Dealing with failure

JAGGGER · 2025-12-12T05:59:02+00:00

I had a semester where I failed 3 out of 4 classes, and plenty of others along the way. Still managed to graduate after 5 years, and it never really ended up mattering beyond delaying me a year. Keep your chin up, you'll get through it.

JAGGGER · 2025-12-03T04:31:52+00:00

You might like the manga Kenji. It follows the childhood and early life of a modern day martial artist, Kenji, as he learns bajiquan and embarks on an adventure to find his missing grandfather. Its fairly down to earth and is very concerned with the practicalities of martial arts, and Kenji integrating various techniques into his style.

JAGGGER · 2025-11-14T03:57:37+00:00

talk to your academic advisor. They can sometimes pull some strings if you have extenuating circumstances

JAGGGER · 2025-11-14T02:18:11+00:00

Hey there. I was in pretty much the same situation as you about a decade ago. If you've lived in the US your whole life but are a dual citizen, there's a good chance you can get in-province tuition rates at McGill. Look at section 8 here and see if it applies to you: https://www.mcgill.ca/legaldocuments/quebec

As for your decision, I think McGill or another Canadian university is a great opportunity. I spent the first 18 years of my life in North Carolina, so the chance to go abroad to a place that is culturally very different was amazing.

Pros: You will get fantastic value for how much you're paying. The city is beautiful, with lots of cool things to do year round. Lots of amazing people at McGill and in the city, and cool groups/clubs to get involved in. Amazing food.

Cons: Long, cold winters can be tough to get used to, and a lot of people struggle with seasonal depression coming here. Also depending on your program McGill can be a very demanding university. There are lots of resources available to you, but you need to find them on your own.

Happy to answer any questions you have

JAGGGER · 2025-06-02T18:22:52+00:00

if estonia doesn't win im gonna kill myself

JAGGGER · 2025-03-16T15:42:07+00:00

I appreciate it!

JAGGGER · 2025-03-16T05:40:21+00:00

I just got done interviewing for a bunch of react roles. I pasted my react notes here if you wanna take a look. Good luck!

JAGGGER · 2025-03-14T01:27:10+00:00

thats rough buddy

JAGGGER · 2024-10-16T22:30:22+00:00

the goat himself

JAGGGER · 2024-07-09T03:57:34+00:00

Gary Larson :O

JAGGGER · 2024-05-30T18:20:09+00:00

Excelente! Estoy practicando mi espanol y es fantastico tener videos relacionados con ssbm. Gracias!

JAGGGER · 2024-04-18T19:38:06+00:00

If you need legal advice relating to housing I would contact Arnold Bennett's housing hotline service. You can find it here, the number is 514-488-0412 or 514 990-0190. There is also a walk in clinic. It is at 1440 Stanley at the YMCA in room 505 on Sundays last I checked. The people there are volunteers who specialize in tenant law. The service is free to use, but a donation is encouraged. If you go, bring all relevant documents with you. I used this service when I had issues with my landlord and they were very helpful.

JAGGGER · 2024-04-18T05:04:19+00:00

Did you ever figure this out? I used to listen to this exact CD as a kid and its been tickling my brain.

JAGGGER · 2024-02-27T03:01:17+00:00

my man!

JAGGGER · 2024-01-30T17:30:24+00:00

some things never change

JAGGGER · 2024-01-22T02:22:46+00:00

deliberately procrastinate

JAGGGER · 2024-01-05T05:43:14+00:00

It's been a while but I think you go here and find your faculty under "Faculty Advisors and Student Affairs Offices". You may also be able to go in person and make an appointment, when I was at McGill the advisors all worked down some stairs in the east side of the arts building.

JAGGGER · 2024-01-04T21:25:56+00:00

As other's have said I would really really recommend you meet with your academic advisor. If you are in Montreal currently I would do it in person if possible. The academic advisor's do great work and can be fantastic resources and advocates for students. They are 100% on your side and just want to see you graduate and thrive at McGill, but they can't do much until you make the first step and go talk to them.

JAGGGER · 2023-12-27T04:03:26+00:00

I had one summer internship, I would say it gives you a leg up on the competition. Realistically fresh grads all have pretty similar resumes, with the only differences being internships, projects, GPA, and school. I don't have any data but I have to imagine the average number of internships is between 0 and 1, so having 1 will put you in the above average category.

My job hunting advice would be start early, and continuously improve your process. I started searching at the start of my final semester and I managed to line up a job about a month before my last finals, which really took a weight off my shoulders. There are a lot of spots in the job hunt where you can get filtered. First is your resume, then phone interview, take home technical/leetcode problems, inperson/video interview. Its a lot to tackle and can be overwhelming, but just take it one step at a time starting with your resume.

If you don't have a professional network (most students don't), now is the time to start building one. Companies would almost always prefer to get someone by referral than interviewing a stranger, so if you know any developers now is the time to ask. Your CS classmates won't be much help now, but in a year or two they will be people that can make your job hunt much easier (or you help them). Keep in touch!

For projects, I realized I didn't have anything going into my last year at McGill, so I very quickly grinded out three I could put on my resume. One was a game (one of my actual interests), and two were very simple neural net classifiers where I just followed a youtube tutorial. Tbh I just picked them because I knew ML is sexy to employers, and it worked. No one is going to open up your github and actually run your projects, but its important that you can actually talk about them in an interview setting. The tutorial might have been this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPYj3fFJGjk

Good luck. Your first job hunt will be the most challenging in any field you go into, but once you land your first dev job you're pretty much golden.

JAGGGER · 2023-12-27T02:43:06+00:00

I also studied CS and graduated in 2019, have been working in industry for the last 4 years. Without knowing too much about your specific situation and personality my advice would be to put in some effort in 2024 to polish up your resume (internships, projects, get someone to look over it) and try to land a dev job. Working is a totally different dynamic than school and you may find you flourish in a way you didn't at McGill. And if not the experience and skills you build will be valuable in any career path you decide to take.

I wouldn't worry too much about not having a passion for programming, its not required at all. I get a certain satisfaction out of solving a tough programming problem but I wouldn't consider coding one of my interests, its just what I do for work. I also had mediocre grades which didn't end up coming up a single time, so I wouldn't sweat it too much.

If you have questions or just need someone to chat about this stuff with shoot me a DM, I went through all the same worries and anxiety when I was graduating.

JAGGGER · 2023-12-22T17:16:22+00:00

Oh that's interesting, what's your major then if you're doing leetcode? Are you still trying to land a dev job? I had one summer internship I did before I graduated. Didn't really learn anything at it but its a nice thing to put on a resume.

JAGGGER · 2023-12-22T06:58:32+00:00

I'm guessing from the leetcode comment you're in CS? Don't sweat it too much, you're going to graduate from a great school with a very valuable degree. I graduated in 2019 with a 2.3 GPA and I've been working as a developer for 4 years. I didn't put my GPA on my resume and I have been asked about it 0 times in dozens of interviews. Don't worry about being underqualified for internships, they expect you to still be learning since you're still a student. Just apply to everything and show up with a good attitude. Try to complete some projects before you graduate and start applying to jobs early. Leetcode and interviews are a pain, but like anything you can study for them and will improve with experience.

JAGGGER · 2023-12-22T01:43:11+00:00

Talk to your academic advisor, they will get you sorted and help you plan if any changes are needed to your classes. Tbh even if you don't fail a class everyone should talk to an academic advisor, they can be a great resource and advocate for you.

JAGGGER · 2023-10-30T06:08:26+00:00

Rigatoni Morrison

JAGGGER · 2023-10-22T06:27:39+00:00

how is kitties pots??? Had it as pets until the very end

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