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- If you can't tell by the abrupt set change, - Falls Sie es nicht an der abrupten Änderung der Einstellung erkennen können, -갑작스러운 세트 변경으로 알 수없는 경우 - Se você não perceber pela alteração abrupta do conjunto, - Если вы не можете сказать по резкому изменению установки, I have moved. Eu me mudei.

I am currently in the process of building a new studio.

But right now, it's, well, kind of a mess. Mas agora, é, bem, uma bagunça. Bear with me for a while. Haben Sie eine Weile Geduld mit mir. Tenha paciência comigo por um tempo.

I've got this temporary set for a couple of days. Eu tenho esse conjunto temporário por alguns dias. Once I get this video out, I will have time Depois de publicar este vídeo, terei tempo

to build a proper set once again. para construir um conjunto adequado mais uma vez.

But in the meantime, we got to talk about some things Mas enquanto isso, conversamos sobre algumas coisas

that I did right in college. que fiz na faculdade.

Now a few months ago, I did a video called eight mistakes

that I made as a student.

That is a pretty big number of mistakes.

I certainly made more than that. Eu certamente fiz mais do que isso.

But I also did a few things right.

Today, to create a complement to that video, Hoje, para criar um complemento para esse vídeo,

I wanted to go through eight things Eu queria passar por oito coisas

that I think that I did correctly as a student

and I think that you might want to apply

a few of these lessons to your own life

if you are a student.

Some of these might even be applicable to you Alguns deles podem até ser aplicáveis a você

even if you're not a student. Let's get into them. Vamos entrar neles. All right.

The first thing that I want to go ahead

and pat my 18-year-old self on the back for et tapoter mon auto de 18 ans dans le dos pendant 내 18 살짜리 자아를 뒷받침 해 e dar um tapinha nas minhas costas de 18 anos por

is taking jobs that existed outside está aceitando trabalhos que existiam fora

of my area of focus or my major. da minha área de foco ou da minha especialidade.

Now when I went into college, I majored in something called Agora, quando entrei na faculdade, me formei em algo chamado

management information systems, Management-Informationssysteme, Sistemas de Gerenciamento de Informação,

which is basically the IT major. que é basicamente o principal de TI.

My goal originally was to become a network technician. Meu objetivo originalmente era me tornar um técnico de rede.

I was looking for jobs specifically in the IT area.

My first job in college was actually working

for the campus tech support department

where I removed virus from people's computers and took support calls and answered emails

and basically told people to turn it off and on again. e basicamente disse às pessoas para desligá-lo e ligá-lo novamente.

- Have you tried turning it off and on again?

- But during that same exact year,

I also got a job that was, at my school,

called being a Cyclone aide

because we were the Iowa State Cyclones.

This job was basically working

as a student orientation assistant.

During the summer, I gave campus tours,

I stood in front of tons of parents and students

and answered all kinds of questions

about the college experience.

I also helped set up Ich habe auch bei der Einrichtung von Eu também ajudei a configurar

basically the entire freshman orientation program.

We booked speakers, we set up event areas. Reservamos palestrantes, montamos áreas de eventos.

It was a job where I had to wear a lot of hats. Era um trabalho em que eu tinha que usar muitos chapéus.

I also think it was the most useful part-time job Eu também acho que foi o trabalho de meio período mais útil

that I worked in college.

Now I did all kinds of other stuff as well. Agora eu fiz todos os tipos de outras coisas também.

I worked as a web developer both freelance and employed.

I was an RA.

I had lots of other jobs on the side.

But that job in particular gave me leadership skills,

gave me communication skills

both interpersonal communication skills

and in the realm of public speaking.

In general, it made me, forced me

to become a more organized person.

These qualities, organize, leadership,

and communication and lots of others,

employers are looking for these qualities

in addition to domain-specific experience. zusätzlich zu den bereichsspezifischen Erfahrungen.

Yes, your major is important Sim, seu curso é importante

and getting experience in that major area e obter experiência nessa grande área

is something that I definitely recommend you do é algo que eu definitivamente recomendo que você faça

as soon as you possibly can. assim que você puder.

But also be looking for other jobs and experiences Mas também procure outros empregos e experiências

that give you the opportunity

to build those other qualities.

They're really, really important. Secondly, I got really, really serious

about using my calendar correctly during my freshman year. sobre como usar meu calendário corretamente durante meu primeiro ano.

