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Writing 24

Read my collection of posts and the things that interest me

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What Are You Doing With Your 1,000 Hours?

Why "busy" is often just an excuse, and four things to focus on with the free hours summer actually gives you.

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My Personal Website Is Live

Why shipping an imperfect website mattered more than waiting for it to feel perfect.

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Personal Brand vs. Resume: Where Students Should Actually Start

Why your personal brand matters more than your resume when it comes to landing internships, and five ways to start building one.

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Signing My First Full-Time Contract

Reflecting on seven years of part-time work, internships, and freelancing before officially joining PregnaWell Inc.

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Pay Your Interns: A Truth Most Managers Don't Want to Hear

Why unpaid internships are a one-sided deal, and why companies need to rethink how they structure them.

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Wrapping Up My Internship at Q-Auto LLC

Reflecting on the final week of an internship across Audi, Volkswagen, and Škoda, and the people who made it valuable.

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Closing Junior: Knowing When to Let Go

Why I'm closing the business I started, and the lessons that mattered more than keeping it alive.

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Show Up. Build. Keep Crushing It.

Three words that sum up the biggest lesson learned so far about showing up and staying consistent.

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7 Things Engineering Students Should Post on LinkedIn

A practical checklist for engineering students who don't know where to start with their LinkedIn presence.

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The Biggest Mistake I Made in University

One year of documenting my journey on LinkedIn, and the five lessons it taught me.

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The Random Jobs That Shaped Me More Than I Realized

The jobs I once thought didn't belong on my CV ended up teaching me some of the most valuable lessons.

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Why I Changed Majors

Changing majors felt like a mistake at the time, but it ended up being one of the best decisions I made.

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What Should You Post?

You don't need perfect ideas to create meaningful content. You just need to document your journey.

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My First Workshop

Delivering my first workshop wasn't perfect, but stepping outside my comfort zone made it worth it.

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What I Learned from 2+ Years Working on Junior

Five lessons from building a startup as a student, and the biggest shift in how I approach it now.

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LinkedIn Is Not a Job Platform (Yet)

Why treating LinkedIn like a job board is the wrong move, and what the platform is actually for.

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Maybe My Mom Was Right All Along

A simple saying I grew up hearing made much more sense once I saw how much the people around us shape who we become.

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Does Your GPA Actually Matter?

Research and hiring trends suggest that GPA is only one part of the equation. Skills, experience, and networking often matter far more.

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Why Am I Doing This?

An honest look at why I keep posting daily with no immediate return, and what I'm really trying to prove.

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The Job Market Isn't Built for Students

How 250 rejected job applications and one brutal year abroad led me to build Junior for students like me.

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The Truth About Working Students

An honest take on what it really takes to balance a job and a degree at the same time, from someone who's done it for 3+ years.

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Your Rizq Comes Based on How Much You Try

A personal reflection on faith, effort, and trusting the process, even when things don't go as planned.

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Does Money Actually Buy Happiness?

What a YouTube video taught me about happiness as a system, not a mystery, and the six things it takes to feel balanced.

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Surviving University, Work, and Life

What I've learned about balancing school, work, and everything in between, for anyone in survival mode right now.