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The struggle that made us in Waterloo


I can feel uncertainty looming over the software industry as the hiring frenzy of the COVID era has given way to layoffs and hiring freezes. The power transf...

I woke up covered in sweat, panicked, slowly coming to and remembering that it was a dream, that I did end up graduating and my life continued. I ended up back at my high school job as an electrician, something Waterloo approved without hesitation - because in 2008, they knew how brutal the market was. Yet despite everything-the brutal workload, the fear, the constant pressure - those years remain one of my favorite chapters of my life.

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