About Me
I graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Computer Science. After graduating, I joined the AWS division at Amazon's headquarters in Seattle as a software engineer. After that I returned to Vancouver to start a business providing e-commerce solutions for direct-to-consumer brands. I have also taught web development at Lighthouse Labs, Canada's largest coding bootcamp. In 2020, I joined a fintech unicorn Brex as an Engineering Manager. During my tenure, I led multiple platform engineering teams, including leading multiple Staff (Senior+) level software engineers to develop and launch several core products for Brex.
What I am currently doing
In 2024 I left Brex and took an extended break. This year 2025, I am exploring new opportunities in the AI and crypto space. I plan to do a 1 product per week challenge.
My Core Values
My core values are a list of virtue that I value the most. This does not mean I have all these virtues, but it represent what I am working towards. I try to use the principles that I listed under each virtue to guide every decisions that I make in my life. I also reflect my life base on these principles. I review them every year and sometimes do minor update to them.
1. Integrity
- Integrate my values into my daily life.
- Do what is right, even when no one is watching.
2. Proactive
- For every stimulus, proactively choose my response, never let emotion take control.
- Be the one that makes things happen.
- Be the change I want to see.
- Begin with the end in mind.
3. Balance
- Pursue a balanced and moderate lifestyle.
- Work hard, but also take time to relax, and spent time with family.
- Strive to have physical health, mental health, and spiritual health.
4. Growth
- Recognize that we don't know what we don't know.
- Never stop learning and improving.
- Treat difficult situation as opportunity for growth.
5. Kind
- Be kind to everyone and everything.
- Leave things better than when I found them.
- Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
- Strive for win-win.