Context Recently, I was chatting with friends and even made a post on facebook about the reality of the US (or north america) when it comes to income levels. More details here. Of course, this discussion went two ways, and during the chat as well as my personal perspective leaned heavily to one side: How sad it was to know so many people are struggling to barely survive. The other side of the argument, of course, is how privileged we are. From good families to good educations (cough) in a good industry right now. Discussing about how privileged I am could be an interesting write in itself, but the more I thought about it the more it seemed like I would have more fun talking about the highs and lows of my family history coming up to this point. In a sense there's a shit ton of ideas always floating in my head that I want to write about. This seem to cover a few. It will touch on how much of a spoiled brat I was and some struggles I've went through (not ...
Context This is an assignment I wrote for a course before graduation, hence it may seem a tad lengthy and dragged on at times (as one of the marking rubric is "evidence based", so I have to provide examples for every topic I bring up). However I think this write up is rather fun in sharing my experience of a "startup" course. To provide a bit of an extra context, this course is jointly offered by our school's business department and STEM departments, where a carefully selected cohort each year (we have to write application letter with resume, etc) is enrolled to form teams of 5-6 consisting of top business and STEM students to pursue a new venture. Everything in terms of the business itself is self-directed, but the teaching team is there to provide guidance and assistance when necessary, as well as teaching core materials much like a normal college course. As a result, there won't be any "public domain" pictures on this essay. This is exa...