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others’ roles. The marketers are figuring how to position and price a product, while the program manager designs user specifications and passes them down to the developer. It’s all interconnected in the great circle of product development.
    Start from your role and work outward: who (outside of your own position) do you interact with on a regular basis? Make a point of grabbing lunch with them to understand their role. How do they make decisions? What do they do on a day-to-day basis (you know, when they’re not with you)? Understanding the roles around you will enable you to perform better at your own job by offering greater context, while also offering you transferable skills.
    Size Matters: Quantify Your Impact
    No matter how happy you are in your current job, with any luck, this role will wind up as a stepping-stone to a new position or to a new company. Suddenly, all your years of work get mashed into a tiny five-bullet box on your résumé and you picture yourself with a T-shirt saying, “I slaved away for five years and all I got were these lousy bullets.”
    Your five-bullet box should be planned while you’re working, not after you leave. Seek out measurable, tangible accomplishments. Build something, create something, lead something. If you’ve tackled a major issue for your company, can you quantify its impact in terms of dollars, hours, or reduced sales calls? Seek out this information when it happens to ensure that you can get the most precise, accurate data.
Part-Time Jobs and Internships
    Some students lift boxes at the university mailroom during the year and bus tables during the summer; others go do something a little more . . . “interesting.” I don’t think I need to tell you which role will help you more.
    My first “techie” job was doing web development and design for the Penn Medical School the summer before I started college. The pay—$12 per hour—wasn’t bad for my age but more importantly, I had a position that was actually specialized to my background. Exactly one year later, I was an intern at Microsoft getting paid, let’s just say, considerably better.
    Of course, not everyone will be so lucky (and I was, indeed, very lucky), but my having an “interesting” job at a relatively early age played a critical role as well. I doubt that my future manager would have looked as fondly upon a waitressing job.
    There are lots of interesting jobs you can take—paid, unpaid, and, well, underpaid. Whether you’re looking for a part-time position during the school year or for a summer job, you can get an interesting, résumé-building position through the following:
Help a professor out with research. Many freshmen and sophomores can land research assistantships with professors, where you might code (if you’re a computer science major) or do other field-specific jobs.
Contact a start-up. There’s nothing a young start-up loves more than a bit of free labor. One start-up I talked to had 30 interns—and only 12 employees! Offering to help out a start-up for free can give you fantastic experience. If you really need the money, you can always split time between a start-up and a paid but “boring” job like waiting tables.
Volunteer for a nonprofit. Like start-ups, nonprofits are usually cash strapped and desperate for help. See if you can help them out with something, whether it’s coding, fund-raising, or advertising. You’ll not only learn marketable skills, but you’ll meet other volunteers who may have full-time jobs—jobs at companies who could, one day, hire you.
    Remember that experience builds on itself. I never would have gotten to Microsoft if I hadn’t been a Photoshop monkey for a summer. And I never would have gotten to Apple if I hadn’t been at Microsoft. And I never would have . . . well, you get the point. Your path to getting your dream internship junior year starts freshman year, or even before.
    Extracurriculars and the Checkbox People
    When I was in high