If you ever read this Mr.Gongsta, Hello :)
Who
Steven Gong is a University of Waterloo Software Engineering Student ‘26 grad, someone who I look up to. He is going to be joining Nvidia this fall as an intern
Reason for Respect
I originally met Steven at Hack The Valley 7 where we made Motional and won the best gaming related hack, I didn’t start respecting him because we won, but shortly after I met him. When we worked together I realized he wasn’t like the other people.
Throughout the hackathon I could see why he is a person who’s not only a University of Waterloo but someone who exceeds their standards. From the second he got there he started using his time wisely, start doing his homework before the hackathon started (while I goofed around of course), wrote detailed notes on everyone he met, took notes on everything he learned (he’s the reason why I started taking notes on Obsidian), and genuinely was a talented overall (he speaks 4 languages)
Steven is the person who inspired me to work hard to try to get into University of Waterloo, he made me realize that whatever thing in life has value is hard and if I am worried about something being too hard I just have to realize that it’s equally valuable. Aside from all the times he helped me outside of Hack The Valley 7 I would still be eternally grateful for him if our paths never crossed again after Hack The Valley 7 as this person made me realize the person I could be but that I was choosing not to be.
Does Steven respect me back? Who knows, although I know if I try my hardest to be the best version of myself possible he’ll one day eventually take notice.
Summary
Steven is someone who has my respect not because of his achievements but rather than who he is as a person overall, I might be praising him too much so don’t let it get to your head Gongsta but I believe you are an interesting person and I hope one day I will exceed your level of intellect and ability.