What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in?

Sometimes I wonder—if I weren’t in my current role, what kind of work would I be doing?

Not something completely different, but a path with a different focus and the same kind of technical mindset.

Maybe a system integration consultant, a data analyst, or a product manager.

These roles still require logical thinking, problem diagnosis, and communication, just from a different angle.

It’s less about fixing issues by hand and more about designing or coordinating solutions.

To me, “technical skill” isn’t just about coding or system architecture—it’s a way of thinking.

Understanding complexity and turning it into clarity—that’s the real value.

Maybe someday I’ll apply that same mindset from another position.

Not leaving technology, but finding new ways to let it make an impact.

What food would you say is your specialty?

When I was a kid, I often watched my father make dumplings.

He would just dump flour on the kitchen counter or outside at his workplace,

and somehow, in no time, he’d have a pot of hot, soft dumplings ready.

The outside was cooked, but the inside still a little raw—his signature style.

Mom always said that was his specialty.

My mother, on the other hand, liked making cookies with us,

especially brown sugar cookies.

From mixing the dough to shaping and baking,

the kitchen would fill with that sweet, warm smell.

Waiting for the oven’s “ding” together is one of my fondest childhood memories.

Compared to them, I’m not really much of a cook.

The one thing I remember doing somewhat well is pork belly.

The trick isn’t in the seasoning—it’s in slowly rendering the fat.

I cook it until the fat comes out, then fry the meat in that fat.

The skin turns crispy, the meat stays tender, and it ends up rich and flavorful.

Sometimes I also use a small Japanese B6 Fire Pit to grill chicken wings.

I hang the wings on the rack, and let them cook slowly.

The fat drips off, but I don’t reuse it.

Hanging the wings lets the heat reach every part evenly,

so the skin gets crispy, the meat stays juicy,

even the edges get a little charred—delicious.

I may not be a professional chef,

but seeing ordinary ingredients turn into something crispy, juicy, and aromatic

gives me the same kind of satisfaction as my parents’ signature dishes.

I missed the chance.

I had been through SARS — I knew the pattern,

that after every crisis, the market rebounds,

and property prices rise again.

But during COVID, I played it safe.

I thought, this time it has to fall.

It didn’t. It only went higher.

History keeps repeating itself,

but when we’re living in it,

we always believe this time will be different.

That caution was really fear —

fear of being wrong, fear of losing, fear of starting over.

Maybe growing up means learning to admit what we’ve missed.

What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to?

If I had to name one risk I’ve always wanted to take,

it would be working abroad — especially in Japan.

Not just visiting or staying for a while,

but really living there, facing the culture,

and starting everything from zero.

The thought alone feels both exciting and unsettling.

When I was younger, I thought there would always be time.

But as life goes on, responsibilities grow,

and the comfort of stability becomes harder to leave behind.

It’s not fear — it’s the quiet knowing

that once you step out, things may never return to how they were.

Still, maybe someday I’ll go.

Not for success, not for escape,

but just to prove to myself

that I once took a real risk.

What are you most proud of in your life?

Honestly, there aren’t many things I feel proud of.

I once thought that, in today’s Taiwan—where the environment keeps worsening and the government often sets bad examples—

being able to stay true to myself might be something to be proud of.

But the more I think about it, that’s really just the basic standard of being human. Nothing to brag about.

What truly makes me happy

is being able to keep close with the people I love—

to care for each other, even from afar.

It’s not about pride,

but every time I think of them, there’s this quiet warmth that fills my heart.

Maybe that’s the real reason

I can still hold on to my sense of self in this messy world.

What have you been working on?

Lately, I’ve been exploring well-known models across different fields —

language, vision, and speech.

If a model is widely discussed, I want to try it myself.

It’s not about chasing trends,

but about understanding what each model can really do.

With all the media hype, technology often looks full of imagination,

yet it also carries a fair share of over-expectation.

Like how AI still struggles to count fingers,

or why the clocks it draws almost always show 10:10.

These small details remind me —

AI’s understanding still lives somewhere between data and probability.

What’s something most people don’t know about you?

Most of my friends and family have no idea that I write a blog.

It’s not a secret — I just never felt the need to mention it.

My days look ordinary: work, dinner, scrolling through my phone.

But sometimes, when I can’t sleep,

I open my laptop and type a few lines.

In that quiet moment, it feels like the world fades away,

and it’s just me and the words.

Maybe that’s how I recharge —

slowly finding my way back to who I really am.

A little lonely,

a little free.

Just right.

Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?

自己一個人懶散一整天，

老實說，真的會有點不安。

明明是想讓自己休息，

卻會開始懷疑——

是不是又浪費了一天？

When I spend a lazy day alone,

honestly, I feel a bit uneasy.

I tell myself it’s rest,

but deep down, I wonder—

did I just waste another day?

時間在滑過，

但腦子停不下來，

那種空白，反而讓人焦慮。

Time keeps slipping away,

but my mind won’t stop.

The emptiness itself becomes

a quiet kind of anxiety.

可如果是跟親愛的人一起懶散一整天，

就完全不同了。

什麼都不做、也不用說話，

只是靜靜地待在一起，

就能感覺到被填滿。

But when I spend that same lazy day

with someone I love,

it feels completely different.

No need to do anything,

no need to talk—

just being together feels full.

那不是懶，

也不是逃避，

而是一種平衡，

讓人重新找到生活的節奏。

It’s not laziness,

and not escape either.

It’s balance—

a way to rediscover the rhythm of life.

一個是努力想著「生活」，

一個是單純地「在生活」。

One is trying hard to think about life.

The other is simply living it.

When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?

The word success appears everywhere —

in the news, in presentations, even in our dreams.

But when I pause and think about it, a few faces come to mind.

The first is Bill Gates.

As someone in IT, that probably isn’t a surprise.

He represents the bridge between technology and business, and the era when computers truly changed the world.

But what makes him truly successful to me isn’t the wealth or the fame —

it’s how he found new meaning after Microsoft.

From writing code to building foundations, from rivals to collaborators.

And then, there’s his old rival — Steve Jobs.

I still remember his words: “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

And that moment we all waited for — “One more thing.”

He made me believe that technology can have a soul,

and that products can carry emotion.

Success isn’t about controlling the world.

It’s about keeping the passion

to keep changing what you believe in.