Hey guys i've done some programming in the past and for the past 3-4 years have done mostly DBA work on unix machines..

my question is what general skills/ languages are needed to start working for the OSCP?

i've done basic *nix and have only made simple shell scripts to dump databases and do some other tasks.

But is there anything else i should polish up on before i put up $950?

should i take the $3000 CEH first? Will the Offensive Security assume i already know "perl?

I want to sign up soon but don't want to waist time having to read up on certain scripting languages when i can do it ahead of time

thanks for any input