much as the online community.

• hi from trinidad and tobago i just wanna thank you for your videos you get me into writing python programs i don't miss a video that you put out i write a software to find bug in web site i will love to know what you think about it

• David, that was a really good video. Thanks! Phillip seems like a genuinely good guy who's passionate about what he does. I learned a lot, and the last part really hit home for me.

• I love your content and over the years you are just getting better the quality of content is super ❤. Thanks David

• Hey David, your interviews are incredibly informative! I've watched most of them and gained valuable insights.
  Could you explore the topic of the value of pursuing a master's or PhD in one of your future discussions? I'd love to hear your perspective on whether it's worth it.

• Phenomenal video. Thank you David.

• At least in the US market, the entry level is FLOODED with candidates. Without recent IT work experience you're probably starting in a help desk or field tech. role at best.

• Everything you guys mentioned is what I’m doing. Glad to know I have an expert mindset!

• Good stuff

• I work with Phillip on our security team. What a great guy. Love learning from and working with him. Been following this channel for a long while and its always cool to see you two interact. Lots of great knowledge in the same room.

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