The letter

It came on a Tuesday. I was at work, between customers, and I felt my phone buzz. I didn't check it immediately — I had someone asking about the differences between the M4 and M4 Pro — but when I did, the subject line was enough.

I got into McGill Computer Engineering.

Why comp eng

People ask me why not pure computer science. The answer is simple: I don't just write software. I build circuits. I solder. I debug hardware with an oscilloscope. I reverse engineer firmware. I design systems where bits meet atoms.

Computer engineering is the discipline that sits at that intersection. Digital logic, embedded systems, computer architecture, signal processing — these aren't electives for me, they're the core of what I do. A CS degree would've been half of the picture.

What changes

I'm finishing up at Dawson this semester. The transition from CEGEP to university is a known quantity in Québec — everyone does it — but McGill's engineering program is a different beast. The workload is real. The expectations are real.

I'm not worried about the academics. I've been writing production software, co-founding a company, and building hardware projects in my spare time. The theoretical foundation that McGill will provide is the piece I've been missing — the formal frameworks for things I've been doing intuitively.

What stays the same

I'll still be at Apple. I'll still be building Kaskaraa. I'll still be tearing apart old electronics and writing about it here.

McGill doesn't change who I am. It gives me better tools to be more of it.

Fall 2026. Let's go.