Kareem CV of Failures ‘Rejections build Career’
I’m sharing these because failure isn’t the opposite of success — it’s part of it. Every rejection here pushed me somewhere better, even when it didn’t feel that way at the time.
2019 corona Period
- Didn’t get Engineering degree; it was 94%, but I got 91.9% instead
- Didn’t succeed in going to ZewailCity university due to financial status, not exams
2021
No thing to mention
2022
- Solved only 2 problems alone without the team in the ACPC competition after 6 months of daily Codeforces practice
- Failed to pass technical interview with Dr. Fady, and I don’t even remember the company
2023
- Didn’t complete my networking course
- Failed to join a medical company working on 3D imaging
2024
- Multiple failures with several SEO websites that I thought would generate income, like awazly. There were around 12 different website ideas.
2025
- Didn’t get accepted in MBZUAI master Internship
- After that, I did some research that was better than multiple researchers at MBZUAI. I thought working with them would be a huge career change, but you can achieve a lot alone!
- Didn’t get accepted in huggingface internship program
2026
- Didn’t get accepted at Bizarh competition
More failures are coming soon! wish me luck :)
Looking back, the pattern is clear: most of my rejections came from timing or circumstances, not ability. The MBZUAI rejection pushed me to do independent research that turned out better than what I’d have done there. The failed SEO websites taught me more about business than any course could. A CV of failures isn’t about dwelling on the past — it’s about seeing the thread that connects them to where you end up.
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