I don't think that most people truly consider gmail to be a 'professional' email address in a sense that it's any better than a university account. As others h

I don't think that most people truly consider gmail to be a 'professional' email address in a sense that it's any better than a university account. As others have said, get your own domain name. It's cheap and guarantees you full control of accounts, plus an easy way to setup demo playgrounds for hacks/apps you may decide to play around with.