Recently, I finished reading a book called ‘The Millionaire Next Door’. Most of the content is talking about common sense, like how to live a frugal life, which most people have already done. It actually brings out an interesting formula about how to categorize your financial status. Expected Net Worth = (Age x Annual Income) / 10 If your actual net worth is double than the expected number, then you are a ‘PAW (Prodigious accumulator of wealth)’.

As a young professional in cybersecurity, do you often feel so dumb that you can’t understand some concepts? Maybe my experience can help. My Background I studied Information Security in college. We had the usual foundational CS and math courses, along with cryptography. Back then, the security field seemed straightforward—either you were an attacker or a defender—even though I had no idea how either actually worked. Later, I interned at two companies, where I learned about web pentesting and Active Directory security.