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Akashic101on Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann after one move

Hans as admitted to cheating on chess.com when he was 12 and 16, so not that long ago since he is only 19 right now.

Akashic101on The road to success is paved with rejection letters

This article reminds me a lot of the situation I'm currently in, albeit at a much smaller scale. After studying game-design and game-development for five years I wanted to to go to my local university for a bachelor.

Denied

While looking for options I started worked for a friend of the family in his lawfirm to save up a bit of money. During that time I applied to the university of Cologne, hoping that I have better chances there.

Denied in the second round (still stings)

Now a year into working for the lawfirm I met by chance the CEO of a small startup on an IT job fair who wasnt even presenting there. He saw potential in me that at that time I didnt even saw in myself and offered me a job as a Junior Frontend Developer, where I work now for a bit more than 3 months. Its an absolute dream job, and if any of the previous rejections didnt happen I wouldnt be now in this amazing situation I am in now.

"One door closing opens another" is now one of my favourite sayings.