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Learning from the frightening failure

A failure story can become a better engineering lesson. Published in Alumni Digest as verified reporting from the University of Waterloo.

A failure story can become a better engineering lesson.

Alumni Digest editorial deskAugust 19, 20262 min read
In the September issue
Learning from the frightening failure
De-frightening failure Photo: University of Waterloo / original source page. Source image retained for editorial review; rights clearance is still required before any broader reuse.

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.

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