News Summary

• Prerit Pathak is a 28-year-old security engineer at Google in New York City.
• He started his career as a software engineer at Dell Technologies in India.
• Pathak: There's a lack of public-facing mentorship and "day-in-the-life" transparency with the cybersecurity field.
• The age of AI has created a strong demand for cybersecurity roles, and he's glad he eventually found his way back to it.
• He recommends focusing on communication skills because stellar security engineers are empathetic.