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A letter to my 18 year old self

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This is an open letter I wrote to myself in 2014 after completing my undergraduate degree in Software Engineering from the University of Waterloo. It’s addressed to my 2009 self, to be read just before starting university. Now in 2018, I’m surprised how much of this still holds and is still needed advice for me. April 25, 2014 Hey you, It’s me: you. I made it. I have my iron ring1. I guess you aren’t worried about failing to get here, but here looks a little different than you probably hoped it would. You’re not going to work at Google, and even more surprisingly, you won’t want to. You’ll discover that in your own time, so let me calm some of your fears and instill in you a few more. In high school, you were the techie among your friends, and that was cool. It made you different and interesting and helped you create cool things to show your friends. In university, you’ll be surrounded by people with similar skill sets and interests. Your classmates will catch up to you. You will panic

A letter to my 18 year old self This is an open letter I wrote to myself in 2014 after completing my undergraduate degree in Software Engineering from the University of Waterloo. It's addressed to my 2009 self, to be read just before starting university. Now in 2018, I'm surprised how much of this still holds and is still needed advice for me. April 25, 2014 Hey you, It’s me: you. I made it. I have my iron ring 1 . I guess you aren’t worried about failing to get here, but here looks a little different than you probably hoped it would. You’re not going to work at Google, and even more surprisin

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