Full Circle Moment
summary
Recounts getting $10,000 scholarship to spend seven weeks in the US building a transport‑startup prototype, pitching to investors and receiving an offer from Dirk Ahlborn, then working as a programmer at a Silicon Valley startup. Details what was built, the pitch process, funded travel and early roles, practical cross‑discipline learning (finance, CS, Chinese), community outreach that opens opportunities, and the concrete harms of online hype and harassment.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:21From rejected to techie
- 6:31Full circle moment
- 9:35Media stereotypes
- 11:11Authenticity and belief
- 13:20Advice and closing
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