For college students figuring out their future, the pressure to choose the “right” career path can start early. Parents want to help, advisors want to provide direction, and students want reassurance that the work they are doing will lead somewhere meaningful. But sometimes the questions guiding those conversations are too narrow. Students today are preparing for careers that may cross industries, functions, technologies, and even countries. Helping them prepare means looking

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