Category Archives: Career

Velocity – first impressions

I moved into Velocity 6 days ago. The past three days have been quite an experience, and I want to capture some of the learning points I’ve gotten from the place. Don’t be an asshole I think that is probably the mantra that struck me the most. Basically, at Velocity, it means that be nice… More

Lessons on Networking

Today I attended an event hosted by Social Media Breakfast: Waterloo Region. I was really excited to go, for two reasons. 1) Dave Fleet was speaking about trends in social media for 2011, and 2) there were people attending that I was really excited to meet and introduce myself to. Dave’s talk was definitely interesting,… More

Thoughts on a job

I’m graduating at the end of this Winter term. One of the biggest worries I’ve been having so far is what I will be doing after school – it is definitely hard thinking about how there is almost nothing in my plans after April. This is especially so given that my days are essentially occupied… More