<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>U of C on</title><link>https://dawning.ca/tags/u-of-c/</link><description>Recent content in U of C on</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright © James Snell</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:20:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://dawning.ca/tags/u-of-c/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Learn from Seymour &amp; Get Smarter</title><link>https://dawning.ca/posts/get-smarter/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:20:40 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dawning.ca/posts/get-smarter/</guid><description>
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&lt;/a>Upon &lt;a href="https://dawning.ca/2010/grad/">graduating recently&lt;/a>, I found the Engineering group had a special treat - a copy of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Schulich">Seymour Schulich&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/a> &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Get-Smarter-Seymour-Schulich/dp/1554701155/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1277311346&amp;amp;sr=8-1">Get Smarter&lt;/a>&amp;rdquo; was given to each grad. In an atypical move, I decided to read this non-textbook source of information.&lt;/p>
&lt;h2 id="worth-reading">Worth Reading&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>I quite enjoyed it, Schulich has arranged the book in to a ton of tiny chapters. In each, he quickly and effectively conveys an opinion or experience of his. If you&amp;rsquo;re not interested in something, it&amp;rsquo;s easy to skip on (granted I never did) and the rest of the book will still make sense. Given Schulich&amp;rsquo;s history, this is a man with some neat concepts to convey. He discusses a vast range of topics from his opinions about assessing career options to finding meaning in life.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>8 Years, 2 Degrees, 1 Internship &amp; 0 Regrets</title><link>https://dawning.ca/posts/grad/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:15:36 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dawning.ca/posts/grad/</guid><description>
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Well, for those that know, it&amp;rsquo;s been a damned long time in coming, but I have finally fully graduated as of June 7th and 8th 2010.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>The tale of my 8 year tenor at the University of Calgary is somewhat of a unique animal, there was a lot of pain and a great deal of fun. As I look back after just completing that journey I am delighted to be through it and I&amp;rsquo;m keen to move on in to new areas of life. But I also know that these years were great and I&amp;rsquo;ll happily reflect upon them as I drift away from this phase.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>