Tell us where you are
Share your interests, experience, questions, and what feels unclear.
Career guidance for students exploring cybersecurity, data science, AI, software, and technology—built around who you are and where you want to go.
Practical, one-on-one guidanceFrom someone who recently navigated college, internships, and entering the industry.The challenge
Majors, certifications, bootcamps, internships, projects, and conflicting advice can make every option feel equally urgent.
Compass Path helps you sort the signal from the noise and focus on what is relevant to your stage, interests, and goals.
How it works
No generic checklist. We start with your context and build from there.
Share your interests, experience, questions, and what feels unclear.
Talk through your options with practical, current industry context.
Leave with priorities for skills, projects, education, and experience.
Use your Compass Profile to revisit goals and track progress over time.
Explore your options
You do not need to arrive with a field already chosen.
Security, risk, cloud, governance, and the many roles between them.
↗Analytics, statistics, Python, and projects that turn data into decisions.
↗Durable foundations for a fast-moving field, without the hype.
↗Engineering, product, cloud, and adjacent technical careers.
↗A thoughtful place to start when you do not know the job title yet.
↗Who it is for
Explore technology early and choose classes, activities, and projects with purpose.
Connect your major and coursework to internships, projects, and realistic career options.
Turn a broad degree or scattered experience into a focused next move.
Support a student with clearer context, practical milestones, and fewer assumptions.
Go beyond one session
For $500, get three months of personal guidance that adapts to what you are working on now, from projects and certifications to learning plans and career decisions.
Choose realistic work that fits your interests, current skills, and career direction.
Evaluate certifications and learning plans based on the path you want to pursue.
Get current feedback on progress, roadblocks, portfolios, and changing priorities.
Stay accountable with clear next steps and room to adjust the plan as you learn.

A guide, not a guru
Mateo is a Customer Success Engineer at RegScale, a University of Tennessee Data Science graduate with an Applied Artificial Intelligence minor, and a former CECS (College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies) Student Ambassador.
Compass Path turns recent experience with college, internships, projects, and professional cybersecurity technology work into grounded guidance—without pretending there is one perfect route or promising an outcome no mentor can guarantee.
Learn more about MateoYour next step
One focused session to understand your options and turn them into practical next steps.