flâneur

cringe is inevitable, but being memorable will help you

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hint: never downplay the things that light you up

Look, I went into that interview prepared in the way only a deeply stressed college student preparing for a software development role can be prepared. I had rehearsed my introduction (the “tell me about yourself” question) twice in the mirror, once to my family, and once to my friend, who only nodded halfway because she was trying to memorize her own introduction at the same time. I was ready to talk about data structures and maybe even the one project on my resume that I didn’t completely half-panic through. Yet, I was… completely unprepared for how the interview actually went. Within…

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