I joined the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science as a Lecturer at the University of Waterloo in September 2022. It’s now a year later and reflecting on my first full-time year of teaching has brought up many memories of blissful excitement, daunting confusion (e.g., first hearing about Learn, Crowdmark, Odyssey, Workday, Quest, OAT, etc. all in the same week!), steadfast determination, and lessons learned.

This reflection began when I spoke at FYMSiC’s online conference in May...