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Code Like A Girl

An Open Letter to the First Years

Today, an upper year told me that he overheard something that members of your class were discussing in the big lab. He said that you’d been…

Mar 8, 2016

Mar 8, 2016

Clarisse Schneider
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Code Like A Girl

I’m one of the guys.

I don’t think there’s anyone who would disagree with that statement. I’m an female engineering student with a tomboyish attitude, a…

Nov 21, 2015

Nov 21, 2015

Clarisse Schneider

#OurTimeToLead

It’s hard to describe what I felt when I walked into that room. The lights flashing, the stage brightly lit, the screens screaming “Grace…

Oct 21, 2015

#OurTimeToLead

Oct 21, 2015

Clarisse Schneider

Excerpts from a GO Train ride

Another day, but with the same old story. He carefully laid his balding head and whatever was left of his salt-and-pepper hair (though…

Oct 21, 2015

Oct 21, 2015

Clarisse Schneider

#ILookLikeAnEngineer

“I’m curious that people with brains find this quote remotely plausible and if women in particular buy this image of what a female software…

Oct 21, 2015

#ILookLikeAnEngineer

Oct 21, 2015

Clarisse Schneider

An Open Letter

When I accepted my job in San Francisco, all I could do was dance in excitement. “I’m getting out!” I thought to myself, “I can go see the…

Oct 21, 2015

Oct 21, 2015

Clarisse Schneider

Walking by myself at night

I’m sure we’ve all experienced it before: that slightly nervous but exhilarating feeling you get from walking alone in the wee hours of the…

Oct 21, 2015

Oct 21, 2015

Clarisse Schneider

Survival. It’s a thing.

As my 3rd school term progresses, I already find myself knee-deep in work. No matter how many times I vow before the term that I won’t pile…

Oct 21, 2015

Oct 21, 2015

Clarisse Schneider

Commuting is a Crazy Train

Public transit has been a part of my life for a couple years now, but has never so present as this co-op work term in downtown Toronto…

Oct 21, 2015

Oct 21, 2015

Clarisse Schneider

Musings on Sadness

Contemplation is a common habit for me in my loads and loads of free time I seem to encounter in university. Well, perhaps it would be…

Oct 21, 2015

Oct 21, 2015

Clarisse Schneider

Clarisse Schneider

I’m a Software Engineering student with a talent for rambling, a love for good design, and a penchant for bold advocacy. I live to notice the little things.

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