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Hassan's work combines: Technology, Engineering, and Problem Solving
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers:
High School
Associate's Degree
Certification: Cisco 801/ CompTIA
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Developed a love for technology innovation.
2.
Began looking into different fields within communications and technology.
3.
I thought about getting into social services and maybe running a foster care group home.
4.
Had some difficulty when I was in middle school and high school as I was having issues.
5.
Left my immediate family to stay with close relatives due to problems within the house.
6.
Realized that I wasn't going in the direction that I had originally wanted to go.
7.
Enrolled in my classes as an IT technician.
8.
Completed my courses through Cisco Systems. I was fully certified and started my work.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
You should go to a university or nice fancy college like your cousins. Why don't you go to university instead of a trade school? Why don't you get a steady job that pays salary? You need to get a job so that you have something to fall back on.
How I responded:
What I told them in return was that this is my life and this is my career which is something that I'm going to be doing for the rest of my life. I don't do it for the money I do it because it's what I like doing.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
I definitely grew up in a less fortunate family. We never had a lot of money especially not enough to put anyone in a nice University without some kind of scholarship. Sometimes we even had trouble putting food on the table but we got through.