He rejected FAANG to work at a startup... was it worth it?

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I interviewed my friend Xinchi who's a graduating mechanical engineer major at McGill University. He first rejected Apple to work at Ericsson then rejected Microsoft to co-found his own IoT startup DemeterAI. This interview was done live from my twitch, I'm live weekly talking about tech, coding and playing games, you can follow me here: https://www.twitch.tv/fryingpanlive Here are the timestamps! 0:00 - intro 1:53 - WHO ARE U (not awkward at all) 2:29 - why reject microsoft for a startup 3:16 - why refuse apple for ericsson 3:42 - SWE salaries in china & working there 5:13 - does xinchi regret rejecting microsoft 5:45 - working at the startup 7:12 - what does xinchi do at the startup (IoT) 7:42 - what the startup is about 10:04 - DemeterAI website & techstack 10:42 - what he had to learn on the job 12:05 - does math matter for programming? 12:44 - current salary vs microsoft 13:27 - next 2 years plan 14:18 - q&a (IDE, cybersecurity) 15:37 - conclusion - thx for 100k subs:) @2nd channel - @FryingPanLIVEE @twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/fryingpan @instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fryingpan.ig @discord - https://discord.gg/azX3Qqrzv2 @twitter - https://twitter.com/CodeFryingPan DemeterAI: https://www.demeterai.ca/ Uncut version of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyU0tts36Uc&ab_channel=FryingPanLIVE #startup #faang #softwareengineer #developer If you're looking for a cheaper phone plan, try Mint Mobile (it's what I use!): https://trymintmobile.com/fryingpan