I remember staring at my laptop at 2 a.m., firing off application number 63 and thinking: "Maybe this one will finally get a reply." Two weeks later, my inbox looked…
I was scrolling LinkedIn during a boring lecture when it hit me: there are people from my own campus working at almost every company I daydream about. Same logo on…
Last semester I realized my "home office" was just my bed, a laptop, and a half-dead plant judging me from the windowsill. My back hurt, my focus was gone, and…
Last week I was staring at my laptop at 1:30 a.m., switching between LinkedIn, a half-finished Notion page, and yet another "portfolio builder" template. Then it hit me: if my…
Last week I was finishing a group project at 1 a.m. and someone joked, "What if work was only four days a week when we graduate?" I laughed, then realized…
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…
Last week at 1:30 a.m., I realized my LinkedIn profile looked like a half-finished group project: no one knew what it was about, and everyone wanted to leave. Then it…
I realized during a late lab session that the whiteboard in front of me felt way more intimidating than my actual code. No syntax highlighting. No autocomplete. Just me, a…
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 had this moment in the library where someone said, "If you are not CS or engineering, good luck getting a decent job," and the whole table just nodded. I…