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@hawaalidrammeh
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1 month
why did i let the world convince me that contradictions are a bad thing? i am a contradiction. the universe rewards those who exist in duality & embrace nuance. i control nothing, yet i'm in control of everything. money matters, but it’s not actually real. competition isn't
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@hawaalidrammeh
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people continuously ask me for advice on 'networking.' the answer is I don't network. I just have a genuine interest in getting to know the people around me :) hope that helps!
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@hawaalidrammeh
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it always makes me incredibly sad when college students spend their entire university experience chasing resume points. there's a whole beautiful world out there—full of interesting, unique, and passionate people, plus genuinely cool activities all around us. yet, so many
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@hawaalidrammeh
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I know twitter always brings out the hater in me (LOL) but I genuinely love people so much and i'm always inspired by everyone I meet! i started this doc in march to highlight all of the meaningful conversations & experiences I've had in my lifetime. lol you all should go look
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@hawaalidrammeh
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the way i get so triggered when someone talks about 'networking' is honestly hilarious lol i really don’t like the whole networking culture, but i love meeting cool people, which is basically networking, so i guess i’ll just shut up lol
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@hawaalidrammeh
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3 months
@MartyDanial @MarinaMedvin if only you actually knew what Islam was lol complete opposite.
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@hawaalidrammeh
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24 days
on my current team @ AWS, we had this freshman intern, and for his last week we did a lunch for him and bro was scrolling reels in the middle of the lunch instead of talking to the team LMAOOOO let me just say i'm still in shock
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@hawaalidrammeh
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someone dm'd me on linkedin saying "you're exactly where i want to be in the future" like trust me i am NOT where you want to be 😭
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@hawaalidrammeh
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2 months
people are so uncomfortable with silence that when you don't talk they think you are upset, it's the funniest thing ever lol
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@hawaalidrammeh
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2 months
i'm starting something new @animationfunds ! if you’re interested in hosting an event or want to help review event applications, let me know! i’m tired of the bureaucracy on college campuses that seems to stifle student-led initiatives. it feels like they don’t want students to
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the animation fund 💕
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so excited to launch the animation fund ✨ - a $3500 initiative dedicated to fostering learning, creativity, and genuine connections on college campuses by supporting student-hosted events ♡ currently limited to university of washington students.
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@hawaalidrammeh
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it’s hard to give advice to most people because I believe in god lol and I just vibe and have faith that everything will work out and it ends up working out but people want like a step by step formula and I’m sorry I just don’t have that for you
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@hawaalidrammeh
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3 months
everytime high schoolers request to connect with me on LinkedIn, I decline lol like bro go play outside
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@hawaalidrammeh
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i need to move to the desert & leave all human life and technology behind
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@hawaalidrammeh
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also huge huge hugeee s/o to @DStrachman for the reminder to stay in 'project/learning mode' over 'startup' mode. focusing on learning from kids, having fun, and soaking it all in. easy to get sucked into "scaling" and "competitive advantages" talk, but it's been way better just
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goals for this year: [] embrace my femininity & womanhood more. being a woman is a blessing, and femininity is a gift. [] stay consistent with my 5 daily prayers. [] build something fun & impactful and actually make real progress on it. [] focus on just a few things. learn to
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@hawaalidrammeh
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i don’t think i’ll ever work as hard as i did in 2021/22, when i was working just to survive—80hr weeks, night shifts, doing homework during shifts, 4-5 hrs of sleep, then straight to another job, classes, and participating in campus communities. now that survival isn’t on the
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@hawaalidrammeh
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i realize more and more everyday that i don't like coding for a job, i just like coding for fun idk what im going to do😭
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@hawaalidrammeh
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3 months
we all make mistakes. friendships come and go. just have to learn from them and move on
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gen-z working as software engineers:
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i was on aunty duty today & drew whiteboard spiderman for the kids to color in-- anything to get them off their ipads LOL
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@hawaalidrammeh
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sometimes we lie to ourselves. we tell ourselves that we are learning/creating/building simply for the sake of it & for the sake of our passions, & not for the sake of others. but we actually lie to ourselves a lot. i still don't really know if its a bad thing, what do you all
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@hawaalidrammeh
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i genuinely wished more people learned what Islam is and actually read the Quran&Hadith to understand the teachings instead of getting all of their knowledge on it from Fox News & twitter. islam has made me the best person I could be, from my intention, to my actions, humility,
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@hawaalidrammeh
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i just started liking my own tweets and it feels great, cause I’m like yeah I really like this tweet it’s so real and I’m the realest person alive and I should go ahead and retweet it as well
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@hawaalidrammeh
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3 months
having good memory is a choice tbh. next time you say you are terrible at names & remembering details about people, I want you to rmr all of the useless songs you have memorized in your brain and then I want you to figure out how to replicate that memory storage capability.