This was something that was forced on me Isso foi algo que me foi imposto

because right when I came into college, porque quando eu entrei na faculdade,

I got a job at the campus IT center like I just said

and every single week, this free-for-all calendar of hours

would open up. iria abrir.

It was a first come, first served thing. Foi o primeiro a chegar, primeiro a ser servido.

If you were there, the moment the calendar opened up,

you could get whatever hours you wanted.

You can tailor it around your class schedule, Você pode adaptá-lo ao seu horário de aula,

which was awesome.

But if you waited too long, Mas se você esperou demais,

usually we're just picking the scraps 通常、私たちはスクラップを選んでいます geralmente estamos apenas escolhendo os restos and working midnight shifts or 7:30 a.m. shifts, turnos,

which those are okay for me,

but still it was nice to have choice. mas ainda assim era bom ter escolha.

The moment that I would grab a slot on that work calendar, No momento em que eu pegava um espaço no calendário de trabalho,

I would go and replicate that work slot

on my personal Google calendar.

This was really important because my work schedule

is changing every single week as a result

and I also had a pretty complicated class schedule.

But that wasn't all I was doing with my calendar. The tip that I want to share with you here

was something I started doing really early on, foi algo que comecei a fazer muito cedo,

which was looking ahead at the academic calendar que estava olhando para o calendário acadêmico

and at other calendars for organizations

and other things like that

and putting events on my calendar well in advance. e colocar eventos no meu calendário com bastante antecedência.

For example, I went and found the date

at which I can sign up for the next semester's classes em que eu posso me inscrever para as aulas do próximo semestre and I got that on my calendar

and made sure I was awake and ready to sign up for classes

the moment I could.

Again, it was a first come, first served thing.

I wanted to be first.

All right.

Item number three on the list, I optimized my time

and my schedule for extracurriculars

rather than a heavy course load.

Now there are gonna people in the comments

who are really gung-ho about double majoring. que são realmente entusiasmados com a dupla formação.

I'm sure many people have had a great experience of doing so Tenho certeza que muitas pessoas tiveram uma ótima experiência em fazê-lo or compressing their classes into fewer semesters

so they could cut the cost of college.

But for me, I viewed college

as a concentrated bundle of opportunities.

I was basically placing myself in a geographical space

where there is just all kinds of opportunity around me.

I realized that classes

weren't the only kind of opportunities. I knew that if I dedicated some of my time

towards extracurriculars, towards participating in clubs

and being in the leadership boards of those clubs,

towards personal projects like building my website

College Info Geek, which eventually became my career,

or even part-time jobs on campus, I knew that I would get

a much more well-rounded experience in college.

Plus, I knew that employers were looking

for real-world experience.

They were looking for impressive projects

where the student took initiative.

You can get those in classes,

but you can get a lot more of them outside of class.

I think that it's a good idea to have a balance between coursework and extracurriculars.

Now we move on to item number four. Agora vamos para o item número quatro.

It's a brand new John Cena poster from my door, of course. Actually item number four was that I kept applying Na verdade, o item número quatro era que eu continuava aplicando

for scholarships all throughout my college career.

Now a lot of high schoolers go really hard

on the scholarship application train

up until they get to college. até chegarem à faculdade.

A lot of people think that scholarships

are something that you worry about são algo com que você se preocupa

when you're in high school and then you don't worry about funding once you're in your university experience, but there are a lot of scholarships out there mas existem muitas bolsas por aí

for current college students

and even for graduate students.

In fact, I won far more scholarships Na verdade, ganhei muito mais bolsas

during my college career

than I ever did in high school. do que eu já fiz no ensino médio.

During college, I won

two different entrepreneurship scholarships, duas bolsas diferentes de empreendedorismo,

one I think was from my freelance website business,

and then the second one later on was for College Info Geek.

Aside from those, which obviously did involve Além daqueles, que obviamente envolviam

a lot of extracurricular work,

I also applied for general college or business scholarships

where I just had to fill out a basic application

and I won a couple off of that as well. e também ganhei um par com isso.

I think that it would be advisable to follow the path

that my 19 and 20 and 21-year-old self took.

Keep applying for scholarships

all throughout your educational career.

Unless the funding is completely taken care of, A menos que o financiamento esteja completamente assegurado,

you owe it to yourself to do it. você deve a si mesmo fazê-lo.

All right.

Item number five, as often as I could,

I introduced myself to my new professors

and teacher assistants at the beginning

of each semester's classes and I also went to office hours. I didn't just go to office hours to ask for help. I would occasionally drop by office hours

just to chat with the professor

because I wanted to build relationships.

