First post on my new self titled blog and it may be quite some time before the next…

I knew I was going to be under the pump when I signed up to do my CISSP and the Offensive Security OSCP both within a three month period. What I didn’t know was how much of my time and effort was going to be involved in completing both.

Sitting here trying to unwind from a three hour amateur coding spree while pondering the past, present and future it really sunk in that I have been studying for three weeks already. Time flies when you’re having fun right? My achievements for the past three weeks include completing 2 of the 10 CISSP domains and 3 of 16 OSCP modules. While I am quite happy with what I have achieved as I have been working my butt off, I have only completing three modules in almost three weeks with another 13 to complete in 5. My uber math skillz tell me that at this current pace I might run overtime… It’s my lack of coding experience is to blame. Code that should have taken me 10 mins has been talking me sometimes an hour or more. Many nights have been spent doing nothing but coding. The beauty of it is I have wanted to dedicate a lot more time to my coding, and now I have no choice. While I don’t believe I am anything close to being a good coder, I am strangely enough starting to see signs of real code shining through and even a touch of real functionality .

The next two modules look quite easy. I think I will be able to knock them both over tomorrow. This will get me back on track. Now I just have to find time to read another CISSP domain .

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