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@hawaalidrammeh
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3 months
don’t confess things that don’t need confessing I learned my lesson 💀
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@hawaalidrammeh
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2 months
idek if im real anymore these days. i have an existential crisis like every 3 months and then it feels like nothing is real and nothing matters
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@hawaalidrammeh
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2 months
every single time i start getting my life together, its always someone from the past who magically emerges talkin about "i've been thinking of you" PLEASE STOP THINKING OF ME!!!!!
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@hawaalidrammeh
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6 months
@ah27182 @shriyanevatia @zuhayeer literally lol, she doesn't seem very bright, im surprised how she got this far in life. privileged afff
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@hawaalidrammeh
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3 months
y'all I have a new follower & have to be on my best behavior 🙃
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3 months
literal convo that happened between two people in SF after I pitched them on what im working on in the edtech space: girl: I actually had to go to public school for a few years guy: wait you had to go to public school, WHY!!!? (in total shock) me after long silence: lmao I went
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@hawaalidrammeh
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3 months
i'm good at growth hacking and marketing, but it feels like exploiting people's mental weaknesses to get them to buy or follow or feel fomo. even when marketing for a good cause. it just feels like the entire world revolves around marketing and indoctrination. i'm really
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@hawaalidrammeh
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7 months
i actually love soren kierkegaard, i think in another lifetime, we were friend soulmates
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@hawaalidrammeh
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18 days
i want to learn how to invent an entirely new font
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@hawaalidrammeh
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27 days
i love inspiring others and seeing people make that inspiration their own. but i don’t love when that turns into copying my whole personality or style. be you! you're at your best when you're yourself :) i can't be you, you can't be me, and that's what makes us both so special.
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4 months
your job is to be a good person & do the right thing. your job isn't to worry about getting recognition and credit and reciprocation for doing things.
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3 months
being a black kid is such an interesting experience. because very early on in your childhood, you experience these small nuggets of racism and you are left very confused as a 7yr old trying to understand why a situation happened, but then you slowly put the pieces together that
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@hawaalidrammeh
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original thoughts only. based solely on my experiences and observations of the world. i've started limiting the number of philosophy books I read because the essence of philosophy is to have a love of wisdom. to get so in tune with the human state that you can ponder deeply &
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i can't believe people give deep advice about things they have never done before lol wow it is shocking
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@hawaalidrammeh
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hi twitter im back for 5 minutes
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@hawaalidrammeh
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@pritika_mehta thank you so much for this
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3 months
it's always the tech bros double majoring in philosophy who are the least philosophical lol - they swear they are so moral and such deep thinkers, but really everything they believe in is solely based on naval ravikant's almanack or sam altman's tweets...
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@hawaalidrammeh
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u know those ppl who make their entire personality about being asian, like every single thing that happens they're like "its an asian thing" like babes 90% of the immigrant population has experienced that lol...
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3 months
I love that our club @uwcse has attracted the most KIND, CRACKED, HIGH AGENCY, LEADERS & PASSIONATE group of students for our student officer team. guru: "t’s like the 95-96 Chicago bulls 📷" we put very strict & serious values/requirements in our application & initially
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anonymity was the best and worst thing to happen to the internet
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@hawaalidrammeh
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4 months
my intern mentor just told me I'm working & asking questions at the level of a senior engineer, just had to flex real quick 🤓
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3 months
watching people compete has always been so funny to me. like competition shouldn't exist in your view of the world. your energy should be so focused on yourself and your own growth that competition genuinely becomes unreal. focus on yourself and pass on your knowledge to others,
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@hawaalidrammeh
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i always ask people how their partner is out of respect (it's common in my culture), but after the last 6 'uhh i wouldn't know... 💔' responses, i think i’m done asking. wish you all healing though, relationships are hard
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@hawaalidrammeh
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i'm tired of 'good' ideas—i want well thought-out, detailed ones. bring back deep thinkers. if your plan crumbles with one simple question, it's not a plan.
