See what careers are actually like

Stop guessing your way into a career. Get real, unfiltered insights into what jobs are actually like, so you can find one that fits (and avoid those that don't)

- Emily, Founder & CEO @ Advize

Every "Advizer" answers the same 13 questions about their daily work life, critical skills, entry level job ideas and more. Here's a random Advizer!

Head Of Growth

3DNS

UC Berkeley

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwell-ronquillo/

This Advizer is open to you reaching out!
Max, has over 5 years of experience in Business Development, Marketing, and Strategy across AI and Blockchain
UC Berkeley - Social Sciences

UC Berkeley - Social Sciences

Technology
Business Strategy
Economics
Political Science, American Studies
Scholarship Recipient
Pell Grant Recipient
Greek Life Member
Transfer Student

Q1Career path

Entrepreneurship

Career Development

Web3

3:02

"It really taught me to develop my own business, right? And be very entrepreneurial in finding a job. 'cause that's, that's a big skill."

Q2Main responsibilities

Community Engagement

Growth Marketing

Web3

2:43

"Because of my content, we grew 20%, within our Twitter following, going from 30,000 to 37,000 just in a few months."

Q3Day in the life

Business Development

Marketing

Leadership

1:45

"I got to see like, you know, the, the butterfly effect of my work."

Q4Most important skills - role

Communication

People Management

Persistence

2:15

"Be persistent. Persistent with your messaging...don't just send the same message to people."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Cross-functional Collaboration

Customer Interaction

Communication

1:54

"Working with customers you really get to learn like if your product is actually good or not."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Leadership

2:29

"You gotta remember, it's for the greater goal. It's for the greater good of making sure that we are all aligned on this product release."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Web3

Networking

Content Creation

1:38

"It's a cool thing to do and you get to learn a lot from other people who are doing cool things too."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Coding

Marketing

Web3

2:12

"If you want to go into big tech, if you want to go into startups... learn how to code and go... they all use Go slash Golan and startups."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Domain Management

Cybersecurity

Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

1:57

"If you don't have the lingo, you know, with people in crypto, they can kind of sniff it out pretty quickly."

Q10Entry-level positions

Web3

Technology Sales

Recruiting

2:07

"You put the energy out there, the energy will come back."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Career Growth

Workplace Ethics

Leadership

3:27

"If you look at your job as paid education, then you'll have a good time and, you'll learn the skills and, you'll be able to garner respect."

Q12College ideas for success

Networking

Community Involvement

Leadership

4:23

"My first great decision that I made probably in my life was going to community college first."

Q13How identity impacted career

Authenticity

Faith and Career

Identity in the Workplace

4:20

"It's important to represent it and not let their job take that away from them, or take that identity away from them."

Q14Advice for social science majors finding their first job

STEM

Internships

Networking

2:56

"Network, network, network, network, but network in person at your school."

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