Now looking back on all those efforts, Agora, olhando para trás em todos esses esforços,

I don't have ongoing relationships Não tenho relacionamentos contínuos with every single professor that I ever had in college,

but I do still stay in contact

with a few of them every now and then.

A lot of really good stuff

came out of those relationships as well.

Some of them were happy to write letters of recommendation

for internships and scholarships when I asked them

because they knew me and they knew a little bit of my work.

I was even invited to speak at the classes

of a couple of them after I graduated from college.

I know this takes a little bit of effort,

but everything worth doing does. mas tudo vale a pena fazer.

Whenever you start a new semester,

make it a point to at least introduce yourself

to your professors and try to build that relationship.

All right.

Item number six, which might be

a bit of a controversial item, but I at least stand by it.

I chose to live on campus in the dorms

for my first two years of college.

I have this decision on the list

because it wasn't my original plan. Back when I was in high school,

I had plans to get an off-campus apartment Eu tinha planos de conseguir um apartamento fora do campus

with one of my friends from high school.

We were both gonna get part-time jobs on campus.

We were just gonna pay the monthly rent to live off-campus,

which was a little bit cheaper than the dorms

and which would have allowed us to pay monthly

rather than all upfront each semester. em vez de tudo antecipadamente a cada semestre.

That was big because we didn't want to take on loans. Isso foi grande porque não queríamos tomar empréstimos. I had this entirely debt-free mindset going into college, Eu tinha essa mentalidade totalmente livre de dívidas entrando na faculdade,

which is why I was gonna move three miles off-campus. é por isso que eu ia me mudar cinco milhas fora do campus.

I was gonna get the part-time job, all of that stuff.

But then during the summer leading up to my freshman year, Mas então, durante o verão que antecedeu o meu primeiro ano,

I decided to go and read every college prep book Eu decidi ir e ler todos os livros de preparação para a faculdade

my public library had. minha biblioteca pública tinha.

One of those books was The Naked Roommate by Harlan Cohen. Um desses livros foi The Naked Roommate, de Harlan Cohen.

I remember one of the pieces of advice in that book

being to live on campus for at least the first year. estar morando no campus pelo menos no primeiro ano.

His justification for that was that it puts you A justificativa dele para isso é que isso coloca você

in the middle of the action. no meio da ação.

All the opportunities are so much closer to you. Todas as oportunidades estão muito mais perto de você.

There's an event on campus, you don't have to do Há um evento no campus, você não precisa fazer the mental calculus of whether or not it's worth it o cálculo mental de se vale ou não a pena to drive 30 minutes there and back,

all that kind of stuff. todo esse tipo de coisa.

You were just there. Você estava lá.

Also, if you live in the dorms,

you can have your door open all the time. você pode ter sua porta aberta o tempo todo.

A lot of people will just end up wandering in. Muitas pessoas acabam entrando. Многие люди просто забредут внутрь.

That's how you make friends. É assim que você faz amigos. I took that book's advice. Eu segui o conselho desse livro. Yes, I did end up taking a couple of student loans Sim, acabei tomando alguns empréstimos estudantis

to make that work.

In hindsight, I probably could have paid for it

with part-time job earnings anyway. de qualquer maneira com ganhos em meio período.

So, I would count that as a little bit of a mistake. Então, eu contaria isso como um pequeno erro.

But I'm very glad I lived on campus. Mas estou muito feliz por morar no campus. I met friends who are still some of my best friends today.

That book was right. Aquele livro estava certo.

I was placed right in the middle of the action. Eu fui colocado no meio da ação.

At the drop of a hat, I could go take advantage Ao cair de um chapéu, eu poderia ir tirar vantagem

of an opportunity, which I did many, many times. de uma oportunidade, o que fiz muitas e muitas vezes.

Now again, I realize this particular tip Agora, novamente, eu percebo essa dica em particular

might be controversial both for the financial aspect of it pode ser controverso tanto pelo aspecto financeiro

and for the fact that many campuses do things differently. e pelo fato de muitos campi fazerem as coisas de maneira diferente.

My campus was a very insular environment.

Some campuses are just in the middle of cities. Alguns campi estão no meio das cidades.

It makes sense to get an apartment Faz sentido conseguir um apartamento

that isn't affiliated with your school. The lesson that I really want to share here

isn't to make sure you're living in on-campus dorms per se, não é para garantir que você esteja morando nos dormitórios do campus em si, but it's to do whatever you can to put yourself mas é fazer o que puder para se colocar in the middle of the action.