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@hawaalidrammeh
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me with 0 design skills having the most amazing design/animation ideas in my head and needing true designers to bring it to life 😭
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@hawaalidrammeh
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@notmoeezm mine are: - I hate working - I need to retire - need to disappear - need to move to a desert & leave all human life behind - the occasional 'I love humans' - I hate working - I need to retire
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you were put on this earth to feel. there is beauty in insignificance. -avni rao ( @avnisbookshelf
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@0xbingllm LMAOOOOOO im honored but i wasn't hating on you i just said its so funny ???
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3 months
here are all of the times when my life 100% goes downhill. I rlly need to stop repeating these: - when I lose my apple pencil - when I start incessantly whining and complaining about every little thing - when I get back on social media - when I start listening to music - when
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kids learning the concept of time and "today" vs "tmrw" is so fascinating
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i rmr now why im so private about my personal life: it's because as soon as u let ppl know any crumb of information, they get too comfortable and start blabbering in public settings. im very particular about who I allow in my personal life, if you can't handle that privilege,
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im crying yall i've been made they told me to stop using smiley faces in my CR's LMFAOOOOO
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can you people please stop forcing your life on to others. i want to stay home and chill leave me alone!!!!!
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If you're young, you should be spending every weekend night out Doesn't mean you have to be drinking but you should be out, meeting people, making connections Not acceptable to be alone watching TV as a 20-something-year-old on a Saturday night. Total waste of your life
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it's fascinating how drive can come from so many places: survival, true passion, frustration with how things are, a vision for the future, or personal hardship. i wish there was science that could pinpoint exactly where our drive comes from and what parts of the brain & body
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the whiteboard at my desk:
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i was in an entrepreneurship class once, and the speaker asked, 'who here would describe themselves as honest?' i was the only one out of 40 students who raised my hand. if you’re unsure about your core values, that's scary to me. knowing you have integrity and standing by it
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wait im actually crazy wtf why did I do this LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO
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my latest existential crisis project is this a sign for me to go see a therapist
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2 months
do people tend to forget others they meet often? i always get messages like, 'hey hawa, idk if u rmr me but...' it's sad bc i'm not the type to forget anyone i've interacted with. it makes me wonder if they experience being forgotten a lot.
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i hate going out to eat w new ppl and they start asking to do family style, like stop being big and greedy pls LOL
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3 months
once went jet skiing w a group of friends and one of the 6'4 bodybuilder guys fell off the jet-ski and started drowning & fighting for his life while he was IN a life jacket and I got the ick sooo bad like how r u 6'4 hella buff and drowning
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the solution isn't a new profession, it s retirement
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I love people who won't allow themselves to be bullied into things by anyone. whether it's a high profile person, their school peers, or anyone else. they stay true to their values and morals and I love that so so much
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i value my time at $14375 / hour . so if i give you any time just know you are so valuable.
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2 months
antidepressants suck, they are simply a band aid for the growing loneliness problem and lack of purpose and self awareness among the population. medical professionals need to start doing a better job at identifying root causes, not putting bandaids over things. might be worth
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kids being your target user is so funny cause they will literally harass you until you fix bugs and make something they want this kid has asked me more than 20x today "when is monti going to be ready again" LOL i'm trying to debug as fast as i can but i'm so exhausted today 😭
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@hawaalidrammeh
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2 months
people are full of ideas until you ask for their reasoning / justification on why they believe it'll be a good idea and its just crickets. if you are proposing an idea, please be prepared to have a solid justification on why you are proposing the idea. change for the sake of
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@hawaalidrammeh
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you know those people who are like squirrels? every little noise or movement, they have to look 😂 it’s hilarious to watch. sometimes i drop something on purpose just to see them react
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1 month
writing out all of my internship tips in a public doc was less about my generosity and much more about my need to optimize my time :) its significantly easier to link ppl to a doc instead of resharing the same tips/advice 100 different times on a call and it also serves as a
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bismillah!!!
