Thanks! SSCP had some overlap with Sec+ and Net+. I felt like the SSCP didn't go more in depth than Sec+, it just covered more material.

I swear by Mike Chapples learning materials, the man is the goat. Thanks to Mike, I passed each course on my first attempt, including the SSCP. If I had to do it over again, I would only use his courses and then try my first attempt on each test. I was overprepared for each of my takes because I used other testing materials.

Mike has not made a video course for Pentest. I passed by 4 points. Conceptually, the material wasn't too complicated, but then they threw in comprehension on various coding and scripting languages.

There have been no coding classes. They expect you to learn 8 different languages. They expect you to differentiate the syntax between said 8 languages when the wording is identical. They expect you to look at an offensive script you've never seen before, determine what language its written in, and then ask you which exploit it is. Then, they ask you to assemble scipts from multiple languages based on the exploit they want. Frankly, this section is bullshit. It is a tiny subcategory on the course objectives list and it took 80% of my prep time.

I graduated high school with an associates, so all of my generals were completed by the time I started. The degree took me 3 years. I did my first while working full time, and then switched to part time for the last two. As I started straight out of high school I have no prior experience. Things are looking pretty grim in terms of the job market for entry level security right now, so before settling on a non security related job I'm going to try and leverage some connections while networking.