one week before hack the north, td bank reached out for an onsite interview. a phone call monday, confirmation thursday, interview 6pm saturday—right in the middle of the hackathon. i'd been applying since summer 2024 with nothing to show; this was my first real interview. it felt more like a conversation than an evaluation, and sunday afternoon they called with the offer. i blanked and said thanks.

the resume and the timing mattered—hack the north showed i was building. so did showing up: volunteer, hacker, mentor, judge, cross-enrolling at waterloo just to get to more hackathons. no prizes, but a lot of rejections and a lot of shipping. if you keep building and stay authentic, eventually the pieces fall into place. this is my first real internship, and that's the playbook that got me here.

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