I've been posting on LinkedIn for almost a year, and I realized I never introduced myself.
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I've been posting on LinkedIn for almost a year, and I realized I never introduced myself.
I'm Sammy. Lived in Mississauga my whole life. Started working at 13. Didn't have strict parents, but always felt the need to hustle. Did random jobs during school: waiter, car salesman, smoothie bar manager.
Went to Catholic school, French immersion middle school, and then did the International Baccalaureate program at Glenforest, where I felt like the dumbest kid in class.
Watched everyone get into their dream schools and programs; decisions they'd known since grade 9.
I just winged it; I've always been good at that. Decided last minute to switch from business to engineering, thinking software would be easiest.
Learned quickly, it wasn't.
When AI came out, I had a choice: cave to the pressure and switch careers, or hustle and learn everything about it.
Started posting on LinkedIn for no reason. It wasn't a lightswitch moment, just a choice that became a habit. It genuinely changed my life.
Worked at a Romanian powerplant at 19, realized early I hate corporate, went deep into startups, and fell in love with growth. Pursued it, hopping from Boardy to Speechify to Chatbase, before running my own program at Polarity.
Behind the scenes, I fell in love with agents, infra, sandboxing, prompting, and token-maxing. DM'd the CTO at Wealthsimple, told him I'd be his best hire, and turned down RBC Borealis, YC startups, and FAANG to build here in Canada.
Now, I'm working with some of the smartest engineers in the world, learning and growing like crazy, building the AI platform and autonomous internal tooling for over 1,000+ engineers.
Am I happy? Sorta.
In all honesty, as a Junior Engineer, I'm pretty scared for the future. But I know the work I'm doing has a greater purpose.
What's next? I don't know.
Back to school? Full-time startup? Leaving Canada? Genuinely can't say.
But no matter how tired, burnt out, or demotivated I feel, I'll keep pushing and posting. I won't give up.
Just want to end by saying I love you all. Thank you for joining my journey.
Hope you're enjoying your summers ❤️
Photos in this post:
- A childhood photo of two boys with painted faces, with red handwritten labels pointing out my brother and me.
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