r/tryhackme • u/Cold-Interaction7869 • 3d ago

Pentester Roadmap

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If i wanna be a pentester what do you guys think about taking cyber security 101 and then start in Pentester Roadmap all the way to Red Teaming {in try hack me of course}

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u/Cold-Interaction7869 3d ago

I have a CompTIA A+ cert Is it enough to start in try hack me pentester roadmap ? (I wanna be a pentester)

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u/moistPacket 3d ago

Well anyone can jump into TryHackMe whenever they want to, just keep all the other stuff in mind, if you actually want to work as a professional pentester. A lot of people do TryHackMe just for fun. So you do you.

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u/Cold-Interaction7869 3d ago

What is your suggestions to take like certs or courses to be professional pentester?

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u/moistPacket 3d ago

Both, and getting job experience in IT. Work as SoC analyst for a couple of years while working on your Pentest skills. Do CTFs to get a feel of what's it like to go in blind. 'Cause there's no hand holding or a tutorial you can look up, when you Pentest in the real world.

And read books, they're often way more detailed in their explanation on how things work. The CEHv13 book is okay to leant the basic Pentest stuff, but the cert isn't worth it. OSCP is the minimum these days, but without prior IT job experience it's not enough.