[Th3PonyWizard]

Some interesting arguments here. My view: To pentest, you don't need to know much. There's known approaches which you can study, known languages you need to know (not a lot) and networking to some degree. To be a hacker - You learn. You keep on learning forever.

[MR.FREE]

Sorry I just got back. Lol if someone sends you a PM asking for a bruteforcer script don't do it.(Feds lurking is my thought after receiving several requests for scripts)

Ok sooo. Th3PonyWizard summed it up very well. Except I have one argument. All you really need to do is follow a tutorial on Metasploit and you're a pen tester/cracker which honestly (I mean no offense by this) All a Ethical Hacker is, is a skid. Learn a little metasploit and you're a hacker, but like True Demon said, 'You ain't worth shit and are just a skid.'

In my original message I said you would need to learn compiled,scripted,database languages to really understand a computers fallibility. After that you need to learn how comps talk. I truly don't think there is any short cuts to becoming a real hacker. I.E there is no metasploit tutorial to teach someone to be useful. Study hard people, anything worth learning has a huge learning curve. You're the best cause you never gave up when every one else did. We are the new rulers of the world, so work hard.