One thing about me is I don't know anyone (friends) that have the same energy. I see people in linkedin who always achieve certs and amazing things but they are in different places(colleges or cities), I can't connect with them. But, in my college or my friends they're always surprised by my energy toward pentesting. I can't find friends like me who are motivated to learn more and more in cybersecurity. I feel like I am all alone but it's ok, I know how to live with that I understand that one day at some point in my path I will find friends who have the same energy as me.

I joined hackers group and they told me "Hackers are people who train themselves"

hearing u say that first part about not understanding everything but proceeding was such a relief to here. holy shit

I think the most depressing thing about the field of Cyber is that there is a limitation to what can you learn in theory or by doing labs alone. At some point you need a personal mentor, ideally in the work context where you can work on actual projects, but with no entry level jobs anywhere I wonder how many people give up, or worse - how many get positions in dodgy online/ ransomware groups as these are the only people who want to work with you as a beginner…

Lets talk about other problems: - Cybersecurity is always going be to the group that gets the most blame when they are trying to fix things aka you will get the most hate of all the IT groups unless you are part of are cyber focused group. - Because cyber doesn’t make money it can be hard to justify the salaries that we make but as soon as a company is hacked these often double and triple when before they had no “budget”. We are a lost leader that constantly protects night and day but we don’t make money, we stop the bad guys from getting the money.

"certifications are a necessary evil" harsh true

Thanks for the videos as the beginner I constantly feel like I don’t know what’s going on. I can’t wait for everything to click.

Happy 750k! Fantastic video, Alex. Thanks for the positive insights! One thing that hit home for me is how difficult pentesting can be in the beginning. I'm glad you said it gets better and more fun as time goes on, I needed to hear that :)

Great vid. I've worked in networking for a fair few years and became interested in security. Immediately, company needed me to certify in firewall vendors. Now, I am interested more in cyber and loving the self learning process. This video totally solidified everything I've been thinking. 👌

In the corporate world, cyber and IT cost money.. they don’t make any. And it’s all about the bottom line. Harsh but true coming from someone who lives it firsthand. It will never be at the same level as the sales org, responsible for bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars at any organization.

I love the straight-forward-ness of this video. Clear, to the point and without over-sensationalizing. Thank you.

Certification part really hit home. I'm awful at exams and I do panic thinking how am I ever going to progress. Thanks for your input!

Thanks for being honest about your learning experience.

Thanks a lot, you are so kind and I watch you as my mentor in cybersec

This was just what I needed to hear! Great video, content and Advice. 👍👍

Really i feel 😅 Same here In Ethical Hacking domain

I chose this domain for myself thinking the my interest will push me further but when I came to know that we need to do certifications to prove our knowledge to industries, I was done. Those certifications are wayyyyy beyond my ability to pay 😢. I'm just a college student, Even if I wanted to learn, these expensive certifications are stopping me from doing so 😢.

Thanks for the video man, it’s interesting to see as someone who is just starting out. There were 2 things you said that I would like to ask about, the first is that pentesters are only brought in for regulatory stuff. What are some of the laws that pentesters are needed to help comply with? I was unaware that there were any. Second - just curious, but what is an example of an issue in a jira ticket that got escalated to an office confrontation?

Thanks, sir!!!! I’m working on improving my skills and learning to become a Pentester I was struggling but I’m not giving up!!

You don't even know how much I needed to hear this

We need group to support us beginners

Hi there Cyber Mentor I am a new Sub ,& love your advice ,I did want to ask you can you make a video of which exactly fundamentals labs we need to do on HackTheBox or which INE labs we’d need in prior to taking on the eJPT thank you in advance if you do this 🙏🏼

Congratulations on 750k subs ✨ It'd be really helpful if you can make a video on how to contribute in open source from the cybersec domain

Fantastic advice!

Thanks for this, the more I deep in hacking techniques, the more overwhelming it is, and many times i just learn the technique as an algorithm, without fully understand why. Yeah, It's really important to build things to really understand why, but this helped me to deal with my impostor symdrome untill i become a really expert.

It feels good to hear this from a pros 🎉😊

Drinking from a firehose would be the most accurate description!

First off…thank you for all of the videos, they’re awesome!!! In my current job I spend a lot of time driving so I can listen to them and try to learn something new while getting paid, woo hoo! While taking a break from learning I came across a video where a guy got a tattoo of one of your logos and got free access to all of your courses for life. Is this a real thing? If so how do you go about it, I’d definitely get a tattoo for free lifetime education!!!

It is overwhelming but cybersecurity is still my goal. However I will start from IT first and see where it gets me.

"Ifølge noen brukere på Reddit, spesifikt en som allerede hadde erfaring som pentester, var TCMs praktiske etiske hackingkurs ikke verdt pengene. De mente at mye av materialet overlappet med det de allerede hadde lært fra andre kilder, og at noen av labene var tidkrevende å sette opp. Aktivitetskatalogen var også utdatert!"

The information is out there! You just have to decide how much you want it. There are people who started out just using Kali on an old android phone cause they didn’t have a laptop. In telegram, on KZfaq, all the information is out there you just have to decide how much time you want to put into it. And: if you want to work for someone else: then certs matter. But if you want to work for yourself, getting a cert can maybe help yourself understanding what you know. Just remember: There are many professors with a PhD in English, but none of them could even begin to compare to Robert Frost If I’m not mistaken, never even graduated high school.

How should I start ethical hacking as a beginner

Great video but you left out 2 important things get a certification speciifcally in EH first to get a good foundation and learn to seperate bs from useful info otherwise you go down a rabbit hole.

Guys help. Should i take the ejpt or pjpt. Which is better?

State management in React? Let me know what you would want to understand.

What about blueteams?

"There is no certification leaderboard." oof.

being less salty in tickets...oh boy😆

Should I go for ejpt?

How can you be a certified pro when every 30 mins there's new malicious coding popping up you never seen chat gpt has made it way too easy along with wizard payload

state management is not hardddd

Another good and positive video !

This man is so beautiful. I want to put my face next to the arch of his foot!

"🎉 Congratulations on 750k subscribers! touch of XSS humor: alert('I love PWPT!') Looking forward to diving into the world of web penetration testing with the PWPT certification. Thanks for the opportunity!"

Happy 750K Subs 🥰. Lets see if we can grab a (free) voucher for PWPT. Thanks, @MuslimFromPK