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Leah Shin

The Cozy Revolution: How New York’s Spaces are Redefining Meaningful Connections

The cozier the space, the cozier the connection.

8 min readJun 20, 2023

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The Cozy Revolution: How New York’s Spaces are Redefining Meaningful Connections

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Leah Shin

I spent two months in New York as an experiment, and ended up signing a lease instead

2 months, 3 friends, could we be the next ‘ur mom’s house’?

11 min readAug 22, 2022

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I spent two months in New York as an experiment, and ended up signing a lease instead

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Leah Shin

I’m getting older, I think I’m aging well

Everybody dies, right? I always feared getting older. Every day seemed one step closer to death. Morbid, I know. I remember as a kid …

7 min readDec 28, 2021

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I’m getting older, I think I’m aging well

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It’s been another 365 days at Microsoft and we launched Windows 11

It’s official, I’ve been at Microsoft for another 365 days, making this my two year anniversary at this company. If you haven’t read last…

6 min readOct 8, 2021

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It’s been another 365 days at Microsoft and we launched Windows 11

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Leah Shin

Maybe you should talk to someone, really you should consider it.

I never thought I needed therapy. I felt fine, well fine enough. My family seemed somewhat, kind of, sorta normal. I had landed…

5 min readAug 24, 2021

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Maybe you should talk to someone, really you should consider it.

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For the longest time, I felt like I was unable to dream as an Asian-American

I started this reflection a month or two ago. Truthfully, I couldn’t get myself to finish writing this. It was incredibly painful to type…

5 min readMar 17, 2021

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For the longest time, I felt like I was unable to dream as an Asian-American

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Leah Shin
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Bootcamp

It’s okay to choose that colorful rain jacket for your dog, and yourself

I didn’t know growing up would mean the sudden increase of grays, whites, blacks and insert other neutral color here pieces of clothing…

6 min readJan 18, 2021

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It’s okay to choose that colorful rain jacket for your dog, and yourself

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DataDrivenInvestor

I had 200+ coffee chats, here’s how it started and how it’s going

My first real understanding of a “coffee chat” was my second year of college. I was at my first summer internship at T-Mobile and it was…

6 min readNov 23, 2020

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I had 200+ coffee chats, here’s how it started and how it’s going

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Leah Shin

I miss the days my friends knew every mundane detail of my life and I knew theirs

At twenty three years old, with a college diploma, employed, and grateful for the opportunities that are waiting to be discovered…

4 min readSep 29, 2020

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I miss the days my friends knew every mundane detail of my life and I knew theirs

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Now Spoke

It’s been 365 days at Microsoft since graduating college, and it went like…

It’s been 365 days since starting my first full-time job as an Product Marketing Research Manager at Microsoft’s ACE Rotational Program…

4 min readAug 27, 2020

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Collage of images from first year at Microsoft with text “365 days at Microsoft and it went like…”

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Leah Shin

Leah Shin

I’m a Brooklyn, NY based product builder @ LinkedIn that has a love for writing, reflection, and storytelling | leahshin.com 👩🏻‍💻 — (she/her)

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