fatima_ldn broke through
I applied to 147 jobs. Got 12 interviews. Failed 11. I almost gave up after rejection 100. Then I saw David s breakthrough. Immigrant. Outsider. Made it to tech lead. Last Tuesday a startup in Shoreditch called. They wanted me. …
I grew up in Paraisopolis, one of the largest favelas in São Paulo. My school had 60 kids per classroom. The library had 200 books, most of them damaged. I learned English from American TV shows with subtitles. I learned …
I came to LA from Oaxaca when I was 16. Didn't speak English. Worked in other people's kitchens for 19 years. Dishwasher, prep cook, line cook, sous chef. Every restaurant I worked in, the owner got rich off recipes that …
I moved to Berlin from Eastern Europe 6 years ago. I barely spoke German and my English was rough. My first tech job here was fixing bugs nobody else wanted to fix. I kept my head down, wrote good code, …