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Getting Hired

The First Five Years: Should I Try to Negotiate the Salary of My First Job?

Welcome to “The First Five Years” where Mitch Goldstein, a professor of design at Rochester Institute of Technology, answers reader questions related to the unchartered waters of beginning a career. This month, Mitch answers a question about how to determine, and maximize, your first salary. 

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The First Five Years: What Should be in your Portfolio?

Employers will see a ton of to-do list apps and craft beer labels in portfolios that come across their desks — what makes yours unique?

Craig Oldham on When Your Dream Job Becomes Just Another Job

Don't expect any advice: “Advice is just a form of nostalgia.”

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Taking a Day Job Doesn’t Have to Crush Your Soul

Four illustrators on how they take the money and run back to their own creative practice.

A Guide to Design Book Publishing for the Non-Rich and Non-Famous

Writing a book is so time-consuming that a minimum wage worker would earn more per hour and would have better sleep. So why do we keep on doing it?

How to Fix Design

Twelve leading designers and creatives come together to point out what they feel is the most pressing issue in the field of design today – and how they would fix it.

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How to Look Smart in Meetings

Fact: No one pays attention in meetings. So, to get ahead, you need to not pay attention better than everyone else.

How One College Student Scored a Design Commission From the Director of “Hamilton”

All it took was a hefty dose of perseverance that may or may not have been considered stalking.