Zach Yadegari

The excitement hit me like when they first made the offer, like over the phone.

But then I was like, wait, but it didn't happen yet.

We don't have anything signed.

So quell the excitement, quell the excitement.

And then it never felt as good as that did.

Was it smooth?

It was honestly much faster than it would normally be.

And some of that was like the timing.

Like part of the reason we didn't share anything until now is because peak season is January and February.

And so we didn't want to really like influence anything.

Yeah, great point, honestly, on that.

Because like, going into this was my first time with everything.

So it was honestly scary and stressful.

And I kept overthinking things.

But hearing stories was helpful.

Yeah, yeah, 100%.

The process honestly started back in May of 2025.

It was right before I was like a few months before going to college.

And so I kind of was thinking like, you know what, maybe there's a world where I can be a normal college student and get a normal freshman experience where I don't need to worry about a company at the same time.

So