Software engineering grad tackles the housing crisis

April 6, 2022 - Bilal Akhtar is advocating for legislative change to allow more housing developments  - By Joe Petrik Cheriton School of Computer Science - After graduating from Waterloo, Bilal Akhtar (BSE '19) saw a bright future ahead. Not only had he landed a dream job at Cockroach Labs, a database company where he interned during his undergraduate degree, but he also led the company's expansion to create a Toronto-based office.  "Cockroach Labs is based in New York, but I wanted to stay in Toronto for a number of reasons," Akhtar says. "So, I asked them if they would be willing to let me start an office here and help recruit people. They were. Since then, we've grown the Toronto office from two people to 21. We're a group of professionals that include software engineers from Waterloo."  - Dreams of home ownership have all but evaporated. But even with a strong start in a tech career, it isn't easy for new graduates.
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