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10 Post author: Stabilizer 14 April 2013 09:28AM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 14 April 2013 09:45:57PM 6 points [-]

Start planning your career early. Find out what it takes to succeed, whether you have it, and how/whether you can get it. Work with your advisor, other professors, career placement. Join orgs and make contacts. In tech work, programming and data manipulation skills are extremely valuable.

Your classes are largely irrelevant to your future. Your research, skills, and contacts are what counts.