gah yeah i had my own design website before and tried applying but had little luck even though i've sent applications. they'd tell me they also want me to be good at x y z and have so and so years of experience, assuming i even got the interview. =( most of the time i didn't hear back
medicine is a good field to get into! and engineering or computer science, definitely recommend
I should have gone into medicine too, because I do like helping people.