January 3 — Legal marijuana in Canada This Hour has 22 Min
January 5 — “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life”, the end of crypto, FTX, Quadriga, Bored Ape, Ansel Adams and Van Gogh in CHATGPT
January 10 — how to think in English, naming things in your environment
January 12 — manmade indoor oceans and custom-engineered waves
January 17 — charities vs non-profits, independent journalists, prejudice against newcomers, hard times make hard people
January 19 — Bill Gates and his predictions and priorities for 2023
January 24 — an app that can track taxes, citizens can choose which programs to support, analytics do help shape priorities for government, someone mentioned the Doomsday Clock and humanity just moved closer to midnight
January 26 — new participant, extended introductions, pros and cons of the city you’re living in, chat GPT isn’t going to replace humans just yet, all new tech goes through Gartner’s hype cycle, Home Depot gave private data to Meta in Canada (oops)
February 1 WED — how to get the most out of an informational interview, IT sector is restructuring, how useful are unpaid internships
February 2 THU — the bitch and whine hour, bloom where you’re planted, sanguine observations about being happy, citizenship vs naturalization, backlash in Canada because of rapid immigration, the stunning architecture of Canadian cities (hockey arenas, Tim Horton’s and Costco)
February 7 TUE — Keeping it real, We are humble geniuses, debrief on an online job interview, worst meeting you ever had, to get the job is 100x harder than actual job, The Doomsday Clock, Adobe bought Figma
February 9 THU — maternity leave in various countries, new parents have little downtime, canned ChatGPT responses, freedom of expression in various societies and online, Charlie Hebdo
February 14 TUE — toxic engineers who can be immature and feel superior, layoffs in tech due to cleaning house and replacing complacent employees, post-truth, post-reality and convergence, Canadians are less pretentious, cost of living crisis
February 16 THU — corporations invest in disinfo on facebook, getting clear feedback from managers, surviving vs thriving, how to look good at meetings / the social + political aspects of staying employed and BEING SEEN TO BE delivering value
February 21 TUE — interdependence, kettlebells, Tim Urban, Indra’s net
February 22 WED — probationary periods, people who aren’t delivering value are being laid off,
February 23 THU — info interviews, portfolio of tableau projects, business buns
February 28 TUE — living next to the Baltic Sea, Katherine Hayhoe’s TED Talk and talking about climate change, 1000s of new developers coming out of colleges and boot camps
March 2 THU — Federal Skilled Worker, secrets of learning a new language, ploygots are people who want to learn, CLBs, Express Entry
March 5 SUN — harm reduction, Gabor Mate, opoid crisis, fentanyl
March 7 TUE — urban density, missing middle, walkable cities, science communicators
March 8 WED — Kazakhstan, visa runs, two types of tech workers: innovators and executors
March 9 THU — Earth temperature is rising, permafrost is melting, we should pay attention, mRNA in labs, knitting and sewing, Earthquake in Turkey and buildings that collapse vs buildings that survive
March 14 TUE — it’s always great when HR is surprised by your questions, pros and cons of 4 yr degrees, older works and current labour market, how newcomers can stave off major career sacrifices
March 16 THU — POCs, an interview debrief, the gutting of so many IT companies is depressing and worrying, cybersecurity is in demand – agree or disagree, cybersecurity is a good career – agree or disagree, the Kruger effect = smart people are humble because they grasp how much they don’t know, Hacking Google youtube videos about 2009
March 19 SUN — wild animals, pets, What is Beauty, influencers, pros and cons of lending your stuff, borrowing from others
March 21 TUE — I was voluntold, Boomers and investors own all the houses, Structube vs Ikea for condo home furnishings
March 22 WED — Spanish speakers in Russia, 2008 World Cup in Russia, White NIght in Russia, subway interiors are amazing, Basil the cat
March 23 THU — web development mentors, certifications, you should said array, debrief on an IELTS attempt after a long break, it is a 19 hour road trip from Toronto > Parry Sound > Sudbury > Sault Ste Marie > Wawa > Dryden
March 26 SUN — Don’t allow stress to kill your personality. Keep knocking doors. Do what you know. She went to university to get her MRS.
March 28 TUE — burn out, spiralling, trauma, keeping your career on track no matter what, jumping from the pot into the fire
March 29 WED — review of a Job Fair in Ottawa, life in Bistek, filters on ChatGPT, AI as human guardians, older workers being laid off to make way for younger grads
March 30 THU — on the hot seat, delivering your elevator speech, taking turns being the moderator, living without papers, road trips, travelling with pets, being between jobs, holding out for the perfect job vs taking an adequate job, zoochie zelena = part-time continuing education, video games as a downtime activity, surviving and thriving
April 2 SUN — Nice to meet you, life in Montreal, sharing tips about immigration, the value of learning some French for the Canadian labour market
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