Well, it's not all tech:

• One of my interviewers once asked me, "Can you explain AES-128 to a six-year-old?" and followed it with, "If you can't explain it to a six-year-old, you don't understand it yourself." (I think Einstein said it first) -- I couldn't do it. I knew all the technical terms like Alice and Bob, but nine years later, I realize that he was right—I didn't truly understand it myself then. That rejection pushed me to focus on concepts and break down technical terms with well-worded analogies that make sense to everyone. It surely helped me through my TA-ship, and life ( It, indeed, was profound advise )
• You were one of the few TAs I have had at Georgia Tech who actually cared about the students and if they were getting anything valuable from the course - An anonymous feedback.

Well, it's not all tech:

• After working remote, in-office internship made me realize how important it is to build relationships, network beyond 'hey - how's it going'
• Cool stuff I did at Aon Cyber Lab: Learned about establishing chain-of-custody, creation of evidence listings, collaborated with a team of six interns to design a Newsletter for the Latino Professional Network under Aon Business Resource Groups, got a quick crash course on baseball (Go Nats?), an insightful conversation with Zach on ChatGPT vs Humans in Cybersecurity and boi-o-boi - had an amazing burger on the last day in DC with DFIR team.

Well, it's not all tech:

• I think team-work, and flexibility always win.
• Cool stuff I did at the lab: Studied KnoX Security in detail, Drafted a very-long report on Android security, played a pivotal role in the initial stage of architecting a cutting-edge SIEM tool; I think I know more SIEM tools than Joey knows pizza toppings!
• Sometimes companies don’t update their technology stack because they’re either lazy or unaware of the consequences—most often, it’s the latter.

Well, it's not all tech:

• I absolutely enjoyed my time at Wattlecorp. This is where I got introduced to Vulnhub, and my CTF experience upgraded from CTFlearn to Vulnhub boxes.
• My first introduction to DAST and SAST tools in a professional setting, and I think Semgrep playground is pretty cool.