Skills You Must Have to Succeed in the Age of AI

I went to RSAC Conference and interviewed 5 tech leaders, and asked them one question: what are you actually looking for when you hire right now? Their answers reveal a massive shift happening in the tech job market that most people aren't talking about. Whether you're a software engineer, AI engineer, or just starting your tech career, the rules have changed. The skills that got people hired five years agom mastering specific programming languages, memorizing frameworks, are no longer the deciding factor. What companies are hiring for now is completely different, and in this video I break down exactly what that is, straight from the people making hiring decisions. Featuring interviews with leaders from Ridge Security, Mirror Security, Aisy, and ISACA, all filmed live at RSA Conference 2026, one of the biggest cybersecurity and tech conferences in the world. Mary Carmichael, AI Research Fellow and Member of ISACA: A risk and AI governance expert who has spent 15+ years advising organizations on how to navigate every major technology shift, from digital transformation to the age of agentic AI. Hom Bahmanyar, Global Enablement Officer at Ridge Security: A computer scientist turned global enablement leader who has watched the engineering skill stack evolve firsthand, and now shapes how security teams worldwide adapt to AI. Lydia Zhang, President and co-founder of Ridge Security: The co-founder and president of a cutting-edge offensive security company who oversees engineering teams and is actively redefining what she even looks for in a hire as AI rewrites the job. Shlomie Liberow, founder of Aisy and former head of Hacker R&D at HackerOne: The person who used to find the holes in the world's biggest companies at HackerOne, and now builds AI-powered security tools, someone who has seen both sides of what breaks and what holds. Jagannadh Mellacheruvu, Head of Product and Policy at Mirror Security: A product and policy leader at the frontier of AI data security, wor