Thursday, September 22, 2005 - 11:54 PM PST
The recruiting trip to Waterloo was a blast. On Saturday Markus, Daniel, Wolfgang, and I went out to dinner in downtown Toronto, then to the Second City to see the incredibly funny (currently untitled) 57th revue. I wish I had known about Second City earlier. Following the show, we hung out at Wolfgang's until an obscene hour in the morning.
Sunday was lunch with my uncle, then a dinner with about 10 ex-Microsoft co-ops at Solé. Monday were the info sessions, which went very well, especially with the help of the Ed Helms video. It was a very strange feeling to be on the other side of the fence, taking resumes, giving the presentation, etc.
Waterloo seemed mostly the same, with a few exceptions:
- There seems to be construction everywhere, especially on University Ave (which now has bike lanes in both directions)
- The students seem seem really, really young (which I'm sure is more a reflection of my own age). Geezers Arda Ocal and Heramb also noted the same thing in their latest Imprint columns.
- These "One Waterloo" posters were up everywhere around campus:
The parody above from MC shows a much more realistic picture of what Waterloo diversity is really like:
(Yes, I'm trying out inlining larger images. 'veryone else is doing it.)