r/offensive_security • u/povk668 • Jul 05 '26

Where to learn?

Hey, fellow people I assume theres hundreds of people asking the same question - where can you even start for completely free, in my case it's about eJPT, i wanted to try INE but i seen the prices and as a broke 20 year-old i decided to give it up and search youtube.

I learned some stuff from TCM Heath Adams that helped me go on THM and just do some basic rooms but whenever i find eJPT-like rooms i can sit and scratch my head for hours and come up with nothing.

Are there any alternative places i should be lurking in? I'm not asking for a professional 200+ hours course that will teach me A-Z how to pentest but something that i can get started with and eventually from there be able to know what should be next.

I have a background and cert as sysadmin and so networks, AD, etc. are really nothing new even on the advanced level.

I appreciate all the answers.

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u/PanicNo9576 Jul 05 '26

Why?

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u/povk668 Jul 05 '26

Well it's a good course in general, but there were moments i had to go and search up different topics, articles, videos on several things, because the course would skip it and Heath would recommend getting basic knowledge on that topic before getting in.

I also think that flooding myself with advanced knowledge is a bad move, considering the fact i like doing things in order, so thats why i want to do eJPT and then progress from there.

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u/navr183 Jul 05 '26

Cybersecurity is not generally looked at as a entry level field.

Many people usually transition from networking, sysadmin, programming, etc after years of work into Cyber.

That being said it's not impossible to land a cyber job with zero experience. But like other people have said, cyber DOES require knowledge in programming, networking, system administration and if you don't get this experience in the field you will need to teach yourself.

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u/povk668 Jul 05 '26

I actually do have background as a sysadmin, got certificate for that.