Don't Waste Your Time in Design School – 80|20 Rule Applied

How should you spend your time in design school? Where should you focus your time? How do you determine which classes will help you get a job?

0:28 – Listen to what you're told in school?
0:40 – The Pareto principle in school
1:38 – What professors should you pay attention to?
2:45 – How do you know what classes to focus on?
3:05 – Why focus on one class over the other?
3:35 – How practical are the skills I'm learning in class?
3:56 – Is this a portfolio, worthy class?
4:26 – What do you look for in a design portfolio?


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