I've been exactly where you are, staring at other people's portfolios wondering why yours isn't getting responses. Redoing your resume for the 54th time. Googling "how to actually get into NID" at 2 AM or asking GPT. Most advice is either too vague ("just be yourself!") or completely wrong. The people who succeeded aren't sharing what actually worked. And the ones selling courses are teaching theory, not reality. What I don't do: Sugarcoat feedback Sell you a course Waste your time with theory you can Google