very interesting finding out where some of my classmates are working. how did someone who ghosted me during a group project get a job in project management 😳
what the fuck is toronto’s cost of living??
the avg new grad swe salary in toronto is 85k cad
u lose about 20-25% in taxes (federal and provincial)
that leaves you with ~65k for the year, ~5.4k a month
rent is 1.5-2k even with a roommate
now you have <4k/mo
food 500-1k
the cost of having high profile followers on this app are too much. i can't safely tweet "i've fallen in love with multiple anime girls from genshin impact" without the fear of being judged
there was this one work survey question that asked if employees wake up and look forward to go to work. bro i wake up devastated that i wasn't born into generational wealth 😩
after i left my last company, apparently there was a huge slack discussion over the political context of pepe the frog emojis that a lot of managers hopped onto, and i uploaded maybe >50 of those 😭
maybe toronto design teams should stop saying they value mentorship and career progression if they won't put in the resources to grow junior designers. if they want to attract and retain talent, maybe they could stop being so stingy with salaries as well 🥴
the worst outcome of introductory design education is how it normalizes and rewards mediocrity. so many students fall into a trap where they think including fake personas and a picture of "HMW" written on a sticky note is considered good in a case study
my fourth year design prof: this is beautiful. i am proud of your group. amazing work truly. i love it
my third year design prof: this is disgusting. i cannot believe you would submit this. drop this course immediatl-
the worst thing the education system does is get students into the habit of writing longform documents. i don't want to write this, and nobody wants to read it!!!
the nerve of a toronto design director to personally schedule a call with me after requesting for work samples, to be condescending for 25 minutes and dismiss my entire resume to say i lack cross-functional experience with engineers 🤨
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2019: Toronto headquarters of a splashy new urban-focused subsidiary of a tech giant, ground zero for much-hyped new era of “smart cities” and “innovation”
2021: A Budget rent-a-car
if i'm looking a lil ugly on zoom it's because i haven't cut my hair in months or put any effort into choosing an outfit. also i might just be a lil ugly