She Ordered 200 Chais Before Her Principal Said Yes | Proof of Work Ep. 2

Welcome to Proof of Work, our series of conversations with students and young professionals where we delve into what it takes to actually get things done, big and small. This episode: Abina NJ. She didn't want to study engineering. She ended up doing a B.Tech in AI and Data Science anyway, failed a subject in first year, and found her way back through TinkerHub - eventually becoming a campus lead who pre-ordered 200 cups of chai for an event her principal hadn't approved yet, got told no three times, and found the money to pay for it anyway. We talk about how she went from community-hopping to finding the one that stuck, why her Useless Projects hackathon succeeded when her original plan didn't, and how she landed an internship she never formally applied for. Read the full story: https://theseconddesign.com/proof-of-... More Proof of Work episodes: https://theseconddesign.com/proof-of-... Real World Ready: https://theseconddesign.com/real-worl...