Daniel's 2018 Mid-Year Update
Dear Mentors, Colleagues, and Friends,
I'm sending an extra update because of some life changes. First, I graduated business school and found a job at Google. My team helps local technology companies in Asia bring their products to people around the globe--I'm so excited to start this next part of my career. Second, I wrote my first piece of software, a web application called Tasky. You can try it out here.
In my last note, I mentioned my goal of positively contributing to humanity's "Page 501”, and I hope these are two small steps in that direction. They sound wonderful, right? But most of my efforts along the way were failures:
700 outreach emails that never earned responses
20 rejections after interviews
Nine months of recruiting with zero job offers
Before Tasky, I took 3 years of online computer science courses with no tangible outputs
Regardless, you were always there to encourage me, help me prepare, or listen to my recruiting troubles. It made all the difference: less than a week after graduation, I received two job offers and started a three-week adventure writing Tasky. I owe these two dreams-come-true to your constant support. I can't thank you enough.
Let me know if you come to Beijing--I'll be here for the foreseeable future and I'd love to see you. Wishing you a fantastic second half of 2018!
Best,
Dan