People
I started to get back into tech in 2013. These are the people that helped me get the skills and get structured to have a working life, to have a full life and more. They enabled me to think higher and higher.
- Tony Tie – was the start of my change back in 2012. He lead the way for Vietnamese raised in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. I followed him. I learned that he went out into the world and did amazing things working for Fortune 500 companies in sales and marketing. He did things his way and I learned to carve my own path. I read everything about him back in 2012 as he achieved a lot of good things. His siblings and him achieved a lot of good things that I learned from: Thanhda (computer programming and game development) and Monique (research in physics at top institutions). I learned to just do my own thing because I learned from his ‘Vietnamese voice’.
- John Fleming – He gave me the opportunity to work back in tech on 2013. He was always so positive and open minded giving opportunities to everyone to have a full life with work and things to think about and do. Always positive and helpful.
- Davide Piva – Opened the doors for life to work with him in tech with John. Open minded and productive and hard working.
- Gak45 – Opened the doors for life to work in tech with Davide and John. Research focused and critical and precise.
- Khanh Tran – Was upset that I was not active and did not proactively think. He read the news everyday and was always active trying to make a living for his family. His mind was always active. He knew a lot of stuff and had the broadest mind. Very, very smart proactive man. He pushed me to use my mind and be active when I did not want to. I had a small mind before I met him.
- Van Nguyen – He pursued his passion of computers and kept at it. He runs a successful company and has a family now. He is broad thinking and knows the industry and knows how to live. Very, very smart proactive man too.
- Viktor Bastion Phan – He befriended me first when I went back to school at my hometown college in 2017 and gave me the “Vietnamese connection”. He taught me Vietnamese way of life by working hard and study hard the traditional Vietnamese way.
- Phuoc Sang – He taught me just to focus on my stuff and keep going. Do things solo. Be independent. Super focus and be content. Just simply focus on your craft and everything should be OK. Everyone respects this way of life.
- Allan Michael Lane – Is a mentor for me. He brought me into his computer repair store to teach me about his work and taught me life. He told me to focus on coding. He told me to use my brain. Life in The West is like that. You should use your brain and the amount of things you can do is endless. There is room for everyone. You can really be distinct and unique doing it. You can stand on your own doing it. It takes time and the road is long. If you comparing normal work to programming then programming is unlimited. It will give you everything and more.
- Ben Cybulski – Brightest person I have met. He taught me how to live life broadly and fun. He is so innovative and thinking all cool neat stuff all the time. Now that he is working a thinking job, he has a perspective that makes all my problems seem small. Great far perspective to frame with and to live life. Always something to do and positive. Reaching farther and farther and more bigger and bigger with solutions with perspectives that make you at ease and think easy. Unlimited.
- Tan Vu – He taught me the way of a programmer and his way and never give up. You will eventually get the answer if you keep at it. He taught me to research and read documentation until you get it. Like there is the solution there. Get “the solution”. He pushed me to do web development. Now I know art and logic. Now I have specific goals.
- Simon Fisher – Taught me how to program. He made it easy. He gave the good open feeling to just do it. His perspective take, makes things easy in programming and in life.
- Tammy Nguyen – She taught me Vietnamese culture her way from her perspective and just focus on doing what I want without the anyone’s “negative” influence. She gave me the way and goals in life to pursue higher milestones. It is the way. She gave me the goals in life for me to pursue. The trajectory. She taught me how to live. She fixed my mind. She always gave me things to think good and positive about and wonder.
- Michael Waldron – Told me how to think like a Western-born programmer his way from his perspective. He told me how he programs and his daily activities. He taught me about grit and what he has to do to keep programming everyday. His journey was eye opening and allowed me to see all sides to this life and his life.
- Son Nguyen – Taught me his ways. He taught me his Vietnamese culture and values. He told me to work. Now I see the work side to life.
- An Phan – He is an inventor and researcher. Amazing! He wants to be like Thomas Edison which is absolutely excellent and incredible!!! He is someone to follow and aspire to.
- Misha Pham – He taught me how to life the “Vietnamese born the West male way” and think life on his terms. He pushed me to do web development and now I know the the coding life. Now I know art and logic. Now I have specific goals. He taught me to live life and enjoy it too!!!
- Kelly Pham – taught me the way to think higher in programming and at university level and what jobs and tasks to do. Complete full openness and showed me the way to program.
Being positive and supportive drove me and I found people like me.
It is not looking at “people, people” and is thinking about life and think of things to think about and do. These people share this value with me.
It is thinking about life and society.