In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (5:56): Vince and Mark discuss an article that appeared in the New York Times onn October 26, 2025, entitled, “An Early-Decision Student Backed Out of Tulane. Tulane Punished High School. (Length 33 minutes)

This week’s interview (38:05): Interview: Mark interviews Jin Chow, the Founder of Polygence, but now they have a new exciting service called, “Work Lab’. Jin explains to us how Work Lab helps students – Preview of Part 1

• Jin explains what Work Lab Is
• Jin talks about the research they did before they started Work Lab
• Jin tells us where the companies are located that students work with
• Jin tells us what the next steps are for a family that wants to explore this opportunity
• Jin explains how Work Lab is different from the student driven academic projects that students due, under the tutelage of a mentor
• Jin talks about what is the value of Work Lab, how does it help students
• Jin goes into detail of process, step by step from start to finish (Length 27 minutes)

Mark’s recommended resource of the week : Guide to help first year students complete the Common Application- Application guide for first-year students

College Spotlight (1:05:39): College Spotlight-Mark interviews Daniel Lachance, a student at Rochester Institute of Technology and Daniel talks about how internships, certificates and college clubs set him up for success at getting hired by Microsoft. Part 1 of 2 – Preview of Part 1

• Dan gives an update of what he had done in the last 18 months since he appeared on our podcast to talk about RIT and Cyber-security
• Dan tells us how he got a full-time job offer at Microsoft after only two years of college
• Dan talks about how the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification helped him get through the initial screening Microsoft used
• Dan recommends several other certifications that he would recommend
• Dan talks about which jobs in computer science are oversaturated and students are having a hard time finding jobs vs areas of computer science where students are not having a hard time finding employment
• Dan explains why students are having a hard time getting jobs in computer science these days
• Dan talks about what his experience was like doing an internship at Microsoft in Seattle
• Dan explains why he was selected to get an internship at Microsoft when they only admit 1% out of the 330,000 who apply
• Dan tells us what full time is job will be at Microsoft right after graduating
• Dan tells which colleges the biggest feeders are to get jobs at Microsoft
• Dan tells us other areas besides cybersecurity in both computer science and engineering where he sees students getting great jobs
• Dan gives advice for how to stand out on your internship or co-op, so you can get a full time offer like Dan got from Microsoft

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