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As much as we can say we know how to make a portfolio, let's be real: we have no fu***** clue. Should we make it personalized? How many pieces should we display? Should it change from company to company? We spoke with Gauri Misra-Deshpande, founder of Culture Box and professor of Advertising and Graphic Design, to understand what we need to do to get that JOB! See how an immigrant became a professor in the United States and is using her abilities to help students prepare for their professional futures. 

We all want to make money by doing the stuff we love, right? But how many of us have any idea on how to do that? In this conversation with Sam Eckersley, the founder of RED Partners (worked with NFL, CNN, PBS, Apollo Theater, and more) we talk about how design businesses work, the importance of client relations, and why the business of design is not as black and white as we think.

A Career Advisor by day, an owner of a toy company at night. Richard Goodwin gives you resume advice, and makes you remember that toys are and will always be dope as fuck.

You’re good at art, but you’re smart, too! Can you use both? Melissa Ober started her own science channel on YouTube and acts in theater pieces she creates to help kids learn science the cool way.

You know how every college wants you to be “active in the student community”? Yeah. But does it actually do anything for you when looking for a job? Dr. Malloy, Vice Chancellor of North Carolina University at Pembroke, gives us some insights.

The video game industry was made for white teenage dudes (gross). Has that changed at all? Bryer Rossi, who went through a gender transition, explains games, LGBTQ+ representation and why the industry needs to evolve.

You like animating stuff but you don’t really know if you’re good at it. Ashwin Inamdar has won 17 awards just to tell you yes or no.

You’re more impressed with how good Toy Story looked than the actual story. You also play video games to a point where it impacts your love life. Can you do both? Brad from Blizzard tells you how he went from the set of Battleship to one of the largest game companies in the world.

Ah, you wanna be a writer. That’s cool, but rent is a bitch and you want to know if you can make a buck or two with a pen and paper. Carlie Sorosiak, best selling author of I, Cosmo, will let you in on her secret.

International Students have it ROUGH. We have dreams, we want nice things, but it feels like the country (I’m looking at you United States) doesn’t want us here. Dinesh Dave beat the system, and is now chilling in California working for Facebook (after working for Apple). How did he do it?