Komal Faiz, a UX researcher par excellence and founder of Wanderlite, the gear rental marketplace, moved to Canada as a student more than nine years ago.
Once school was over, people told her it would be stupid to leave Canada after her MSc program, so she stayed back. And in her words, her immigration journey has been like fine wine.
I do love a good wine analogy.
Komal joined me on The Newcomers Podcast to chat about:
The advantages of immigrating as an international student, even though you are always broke
The Wanderlite origin story
The immigrant’s existential struggle for belonging and a sense of identity
Her biggest lessons, and more.
This was a fun one. But the best part for me was when she said:
“We set such high standards for ourselves. But give yourself some space. You are good. You are doing okay.”
You can find that from 31:58.
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E41: Komal Faiz on Canada in 2015 vs. Canada today