Put yourself as close to the potential opportunities

as you can especially during that first and second year como você pode, especialmente durante o primeiro e o segundo ano

when you haven't really figured out what you want to do, quando você ainda não descobriu o que quer fazer, you haven't made as many friends yet, you're still trying to establish yourself. Item number seven,

which is quite related to item number six,

I was constantly keeping my eye out for opportunities. Eu estava constantemente de olho nas oportunidades.

A lot of the buildings on my campus had bulletin boards

that I was constantly looking at.

I also went and proactively followed

a lot of the on-campus departments and clubs

on Twitter and Facebook.

I kept tabs on the things that were going on. Eu mantinha-me a par das coisas que estavam a acontecer.

But I didn't just keep tabs mentally. Mas eu não apenas fiquei de olho mentalmente. What I want to share here is to keep an eye out O que eu quero compartilhar aqui é ficar de olho

for opportunities but then put them on your calendar.

If you're not sure whether or not you want to do them Se você não tem certeza se deseja ou não fazê-los or if you have time, just mark them as TBA.

Maybe even put them on a specific calendar Talvez até os coloque em um calendário específico

for on-campus events.

That way, on a day-to-day basis, Dessa forma, no dia-a-dia,

you can go and look at what's going on você pode ir e ver o que está acontecendo on your personal calendar where it's all nice and collected and decide whether or not

you can actually make it

to the things that you put on that calendar. para as coisas que você coloca nesse calendário.

All right.

Finally, number eight, I went to every single career fair Finalmente, número oito, fui a todas as feiras de carreira

that I could. que eu poderia.

I put this item on the list

because I remembered distinctly during my freshman year, porque me lembrei claramente durante meu primeiro ano,

a lot of my friends said, "I don't need to go "to the career fair this year because I'm only planning "para a feira de carreira deste ano, porque eu estou apenas planejando "on getting an internship after my sophomore year, "after my second year of college. "What's the point of going to the career fair now? "Qual é o sentido de ir para a feira da carreira agora? "It's just a waste of my time." But I saw it differently.

I too only intended to get an internship Eu também pretendia apenas um estágio Я тоже только собирался пройти стажировку

after my sophomore year because I was doing depois do meu segundo ano porque eu estava fazendo

that student orientation job the summer esse trabalho de orientação estudantil no verão

after my freshman year.

But I wanted to go to the career fair Mas eu queria ir para a feira da carreira

to meet people as early as I could

because I figured if I met recruiters porque eu pensei que se eu conhecesse recrutadores

during my freshman year,

then I would go to the career fair

during my sophomore year again and they would recognize me.

The more they recognized me, Quanto mais eles me reconheceram,

the more rapport we established,

the higher up I was probably going to be on the shortlists quanto mais alto eu provavelmente estaria nas listas

of the hiring managers that they talk to. dos gerentes de contratação com quem conversam.

Additionally, going to every single career fair

meant that I was getting a lot more practice significava que eu estava praticando muito mais

talking with recruiters, pitching myself, conversando com recrutadores, me lançando,

telling them what I wanted to do, what my skills were, dizendo a eles o que eu queria fazer, quais eram minhas habilidades,

what my experience was.

This is difficult when you don't have a lot of practice doing it.

By going to every single career fair,

every single networking event that you have access to

within your major and otherwise, dentro do seu principal e de outra forma,

you're gonna get a lot of practice. você vai ter muita prática. Even if you end up talking with recruiters at companies

that you don't really care about, com quem você realmente não se importa, you're gonna one, make a connection, você vai fazer uma conexão, but two, you're gonna get practice that will be applicable mas dois, você terá uma prática que será aplicável for the recruiters and the companies

that you really do care about.

My suggestion is to go to every career fair that you can

even if you aren't intending to get a job mesmo que você não pretenda conseguir um emprego or an internship for a couple of years.

It's just good practice. Now in the first tip of this video,

I talked about a few of the qualities

that hiring managers and recruits are looking for

beyond simple major-level or domain-level experience, além da simples experiência de nível principal ou de domínio,

things like organizational skills or communication ability. coisas como habilidades organizacionais ou capacidade de comunicação.

In addition to those,

these hiring managers are also looking for things

like adaptability and problem-solving skills. como adaptabilidade e habilidades para resolver problemas.

They want to know if you can independently apply yourself

to a new and novel problem and solve it para um problema novo e novo e resolvê-lo

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