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The Joys of a Small Company: I've been working at a startup with about 100 people for six months now. Compared to my previous 25 years working in large corporations—companies with hundreds of thousands of employees, including two firms with about four thousand each—it's like a completely different world. In the IT field…

Foreword As a participant in the internet age, I have witnessed the development and explosive growth of the internet, and also the transformation of artificial intelligence from a long period of stagnation and unclear direction to its recent period of rapid development. Looking back to when I was choosing my research direction during my graduate studies, artificial intelligence was still debating whether biological intelligence or data intelligence was more correct;…

Taking advantage of the Chinese New Year holiday, I upgraded my little website. Time really flies; it's already 2026. As a child, I sat on the back of a bicycle, thinking the future was so far away, and now I'm already living it. Even my "Year After Year" New Year's content, updated for twelve consecutive years, couldn't escape this. No…

I just finished my first week at Shopify, and the onboarding experience was just as comfortable as the interview. I think many people, like me, aren't very familiar with Shopify, so I'm writing this article to give a brief introduction. Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to announce that we're actively hiring, so feel free to add me on WeChat…

Cloud gaming technology has matured significantly in the past two years. Although Google's Stadia is nearing its end, traditional game developers like Sony's PlayStation are improving their systems, and recently they've added support for mobile phones to connect to consoles without Wi-Fi, allowing for gaming almost anytime, anywhere (with...).

These two articles were originally written about six months ago, but I was delayed due to other matters. I recently had some time, so I revisited them. Originally, they were two separate articles: one complaining about the bizarre experiences of finding a job back in China, and the other written for headhunters in China. I found they were somewhat related, so I shortened and combined them…

As the first step in my search for a livable place across the US, I took a trip to Texas a week before Labor Day. Having heard countless stories about Texas, I decided to experience it for myself. The itinerary was: Dallas/Fort Worth -> Austin -> San Antoine…

I returned to VA due to the pandemic and have been staying home for over a year. Recently, I've gotten restless again and started looking for new opportunities. However, this time things haven't gone smoothly like before; I've encountered some obstacles, but I've also had new discoveries and experiences, leading to new reflections on my future. My initial enthusiasm waned after jumping to C1 last year…

A few days ago, I was really struggling with a bug in the production environment. Firstly, it was very random, only affecting a few users, and I couldn't reproduce it locally. Secondly, the hard deadline was fast approaching, and if I rolled back, I was afraid I wouldn't make it to the deadline. No…

I've been working from home in the US for almost a year now, and recently, having some free time, I opened a new server to play. But this experience made me feel that the game might be in its late stages—the server-hopping is still happening, but veteran players are no longer simply enjoying the game. And the game itself has also revealed some social issues. Mobile games have always…

This year, I've received numerous requests from friends to review resumes, and I've noticed that many resumes, especially those from recent graduates, have some issues. Many people fail to even get an interview because of this, and their applications simply disappear into the void. I previously shared some experiences, which you can read in: "20…

The sudden outbreak of the pandemic kept me at home for more than half a year, and there's still no end in sight to this work-from-home period. Aside from work, I've devoted most of my time to Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Strategy Edition, even neglecting my beloved console games (though perhaps because there haven't been any major releases). Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Strategy Edition, this game is more like…

I recently finished playing Life is Strange 1 and 2 in my spare time. A long time ago, I played "Life is Strange: Before the Storm" because it had Chinese subtitles, and I was quite impressed. After all, there aren't many good movie-like games on the market, and the story of two little girls' ordinary yet eventful life was very immersive and engaging...

I'm about to enter the next stage of my life, and while organizing my notes from previous flights, I realized I hadn't finished writing them all. So I've decided to compile them into one piece, titled "Clean Up," and release it all at once. There's no connection between the paragraphs. Flight Musings (March 2020) The leisure time on the plane is always…

I'd heard before that moving companies in the US were notoriously bad, and this time, during a big move, I recklessly experienced it firsthand. Even though I was somewhat prepared, it still greatly surprised me. The first problem was that there's no single, universally accepted moving company; the credibility of those found online is questionable…