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After grinding through roles at KoinX, Tunable Labs, and EzAIx, I finally achieved what once seemed impossible—joining Atlan as an AI Engineer Intern after they had previously rejected me. This journey proves that rejections aren't final—they're just pit stops on the way to where you actually need to be.

After grinding through my KoinX internship, I managed to land two remote US-based positions with massive stipend increases. I transformed from a pure backend dev into an AI engineer by marketing myself as a "high-agency generalist" who could adapt to any tech.

After 50+ rejections, countless all-nighters building assignments, and a ton of failed interviews, I finally broke into tech at KoinX despite coming from a tier-3 college. Competing against candidates from tier-1 schools with impressive backgrounds taught me that persistence and strategic improvement through each rejection ultimately pays off.

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