CISSP at 22: 16 Books, First Attempt, Lessons Learned
I passed the CISSP at 22 on the first attempt after six months of study — 16 books, one source of truth, a detour through CCNA and CCNP material, and a stack of books on my father's desk that I'd been reading since before I knew what cybersecurity was. The cert doesn't replace experience. It accelerates the rate at which you acquire it.