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How a law school grad hustled to skip law firms and landed a Google business development job straight after graduation

How a law school grad hustled to skip law firms and landed a Google business development job straight after graduation

By Andrew C. • 21 min read • 1 Comment

“It’s amazing how much an actual interpersonal interaction matters.” – Amrit Dhir, Google Partner Development Manager

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How a college grad parlayed a desk assistant job into being an entertainment reporter and producer for ABCNews.com

How a college grad parlayed a desk assistant job into being an entertainment reporter and producer for ABCNews.com

By Andrew C. • 22 min read • Leave a Comment

“The beauty of entertainment is that you’re helping people have fun during their day.” – Sheila Marikar, ABCNews.com

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What a healthcare PhD learned at McKinsey about “relationship capital” that helped him create a new career as a Ruby on Rails software developer

What a healthcare PhD learned at McKinsey about “relationship capital” that helped him create a new career as a Ruby on Rails software developer

By Andrew C. • 23 min read • Leave a Comment

“Part of job satisfaction is knowing that you’re doing a really good job.” – Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot

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Why a Yale graduate left broadcast journalism to start a video production company that has taken her traveling to Spain, Latin America, China, the Philippines, Africa, and more

Why a Yale graduate left broadcast journalism to start a video production company that has taken her traveling to Spain, Latin America, China, the Philippines, Africa, and more

By Andrew C. • 15 min read • Leave a Comment

“I think one of the biggest keys to transitioning is just talking to mentors who have been there before.” – Amy Montalvo, ONEPASS Productions

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Why this engineer and beauty pageant winner left McKinsey to pursue acting and modeling (and how she got her foot in the door while working full-time at McKinsey)

Why this engineer and beauty pageant winner left McKinsey to pursue acting and modeling (and how she got her foot in the door while working full-time at McKinsey)

By Andrew C. • 21 min read • Leave a Comment

“Acting for me is the craft of self-exploration, and it’s the study of human nature.” – Melanie Kannokada, actress and model

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