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I got my best-paying job from a Reddit post. Here's exactly how it happened.

I found my best-paying job in a Reddit post. One DM, one interview and two days later I had the offer.

Oct 6, 20264 min read

Ahmad Hashim Farooq

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I got my first job offer by talking about my users, not React. Here's what I'd check before accepting one now.

I applied half asleep to a job I hadn't read. The interview skipped React and asked about my users, and a year later my salary had doubled.

Sep 27, 20265 min read

Ahmad Hashim Farooq

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First job internship search tips that actually work

First job internship search tips that get a student from zero experience to their first offer.

Sep 13, 20263 min read

Ahmad Hashim Farooq

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I got my first engineering job through a referral. Here's what made someone willing to give me one.

A classmate put my name forward in my second year of university. What made him willing to do it, and what the referral could not do for me once I was in the room.

Sep 6, 20264 min read

Ahmad Hashim Farooq