If I Knew Then...

Skule Alumni share their advice and best wishes with the 2T2 graduating classes.

 

We asked alumni "What wisdom or advice would you share with your younger self, if you could travel back in time?"

Read their heartfelt answers below, submitted as a gift to their Skulemates.

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The Value of Community

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Name: Al Qureshi | Program: Engineering | Graduation Year: 9T6 | The long arc of your careers is just beginning. And an arc it will be. I didn’t quite appreciate […]

Embrace the unexpected

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Name: Graydon Bell | Program: Industrial Engineering | Graduation Year: 7T5 | Congratulations on graduating from U of T Engineering! Be confident your education has prepared you well for your […]

Lead don’t follow

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Name: David Sadleir | Program: Industrial Engineering | Graduation Year: 6T4 | Someone once said, “The trouble with following the herd, is stepping in what it leaves behind”. Our ever […]

It’s not about what you learned, it about how you learned to learn

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Name: Sylvia Kudaverdian | Program: Chemical Engineering | Graduation Year: 9T8 | When I first started out in my career, I was worried about forgetting “stuff” I learned in Skule, […]

Family and friends

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Name: Donald Pruner | Program: Engineering Physics (Communications) | Graduation Year: 4T9 | As you are about to graduate, you are understandably looking forward to the beginning of your career, […]

Rookies and Rockstars

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Name: George Nowak | Program: Civil Engineering | Graduation Year: 7T3 | I received two great pieces of advice from the Dean of Civil Engineering at U of T and […]

Mental health and the 3 A’s

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Name: Inna Sharsf | Program: Engineering Science | Graduation Year: 8T6 | I wish I knew how to better manage stress and anxiety. One of the most powerful techniques I […]

Open minded

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Name: John Roeleveld | Program: Geological Engineering | Graduation Year: 8T7 | Be open minded to new opportunities: after completing my Engineer-in-Training program at my first job I was asked […]

Work Experience Matters

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Name: William Cheung | Program: BASc | Graduation Year: 9T0 | I’ve been in the software development business for 30 years now and when I interview for new hires at […]

Balance

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Name: Brian Clark | Program: Industrial Engineering | Graduation Year: 7T0 | I’m seventy-three years old. Here’s what I know… Workplace — If you do not enjoy going to work […]