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[ROWAN] My favourite thing about SIAT is probably the vast array of
really smart creative people here.
[LANA] They've actually inspired me in a lot of ways:
The passion that they bring to the table,
the talent that they bring out.
Everyday they seem to surprise me with something new.
That's why I think on just a personal level
that they've been a source of inspiration for me.
[JANE] The profs constantly encourage you to explore
where your talents lie or where your creativities are,
or where your inspirations are.
[KATE] Our students come into the program with a range of
experiences and backgrounds, and the skills that they develop
in the course of their SIAT career are diverse.
[JAMIE] When you're in a group, there's always gonna be someone
that's very artistic, someone that's good at programming, someone that's
very into design, and you get to mix
all your different abilities together.
[MEGAN] I think the job field for us is really broad, for me
I am looking for something between SIAT, communications and marketing.
[CALVIN] Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be
in video game design.
[JAMIE] I'd like to be an industrial designer.
[ROWAN] I'm actually already working as a web developer.
[JANE] I think I'd like to explore somewhere in user experience design.
[ANDREW] SIAT suits my, sort of diverse interests at the end of the day.
It's a fun amalgam of not just design, but also the sciences and coding,
which kind of appeals to me, I like the weird mix that is SIAT.
[JANE] The community is very close-knit, everyone seems to know eachother
you know every corner you turn, you see a friend or someone you know.
[BEN] I for the first time, had this sense that I was home in my educational journey.
I was surrounded by people who had the same passion.
[MEGAN] The hands-on learning approach is something that I really enjoy,
because not only do you get to think of your designs,
but you can actually put them in the real world and test if it works.
[EUGENE] What SFU Surrey is doing in terms of the SIAT program,
that offered the exposure, the initial intro to all these
advanced technologies that aren't available anywhere else.
[BRUCE] It gave me a lot of the foundation to get started with something
and then you can really take that and run with it.
[EMILY] I was able to take something that I was extremely fascinated with
which is wearable technology and going further in understanding:
First who we are as a user, and developing and applying it
to real-world situations and scenarios.
[BEN] It's safe to say that SIAT widened my perspective
on design, the world, and what's possible.