Today’s interview is of Calvin Lee, a great friend of mine and a sophomore attending Princeton University. Currently, he is deciding a major between Finance or Computer Science. At Princeton he is a manager at the Student Design Agency, helping to oversee a 25-member team that produces over 200 pieces of work for university-affiliated organizations each year.

1) What was your first graphic design project and how did you end up pursuing this passion?
Calvin: When I was 7 my brother installed Photoshop on my computer, and for reasons beyond me I …

Today’s interview is of Sheel Choksi, a sophomore attending UC Berkeley. I’ve had the pleasure of working with him as Media Technology Co-chairs for ABA. He’s extremely proficient with Macbooks and most types of video editing software. He has received much influence from his older brother, who is now working at Ashton Kutcher’s video game production division.

1) Can you explain a bit more about what technical directing exactly is?

Sheel: Sure. It’s basically the coordination of all technical aspects of a production. So that would include sounds, sfx, microphones, lights and …

Today’s interview is of Michael Nguyen, a.k.a. Myty Myke,  who’s been DJ’ing since his early middle school years. His passion for DJ’ing led him to co-found a DJ group called Lethal Innovation in 2005. After several successful performances, Michael and his team expanded Lethal Innovation through several official business ventures in July 2006. Lethal Innovation is now a prominent DJ group in the Bay Area with a mission of becoming California’s largest disc jockey company that provides various multilevel careers, jobs, and internships.
1) How’d you get passionate about …

Today’s interview is of a personal friend of mine who was actually my neighbor for at least 12 years. Dan Do has been playing poker online in tournaments for several years. He currently majors in Computer Engineering at San Jose State University. For Dan, playing poker turned from a hobby into a feasible part time occupation while he studies in school. He has participated in multiple online tournaments including winning 10th place in a tournament consisting of 7000 players. He has earned several thousand dollars from playing online.
1) When did …

Zimran Jacob is an aspiring screenwriter currently attending Chapman University. He’s studying screenwriting at NYU for the summer and he has written multiple screenplays, some of which he has filmed himself.
1) What influenced you into developing a passion for screenwriting?
Zimran: Well, when I was a sophomore in high school, I was watching 3 movies a day, so I developed a hobby out of it. I contemplated career ideas and never really thought about film as a possibility. One summer, I was taking SAT classes and my teachers were from Berkeley. They …

This interview is on Aditya Mahesh, an entrepreneur and friend who I met during one of our Cal orientations. He’s an 18 year old founder and CEO of ZapPrep.com, an online college admissions consulting program. He started his path by running a boutique PR company targeted towards small businesses and web start-ups before founding ZapPrep. Aditya is one of the nation’s top young entrepreneurs receiving the McKelvey Foundation National $40,000 Entrepreneurship scholarship awarded to the Top 100 high school entrepreneurs in the nation. Amazing guy really.
1) When did you first …

Today’s interview is of Sid Sriram, who now attends Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He’s a great friend of mine whose huge passion for singing and music led me to seek him out for an interview.
1) How did u first find your passion for music?
Sid: My mom taught South Indian classical vocal lessons so I just kind of grew up always listening to it. When I was about three I performed on stage for the first time and since then man, it just kept growin.
2) Which musicians do …