12 Years of Career Insights from Ex-Kuaishou Product Director
1. Driven by passion, I left teaching to become a designer at a small company.
2. Picking up on interests, I wrote numerous blog posts on topics close to my heart. Then, at the eve of the mobile internet boom (as the traditional internet was transitioning from its golden age into decline), I joined Baidu.
3. My former manager gave me the opportunity to develop a new product, which allowed me to shift from traditional internet to mobile internet (working on Kuaishou).
4. What matters most is having clear goals and role models—knowing the next steps to reach your desired position. (A personal five-year plan.)
Now I'm pursuing entrepreneurship.
In the past, the internet industry rarely cared about your educational background. What counted was your ability to build great products. Some leaders at major tech companies today were recruited after their blogs or forum websites caught the attention of large corporations.