Journey

Funds arrived.

Signed the agreement.

Received an investment intent.

Began fundraising.

Went all-in on entrepreneurship and formed a team.

Joined a company backed by a top global VC (tens of millions USD raised) as a Growth Engineer.

Dropped the previous idea; entered a painful loop.

Took a gap.

Hackathon project showcased at Google I/O; served as Spark Lab Hack Lead; selected into a go-global accelerator as an indie developer.

1st place in a Google Hackathon track.

Received a Founding Engineer offer from a startup backed by a top USD fund in China.

Landed my first job (20k+/mo); the company dissolved in the same month.

Faced upheaval; gave up transferring to the U.S. and started learning to code.

Earned my first 100k.

Became President of the AI Association.

Joined the AI Association; led the team to build a cross-campus research platform.

Faced opaque/back-room manipulation in a student club election.

Founded a campus "Brotherhood".

Enrolled at XJTLU.

Breakup; underperformed on the Gaokao.

At my lowest, received care and overcame nihilism.

Won 1st place (team & individual) in a national business competition.

Admitted to hometown's best high school as the top student at my middle school.

Fell into nihilism.

First awakening—became deliberately outgoing and took on leadership.

Born.