Meet Harold, a tech-savvy entrepreneur who pursued his degree remotely in the mid-80s when online education was still a novel concept. Living in a small town in Northern Ontario, he balanced a budding career in software development with family responsibilities, making in-person classes impractical. Harold paid his tuition with dreams of making it big in the tech world, eventually founding a successful startup that revolutionized online communications, nurturing a passion for education that he never physically experienced at the University of Waterloo.