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Shad Mirza

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Savio Martin
Savio Martin
Dec 31, 2020

OMG, This is very much inspiring, what a team, well-written article

Great work Mohd Shad Mirza, you took a great effort, Thanks

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thank you so much Savio

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Victoria Lo
Victoria Lo
Dec 31, 2020

This is an amazing story! So inspiring and I love how you mention each Hashnode Team member and what they are like working in the team. It's so heartwarming, a perfect story to read before the new year dawns!

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thank you so much, Victoria. Wish you a great year ahead.

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Piyush Sinha
Piyush Sinha
Dec 31, 2020

Inspiring πŸš€

Thanks for sharing your extraordinary journey of struggle & success. In testing times, this story won't let me quit. Your story is the embodiment of this quote:

"If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but by all means keep moving."

– Martin Luther King Jr.

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

You summed it up perfectly, thank you.

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Kiran Debnath
Kiran Debnath
Jan 1, 2021

Amazed by ur ups- downs of coding journey. As a beginner learnt a lot , from ur journey.

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thanks, Kiran, wish you a great year ahead.

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vaibhav kumar
vaibhav kumar
Jan 2, 2021

Truly inspiring !

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 4, 2021

Thanks a lot vaibhav kumar

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Rahul
Rahul
Dec 31, 2020

Inspiring, amazing, awesome, marvelous, Fantastic and many many things.

Amazing post.

Btw In the pic who is in the background? sandeep? πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thanks, Rahul. Haha, yeah that's Sandeep. πŸ˜‚

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Aman Mittal
Aman Mittal
Dec 31, 2020

πŸ’œ Your journey! Loved reading about it, loved to know how you got where you are and in ways to be connected with you.

You are awesome! Keep up the great work πŸ™Œ

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thank you, Aman. I am really glad I got to be connected with you last year. You're as inspiring as ever.

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Priyanka Yadav
Priyanka Yadav
Dec 31, 2020

Woah! So inspiring πŸŽ‰

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thanks, Priyanka. Do are going great too, keep up the good work.

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Hrithwik Bharadwaj
Hrithwik Bharadwaj
Dec 31, 2020

This is so inspiring. Enjoyed reading every bit

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thank you Hrithwik.

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Bolaji Ayodeji
Bolaji Ayodeji
Dec 31, 2020

What a robust and amazing review. Cheers to better years Shad!

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thank you Bolaji. ❀️

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Ephraim Atta-Duncan
Ephraim Atta-Duncan
Dec 31, 2020

What an inspirationπŸ”₯...

I'll start blogging more next year...

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

It's next year already. I'll be waiting πŸ˜„. If you need any help. Visit thenextbigwriter.tech/about

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Ephraim Atta-Duncan
Ephraim Atta-Duncan
Jan 1, 2021

Thanks🌟

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Yuvraj Singh Jadon
Yuvraj Singh Jadon
Dec 31, 2020

What an inspiring journey!

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thanks, Yuvraj. Wish you a great year ahead.

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Saksham Bhatt
Saksham Bhatt
Dec 31, 2020

Excellent! I can't put it in words how good it really is.

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thank you so much Saksham. Glad that you liked it.

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Harshith Venkatesh
Harshith Venkatesh
Dec 31, 2020

Your journey is quite inspiring and will definitely motivate a lot of people.

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

I wish that too. Thank you Harshith.

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Prateek Surana
Prateek Surana
Dec 31, 2020

This is a really inspiring story Shad πŸ™Œ, being from a lower-tier college, I could relate to many of the points you mentioned here.

I hope that it motivates other people in similar situations to keep pushing.

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

I hope so too. And I hope our education system gets better. Thanks for the kind words.

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Hamza Hayd
Hamza Hayd
Dec 31, 2020

What a ride! Hard work does really pay off.

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

True that. Thanks

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Pratik Sah
Pratik Sah
Dec 31, 2020

So well documented, I could imagine the entire scene. Thanks for sharing your journey with us🀘.

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thank you. I feel like my efforts paid off.

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Coding Monkey
Coding Monkey
Dec 31, 2020

Wooow what a rollercoaster felt like watching a movie 😍🀩

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Haha thanks πŸ˜„

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Marie-Elise
Marie-Elise
Jan 1, 2021

Thanks for sharing your story. Your takeaways are on point! πŸ‘ŒπŸ½

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thank you Maria, glad you found it helpful.

