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From Silicon Valley to a Portfolio Career: How Dexter Zhuang Built a Sustainable Business Using Content
The creator economy is booming, growing at 10-20% per year. But is it actually sustainable? For many, turning content into a full-time business seems like the dream—but the reality is much tougher than it looks. I recently had a chance … Read more
I guess I’m hitting the club
Hello friends! We’re back to the usual flow of life updates this week. I’m writing this post in advance because by the time this goes out, I’ll be in Miami. Where I will allegedly be hitting the club. Not so … Read more
What if you managed your personal finances like a product?
When life is full of meetings on meetings on meetings, who has time to manage their personal finances? A lot of the early-career PMs I talk to struggle to manage their personal finances. Often, they put all their focus on … Read more
How I got my motorcycle license (and the surprising lessons I learned)
I never thought I’d be a motorcycle rider. I’d always thought of motorcyclists as reckless drivers on steroids. Even though lane splitting is legal in California, it blew my mind every time I saw motorcyclists threading the needle between two-ton … Read more
How I stopped feeling dead inside
Hello friends! I’ve been back from my month-long backpacking trip in Europe for about two weeks now, and I’m getting back in the groove of adding shareholder value. One thing that I’m reflecting on is that leading up to the … Read more
What would my life look like if I could upgrade my lifestyle in an attainable way?
Inspired by a Money with Katie episode, I thought I would document my “lifestyle upgrade fantasy,” which is basically defining an attainable, but aspirational vision for what life would look like with a bit more money. I figure it’ll be … Read more
How much I spent backpacking Europe solo for one month
I tracked my spending for the entire 35 days I spent backpacking in Europe from December 6, 2024 to January 9, 2025. I categorized (almost) every transaction, allowing me to make a nice visualization of how much I spent across … Read more
Backpacking Europe Diaries #4: Italy Edition
Hello friends! Happy New Year, and I hope you’re having a marvelous start to 2025. This is my last solo travel newsletter from Europe (for now), and by the time this post is sent out I should be back in … Read more
New Year, New Blog
Welcome to my new blog! To build on my momentum from 2024 where I started my weekly-ish newsletter, I’m creating a standalone website for all blogging activities outside of my regular newsletter cadence. Reasons why I’m starting this blog Tech … Read more
Backpacking Europe Diaries #3: Vienna, Budapest, Ljubljana
Hello friends, I’m back! The last two weeks have been interesting—higher highs, and lower lows. I’m starting to feel a bit of travel fatigue from moving around so much. 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria My next stop after Prague was Vienna. My … Read more