IMO, one of the problems with things like the OSCP is that they don't really mirror how real pentesting works. I've never heard of a pentest that's done as a 2

IMO, one of the problems with things like the OSCP is that they don't really mirror how real pentesting works. I've never heard of a pentest that's done as a 24 hour thing where someone is watching you through a webcam and you can't collaborate with people, and then the report is written up the next day. Also (last time I looked at it anyway) it quite a few topics that whilst interesting again don't mirror day-to-day pentesting, and restrictions on using things like Metasploit are just weird.