Im starting my Computer Science degree, what courses are essential to take to apply for a Penetration Testing entry role?

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Most current Program languages are good to learn. They will help with exploitation development down the road, and knowing what not to do in coding is a good one cause you can look for the lazy developers mistakes.

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Agree, software development + network and infrastructure classes are important to learn how the technology works so you can understand how to exploit it. My best advice is try to avoid courses that are just focused on cyber security. I’m old-school and I believe you need to understand how something works before you can break it and secure it.

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