I had this late night moment staring at my Duolingo streak and realizing: I could name every farm animal in Spanish but could not order a coffee without panicking. How…
Last week I was in a late-night group chat that somehow turned into a debate about whether a Google certificate can "replace" a degree. Half the people were sending salary…
I was walking back from a late seminar, brain fried from a group project, when it hit me: some teams crumble at the first setback, and others somehow get sharper.…
I was staring at the shared kitchen at 1 a.m., surrounded by abandoned air fryers and broken blenders, and realized something strange: nobody could cook, but everyone had gadgets. At…
I was on a glitchy Zoom internship standup when it hit me: we are doing "real work" while my teammate's cat walks across the keyboard. Is this really the future…
I remember staring at my suitcase the night before leaving for exchange and thinking: "There is no way my entire semester fits in here." Then I realized half of what…
Last semester I was sitting in a 300-person lecture, watching half the room secretly on Notion, YouTube, and ChatGPT instead of the slides. At some point I realized: the "classroom"…
I had this thought walking back from a late lab: if students have the least money, least experience, and least time, why do so many of the best startups come…
I was staring at a blank Google Doc at 1:12 a.m., trying to write a cover letter for an internship I did not even really want. Three sentences in, it…
I had this strange moment walking back from a late-night study session: my notes were full of supply-and-demand graphs, but my brain was replaying the shawarma stand outside the library.…