From Frustration to Root: How I Passed the OSCP+ and What Got Me Through
I didn’t pass the OSCP+ because I’m some kind of genius. I didn’t breeze through it with flawless exploits or elite hacker skills. I passed because I kept showing up. Every single day. Even when I felt stuck, even when it felt hopeless. Especially then. This isn’t some polished story wrapped up in a bow. It’s personal. It’s about late nights staring at broken shells, notes that made no sense, and moments when I wanted to give up and walk away from the entire thing. But I didn’t. And in the end, that made all the difference. Because make no mistake: OSCP+ isn’t just hard. It’s humbling. It’ll strip you down to your fundamentals. It’ll show you what you don’t know. And then it’ll ask you to keep going anyway. Why I Chose the OSCP+ At some point, solving CTFs and poking around in TryHackMe and HackTheBox boxes just wasn’t enough. I wanted something real or at least as real as you can get without stepping into an actual red team role. The OSCP was always on...
