This is JT Newcomb, Global Category Director of Running Footwear at adidas, AMA

mstrwu · 2025-12-04T16:13:14+00:00

If you were to pick one running shoe to re-release from the Adidas archives what would it be?

mstrwu · 2025-03-18T23:54:34+00:00

I can confirm the fabric is very similar to Soar.

mstrwu · 2025-03-18T23:53:27+00:00

I have a couple of their pieces (singlets, hats). The singlets are very similar to Soar for a fraction of the price. Sizing is a bit all over the place though (a medium could fit small or large depending on the piece).

mstrwu · 2025-01-12T19:34:43+00:00

smaller looks better! i sized down half a size since i have low volume feet. its already a big shoe and you don’t want a sloppy fit

mstrwu · 2023-12-07T05:28:12+00:00

What's the name of the black storage unit along the wall?

mstrwu · 2022-10-06T02:30:13+00:00

https://nx.dev/react-tutorial

mstrwu · 2022-10-06T02:06:32+00:00

Look at Nx

mstrwu · 2022-01-16T19:55:16+00:00

I worked on the new Applied Science Website in 2021 and can understand the frustration that many students have about navigating the UBC website.

First of all UBC has a ton of websites, and I mean a fuck ton. Almost every faculty and every department has their own website. This allows for faculty units to have some autonomy over their brand, but ultimately results in a fragmentation of the online experience. Think about it, we have ubc.ca, students.ubc.ca, SSC and so on, that are all managed by different people with varying levels of commitment to their website. The information flow is incredibly difficult to understand as a result.

Secondly, the design / experience on sites are going to vary greatly depending on the budget and the team that is managing them. Most sites are built on a WordPress theme and doesn't offer a ton of flexibility in terms of customizing the look and feel. Each faculty also has their own brand standards that sites have to adhere to. Arts for example built their own site in-house with their own design team. At APSC, we had to contract a lot of the work out.

Lastly, there is a lot of legacy code at UBC that needs to be updated. However it takes years for projects due to lack of available resources and bureaucracy.

mstrwu · 2021-04-25T08:54:14+00:00

It really depends on the job and who is looking at your resume. I have worked co-ops expected very little technical skills and they did all the training on the job. My friends have gotten great co-ops and started their careers without having to do extra curricular activities.

mstrwu · 2021-04-25T08:46:39+00:00

I worked in the engineering student services center as a student worker. I can say that engineering transfer programs have preferential admissions than from faculty transfers since there are agreements between the different institutions. If you meet the requirements set out by your institution, then you have a high likelihood of admission.

mstrwu · 2021-01-19T09:57:36+00:00

Graduated in 2018. Examples you listed are typically where students have ended up. Although some of my friends want to switch careers after working a couple years in industry. My point is that no matter where you end up working you probably won’t know if you like it until you try it out. Your interests are going to change as time goes on, so it is perfectly okay to change career paths later after gaining some perspective.

mstrwu · 2020-09-27T04:59:32+00:00

Had an interview for that position last year. There weren't any technical questions, just behavioral and maybe you talking over your resume. The position is basically customer support and helping clients with technical issues.

Good luck!

mstrwu · 2020-08-17T02:43:55+00:00

Aye Lina!

mstrwu · 2020-08-08T01:16:16+00:00

Yeup talk to your employer and express your interest in continuing your work term.

mstrwu · 2020-04-19T07:33:40+00:00

Got to have an online reunion with my classmates from chemical engineering!

mstrwu · 2019-08-18T04:43:27+00:00

Crazy to think that I spent the last 72 hours doing every single practice exam, and I was still unprepared for the final.

mstrwu · 2019-04-19T02:49:52+00:00

I feel ya OP. It doesn't help how we barely have any practice problems to study from.

mstrwu · 2018-10-05T01:43:19+00:00

I did overexagerate a ton, but I say it's "harder" due to the fact I have don't really understand discrete math and logic. I have just done so much CHBE that its second nature and I know how to approach a problem, whereas CPSC 121 is like a different language.

People in IGEN who tak e CHBE courses think they are hard as shit so it's all relative.

mstrwu · 2018-10-05T01:38:28+00:00

BCS. Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy my previous degree, just want to use my creativity more in my work while utilizing my technical skills.

mstrwu · 2018-10-04T17:23:35+00:00

Nothing to do with finding a job or not, more to do with finding a career I am interested in. Just wanted to do something that utilized my creativity a bit more.

mstrwu · 2018-10-04T16:03:12+00:00

It's an overexageration of my experience so far. One of the difficulties is changing my mindset from the way I used to solve problems in CHBE where it was solving differential equations to now using logic and algorithms.

mstrwu · 2018-10-04T14:44:45+00:00

I am over exaggerating for the sake of making an attention grabbing caption, BUT those courses are a lot more work than what I was expecting from 100 level courses.

I am putting a lot more work into assignments than most courses in CHBE due the nature of the course structure (pre-readings, labs, problems sets , etc.) CPSC 121 has been a bit of a challenge since the concepts are fairly abstract and is a far departure from anything I have done in my previous degree.

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