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Rishu Shrivastav
Rishu Shrivastav
Jan 1, 2021

Woah! Truly amazing journey, lots to take away. The struggle's you have mentioned are exactly what I avoided via proper planning and developing my skills while in college. One thing I would like to add is the power of internship. I did internship for 6 months without getting paid a penny just focused on industry standards of software development and getting my Stack (MEAN+SQL) ready. Never the less congrats man on your success.

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Agree, internships are really helpful. I actually asked my seniors about how to get an internship, I had no idea what it was and how to get one. They told me some generic advice like "Work Hard". So not much luck there. No one from our college did any internship and from where I studied, it's still something are not aware of.

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Robert Ngabo
Robert Ngabo
Jan 1, 2021

This is amazing story and I can surely say that it inspires me a lot to keep hustling
Kudos Mohd Shad Mirza

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 1, 2021

Thank you Robert. Wish you all the best.

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Anand Baraik
Anand Baraik
Jan 1, 2021

Inspiring! More power to you brother, keep inspiring us with your good work!

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 4, 2021

Thank you Anand Baraik

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Harshil Parmar
Harshil Parmar
Jan 1, 2021

First of all, you are a hero πŸ™Œ. The most important thing which I like is you didn't forget all those people who helped you on your journey. Because I have seen many people forget their mentors after reaching the goal. You are great, inspiring, and humble Bhai πŸ™πŸ™

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 4, 2021

Thank you Harshil Parmar.

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Hussam Khatib
Hussam Khatib
Jan 2, 2021

This is awesome Shad. I love the way you are contributing back to the society.

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 4, 2021

Thank you Hussam Khatib

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Franklin Okolie
Franklin Okolie
Jan 3, 2021

This is so inspiring and amazing... Thank you for this

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Shad Mirza
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Shekh Aliul
Shekh Aliul
Jan 3, 2021

This article is pure gold deserves a super like β™₯

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Jan 4, 2021

Thanks Shekh Aliul

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Shubham Kumar
Shubham Kumar
Jan 6, 2021

Really Inspiring and dedicated work! hats of bro Many more to Come !!

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Syed Abdul Rahman
Syed Abdul Rahman
Jan 14, 2021

amazing

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Victor Adeshile
Victor Adeshile
Jan 16, 2021

Awesome writeup Mohd! Thanks so much for sharing your experiences from the ground up. Your story is relatable and a lot of developers have a sure source of strength from reading your blog. Thanks for telling it without holding back!

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Luke Netti
Luke Netti
Mar 10, 2021

This is an awesome story! I just finished reading for the second time.

But what is luck? Luck is being at the right place at the right time. Try a lot of stuff, fail a lot, be at a lot of places and at a lot of times. Hopefully, luck will start to work for you too.

I love this! I am saving this away as a reminder to keep working hard and pushing towards my goals.

Thank you for writing this!

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Shad Mirza
Shad Mirza
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Β·Mar 10, 2021

Thank you Luke. All the best on your journey πŸ’ͺ

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Rahul Banerjee
Rahul Banerjee
Mar 23, 2021

So glad I found this article, really inspiring! Thanks for sharing!

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Andrew Baisden
Andrew Baisden
Mar 26, 2021

What an inspirational article more people need to see this.

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Moha Bahusayn
Moha Bahusayn
Apr 6, 2021

That's such an inspiring journey, and a never-give-up personality. All the best, Shad :)

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Toshita Singh πŸ’œ
Toshita Singh πŸ’œ
Feb 4, 2022

Wow! This was one of the most helpful article I have found. I have been struggling a lot with the fear of failure in the past few months but seeing your journey I must say, all it takes is to focus on showing up everyday and not worry what the end result will look like. With that in mind I'll continue enhancing my skills and will read this whenever I feel down.

Thank you so much for sharing your story πŸ˜‡

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Karthik
Karthik
Jun 15, 2021

Really Inspirational bro. I have learnt so much about grit & your will to learn and succeed.

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Saumya Ranjan Nayak
Saumya Ranjan Nayak
Aug 12, 2021

I stumbled upon and re-read this blog again!

You are inspiring AF.

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Dumebi Okolo
Dumebi Okolo
Oct 12, 2022

This is by far the most inspiring thing I have read in so long. I have been in a rot in my career for a very long time. I can't say for certain what this article did to me, but I know it did a lot. I wish I had a mentor. I do have senior Web developers that are friends with me, whom consult in times of difficulties, but do they really count as mentors?

You are awfully inspiring, Shad, and I'm glad I came across this blog.

Thank you for finding the courage to write this. ❀️❀️❀️

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