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Ok I admit it, i found my first IT job after moving to the UK through sheer luck and not hard work.

I was working as a hotel receptionist, doing the graveyard shift.

Studying full time and spending days and afternoon at UEL’s library.

Spending hours on end looking for jobs, going to every job board and every website I could find.

I was in survival mode, it was do or die for me.

I knew if I couldn’t find a tech job, it will be the end of my journey in the UK.

And it will mean i’ll have to either spend another 100k on further education, which I didn’t have.

Or Fvck off and go back to Lebanon.

I came across the profile of the dean of my school on the university website.

It stood out to me because he had an Arabic name.

i was like: “a guy from my culture made it to be the dean of the Engineering school at UEL 🤯”

Back then that was mind blowing to me.

So inspired and fascinated by this fact, i reached out to him with that very energy in my email.

He was very receptive and welcoming to my request, and agreed to meet.

We had nice chat that was casual where I learned about his journey by showing genuine interest.

And I was able to share about my journey and what I had wanted to do in the future.

And that was the end of it. Walking out of his office i thought to myself:

“Oh well, i didn’t get a job from this, but hey, it was a nice chat, I’m really glad I did it.”

Two weeks later, I get an email from him referring me to the web manager at the time.

Who called me in for an interview and hired me on the spot.

And that’s what kick started my whole tech career in the UK.

So yeah, it was luck, because I didn’t know what i was doing at the time.

I was just taking stabs in the dark.

And to be vouched for by the dean of the school at your uni helps a big deal in getting hired.

But now when I look back, i see exactly what was happening.

It was a simple formula of consistent action and building on meaningful connections.

Didn’t involve applying online, didn’t involve working for years on end on extra projects or degrees.

Now I’m on a mission to turn this luck into a science.

So you can re-create this scenario for yourself on command.

Instead of just sitting there and waiting for a miracle to happen.

If you are ready to go on this journey with me.

I am now offering 5 slots for a two week free trial of my MACS program which outlines the exact science of finding the job you want asap.

If you want it. Drop me a comment with: “Get me the job” and i’ll DM you with the details. 👇

To your success.