Questions that will be in the first iteration of our TechLife Guide!
Maintained by UW CS Club.
This repo will store all the unique questions that will be answered on our TechLife Guide!
Feel free to contribute by submitting a pull request 
or by using this form 📋!
If a question has already been asked, try to think of other questions that you have, as we will only approve one of each. Note that the categories are very open to what you wish them to be, but we can categorize them ourselves if you aren't sure what you think the question(s) you ask fall under. Some example categories could be Academics, Co-op Search, Social Life, Extracurriculars, Working with tech, or general first year advice!
If you are an upper year and don't have many questions, maybe put some questions that you think you'd love to hear answered from the perspective of a younger university student, or even an incoming one.
Message us on our Discord if you have questions! 🚀
Note: The different folders are for the questions in their respective categories, but the following is a list of all currently unanswered questions.
| Category | Question | Approval Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| First year advice | What do you wish you prioritized more as a younger student (eg. first year)? | Mar 9 | |
| First year advice | What regrets do you have from first year? | Mar 9 | |
| Commitments | What’s one club that you would recommend joining? Do you have any tips for how to get in? | Mar 9 | |
| Working with tech | How much should you code in your free time? | Mar 9 | |
| Working with tech | I feel that courses aren't a great way to learn things such as working with web dev and GitHub. What tips do you have for getting started? | Mar 9 | |
| Co-op Search | How do I create the perfect resume for co-op? | Mar 12 | |
| First year advice | What should I do to prepare for university life? | Mar 12 | |
| Working with tech | How do I learn a new language that doesn’t have much documentation? | Mar 12 | |
| Extracurriculars | What clubs or opportunities in relation to tech are there at Waterloo for first year students to partake in? | Mar 23 | |
| Co-op Search | What’s the benefit of using WaterlooWorks? | Mar 23 | |
| Co-op Search | How should I prepare for technical interviews? | Mar 25 | |
| Social Life | How should I “keep in touch” with people that I’ve met? | Mar 25 | |
| Social Life | What are some non-party things to do to have fun? | Mar 25 | |
| Academics | Registering for courses - how can I plan things out and see prof reviews? | Mar 26 | |
| Working with tech | I don’t want to pay for servers or manage them since I don’t feel that whatever I’d make would warrant having to actually pay for it. What do I do? | Mar 26 | |
| Working with tech | What’s the difference between working on a front-end vs back-end component of a project? Is one harder than the other? | Mar 26 | |
| Extracurriculars | What benefits are there from joining clubs versus working on my own things? | Mar 26 | |
| Extracurriculars | How do I become an executive/organizer of a tech-related club? | Mar 26 | |
| Co-op Search | I keep finding that I’m not getting ranked on every cycle, or have a very low number of rankings compared to some friends. What could I be doing better? | Mar 26 | |
| Co-op Search | Should I be looking outside of WaterlooWorks for more jobs early on? | Mar 26 | |
| Social Life | How can I meet people outside of classes? | Mar 26 |