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I teach people to cook everyday • now #ODCC1, past savory @themodernnyc, design $FB, YC W14 • working on an online course👇
May 6, 2021 8 tweets 5 min read
On the precipice of turning 30 I realize I've experienced the most growth and happiness when I stray from the default path, so it feels apropos now to yeet a career in tech I have no desire to advance in search of brighter dots again /🧵 "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." Jobs forgot to add the corollary: you have to keep drawing the dots.
May 4, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
My brother @andersonachen did his Columbia journalism thesis on the Taiwanese food scene in NYC and I got to go down the rabbit hole with him. Spoilers: it’s legit af, a thread of recs👇 紅燒牛肉麵 (beef noodle soup) @ Ho Foods — I had this every Wednesday when I worked near Astor Place, cried the first time I tasted it because it reminded me so much of home. Image