Every year thousands of students graduate wanting a chip design job, and most have no idea how the industry actually hires. I've been on both sides of that — as a confused final-year student, and now as an engineer at NVIDIA. I take calls with: Students (2nd year to final year) — what to learn, which projects matter, how to build a resume that gets shortlisted Freshers job-hunting — off-campus strategy, interview prep, referral guidance, why your applications aren't converting Working professionals switching in — from IT, embedded, or support roles into design/DV Anyone confused about the paths — Design vs DV vs Formal vs Physical Design vs Analog, and MS abroad vs job in India I'll be honest rather than encouraging. If a plan won't work, I'll tell you, and we'll build one that does. Come with a specific question and we'll go deep on it. All views are my own, not NVIDIA's.