TL;DR: I’m planning a 5-month, hands-on OSCP-style cohort aimed at learners on a tight budget. Goal price: $10/month (or $2.50/week). Start date planned: 20 Sept. I want this to be legal, ethical, lab-focused — and I’d love your feedback on syllabus, format, pricing, and trust-building.

About me (short): I did a 5-month paid OSCP-style course in Nepal and some certs/courses (CEH, LPIC-1, lots of lab practice). I’ve been learning and doing pentest work for about a year. I struggled to find a structured, affordable path when I started, so I want to build something for people like who is in condition like mine(2 year ago)

What I’m planning (high level)

• Duration: 5 months

• Live format: ~1 hour daily*, Saturdays 2 hours (time to be fixed by cohort timezone)

• Platform: Google Meet + Discord for support and resources

• Labs: Only authorized, intentionally-vulnerable VMs and CTF-style labs (no attacking real systems)

• Outcomes: pentest methodology, recon & scanning, web app basics (OWASP concepts), exploitation concepts in legal labs, privilege escalation in lab VMs, and report-writing / portfolio prep Proposed syllabus (very high level)

• Month 1: Linux basics, networking, lab setup (VMs, snapshots)

• Month 2: Recon & scanning, enumeration, service discovery (lab targets)

• Month 3: Web app security (OWASP fundamentals + legal labs)

• Month 4: Exploitation concepts & privilege escalation in VMs (lab-only)

• Month 5: Reporting, portfolio building, interview prep

• i got pdf for the syllabus gimme feedback on that also (inbox). :( Talking about payment you will learn one week and after that you will pay 2.5 and if you dont like you can go without paying.

problems / constraints I’m trying to solve

• I’m short on money s.

• I want to provide ~70% of the practical value of a paid OSCP-style course (full official labs are expensive).

• I have limited experience (1 year) but I’ve completed structured training and labs and want to teach the practical bits I found most useful. Questions I’d love feedback on

1. Is $10/month realistic for a 5-month cohort with daily live sessions + lab feedback?

2. how to handle timezone differences for live sessions (best practices)?

3. Any red flags in my plan that would make you not join?