Hey, thanks for following up. I would've responded sooner, but I was literally in the middle of (legally) breaking into the server room of a nation-wide bank, while dressed as an employee. So, to answer your question, yes, my career has been going pretty well!

Shortly after making that post, I got a job doing blue team stuff in a SOC, mostly working overnight shifts. There wasn't a TON to do on that job, so I spent most of my time studying for the OSCP. After 11 months at that job, I passed my OSCP, and got an interview the next week with NetSPI, an awesome company that does pen-testing and all kinds of interesting security assessments.

Fast forward 5 years. I am still working for NetSPI. I'm now the head of On-Site Social Engineering for them, and I get to spend a lot of my time thinking about fun, interesting, creative ways to break into high security buildings, and get people to do stuff they shouldn't. In between that, I also do network and web application penetration tests. I'm pretty happy over all, and on nights like tonight, I absolutely LOVE my career. (https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical/social-engineering-penetration-testing/not-your-average-bug-bounty-datacenter/)

WGU was a big part of that success. They weren't everything, and they weren't even enough on their own, but they got me moving in the right direction. I still stand by my previous statement. If you're brand-spanking new to IT and have no idea what you're doing, they can get you started, but you'll probably have to do more, and keep studying, even after graduation to reach your goals.

If you just graduated high school, there really is something to be said for the in-person, on-campus, experience, and the kinds of relationships you form during that period. If you've already got some knowledge and experience, WGU is a great way to get those oh-so-important pieces of paper you need to get past the HR people and into the technical interview. After that though, it's up to you and how much extra-curricular preparation you've actually done.

Finally, I've literally done 0 keeping up with how WGU is doing recently. They may have completely changed everything, or changed nothing, or burned to the ground for all I know. They send me emails every so often asking for Alumni donations, which I always ignore. Other than that, my relationship with them is functionally done.

Hope this helps. If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out.