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5 months
no literally. growing up so many women were taught that we need to work like men to be successful. ppl conveniently left out the part that as a woman, if you work&stress like a man, it literally leads to physical and mental illness. hence why myself and all of my college girl
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Laila ✨
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I honestly think 90% of human conflicts come down to unresolved childhood trauma and people not doing their inner work. Once you heal and do inner work you’ll have no issues with the fact that men and women are different. Not better or worse, just different.
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@paulg once said “hawa is a genius and is going to go so far in life” :)
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2 months
there is such a huge difference when you get officers in your club who you interviewed, instead of people who you just handed a position. the ppl you interview & vet correctly are the ones who genuinely care and are passionate and excited. like they do stuff without anyone
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@hawaalidrammeh
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i really don't want any negative or victim mindset or lazy people around me like at all. i don't even want to breathe the same air as these types of ppl
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this is so real and the funniest thing i've read in a very long time 😭😭
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2 months
bye twitter
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@hawaalidrammeh
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3 months
this girl said “behind every burger is a super hungry person” and it’s so unfunny that it’s the funniest thing ever 😭
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@hawaalidrammeh
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4 months
I get it now- dave's hot chicken is for people who've never had seasoned food in their life
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@hawaalidrammeh
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5 months
peers constantly asking you "are we allowed to do that?" "is that allowed?" so they can drag you down into their boring little rule following non risk taking & low imagination world
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@hawaalidrammeh
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the kid turned out to be a very nice guy though! he was my TA for a systems class lol
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im currently learning design tools lol its going to take a while but great design is the future
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a growing number of {insert company} campus ambassadors @UW tryin to get me to do their jobs for them. babes ik i'm very involved on campus and know a lot of ppl but i'm not doing your work for you. get creative. learn growth. learn marketing. that is what u signed up for. i
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just found out even though I didn't win anything @ berkeley hackathon, I was in the top 20 teams :) prior to this: I was just happy that I learned and had fun and worked on something I was actually excited about. but cool to see I was in top 20!
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sorry but i truly believe talented designers will be the last ones standing in the AI job takeover. when the rest of us are jobless, they'll still be thriving. i will vouch for them until the end lol THEY'RE SO TALENTED OMG – they can take your vision and bring it to life
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wake up babes new glean link just dropped
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@hawaalidrammeh
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2 months
words mean nothing to me. i don't really even listen when ppl tell me what they stand for lol. i just watch their actions over a few days and that tells me all i need to know.
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psa: i will never reply to a message that just says "hey hawa" like u really want me to reply hi back before u tell me what u need? don't waste ppl's time.
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for so long Iive been a believer in "idc what other people do with their lives, their lives their choice" but a few days ago i've had a shift in mindset where I've started to consider the role each individual plays in the greater whole. if every person adapts the mindset of "I
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@hawaalidrammeh
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we ended up going to the same university as the Indian kid haha and I asked him about the situation last year and he had no recollection of the event whilst my brother and I were basically traumatized by the situation . same kids, completely different experience.
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@hawaalidrammeh
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i prob give the worst advice these days bc all of my advice is predicated on two simple facts lol: - we are all going to die - whats meant for you will reach you & whats not meant for you will not reach you
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@hawaalidrammeh
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I LOVE LIFE
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5 months
im going to start commenting this everywhere 😭
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@hawaalidrammeh
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me everytime I tweet:
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letters to milena
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this didn't age well at all like at all
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my intern mentor just told me I'm working & asking questions at the level of a senior engineer, just had to flex real quick 🤓
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you know once upon a time i was a really good artist so hopefully i awaken those brain cells again
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i interviewed for an LA-based edtech startup—was & still am super excited about their mission. after 3 rounds, the VP of Product kept telling me they wanted to hire me, only to string me along for months. then I found out on LinkedIn the VP of Product hired his newly high
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