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My two cents: 1. Don't go to grad school for a reason other than really wanting to go to grad school. It's just that pretty much every other reason has a totally random probability of manifesting. Which is what you can get without grad school, so why pay extra?

2. Get better at networking online. This is the obvious corollary of the shift to working out of the office - physical co-location is no longer the one and only way to build professional relationships.

I've written about it (including some useful advice) in the following links. I chose to focus on LinkedIn, but most of the principles will be the same for any digital social setting.

1. How to Network on LinkedIn: https://medium.com/skill-strong/how-to-network-on-linkedin-w...

2. How to Build an Audience on LinkedIn: https://medium.com/skill-strong/how-to-build-an-audience-on-...