The first time I had to pitch myself, I froze.
No slides.
No script.
Just me, on a Zoom call, trying to explain what I was building.
That’s when it hit me—
I’d spent years in classrooms, but no one ever taught this.
No one taught me:
→ How to pitch an idea
→ How to manage a real deadline
→ How to start from zero and make something real
So I started learning the only way I could.
By doing.
By failing.
By figuring things out one mistake at a time.
Late nights turned into rough drafts.
Rough drafts turned into real projects.
And real projects started opening real doors.
College gives you structure.
But it doesn’t give you clarity.
That only comes from building.
So while others are waiting for assignments—
I’m writing my own.
Every project I ship outside class teaches me more than any exam ever could.
A degree might get your foot in the door.
But proof of work is what gets people to say yes.