Sarah Rose Hassan

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Personal Reflections

Where I share personal stories, growth experiences, and reflections on life’s important moments.

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Toronto Tech Week: Practising a Salary I Don’t Have Yet, and My First Time in a Kayak

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On Wednesday evening I sat in a dim restaurant with a screen glowing “Workshop 1: Raise Your Value” and practised saying a number I had no business saying yet.The scenario handed to us was a Customer Success Manager role, salary range $95,000 to $110,000. We filled out a workbook first: our strongest differentiator, three value […]

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📌 10 Lessons I Learned From Interning at Pinterest 📌

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I learned a ton from Pinterest’s software engineering internship program, designed to help aspiring software engineers get started in the field. I met a lot of amazing people, mainly extremely talented software engineers. Here are a few lessons that I learned from them. 📌 5 Lessons About Job Interviews in Tech 📌 📌 5 Lessons

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My 3rd Year of University: My First Computer Science Internship

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I spent my 3rd year at my first computer science internship! I worked as a product manager at SOTI. SOTI is a company that provides software to control mobile devices like phones and product managers prioritize which projects the business works on. Getting Hired Starting my internship felt like a dream. I was hired 2

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Sarah Rose's career change to software engineering journey, from a Shoppers Drug Mart cashier to a tech professional

From Shoppers Drug Mart Cashier to Product Manager: How I Survived a 1.1 GPA

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I believe the best way to find what you love in life is to do something you hate. For me, that meant spending years grinding 40-hour weeks as a cashier at Shoppers Drug Mart. While I was scanning items and managing the checkout line, I knew I wanted more. I took a massive risk and

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