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Learning from the frightening failure

A failure story can become a better engineering lesson.

Learning from the frightening failure
De-frightening failure · Photo: University of Waterloo

The context

Where the work begins

From being named an MLH top 50 honoree to scaling up hackathons, Jeffrey Zang learned to build by embracing failure.

The takeaway

What follows

The official Waterloo report places this work in computer science / teaching. It is a source-linked brief for alumni readers; the source page remains the authority for names, dates and outcomes.

Source reporting

Learning from the frightening failure

University of Waterloo / original source page · August 19, 2026

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Original summary by Alumni Digest, based on public source reporting. This independent publication is not affiliated with or endorsed by the University of Waterloo. Source image retained for editorial review; rights clearance is still required before any broader reuse.

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