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Created on November 25, 2025

2025

I discuss what I have been up to these past few months. Play this for soundtrack.

My last company shut down its robotics department in my country last May. It was my dream job. Luckily, I have been able to stay afloat given some opportunities forwarded by my network that I am grateful to have. Now I would like to move forward with the next chapter of my life.

Since May I have..

  • Gone to Tokyo - first solo trip ever!
  • Provided an actionable AI roadmap for a local company with no da
  • Provided integration support for an AI adoption project for an American development org
  • Finished my A1 German class - learning a language is very fun
  • Gone to Osaka - family trip hurray traveling with kids is fun and annoying

Here’s what is lined up for me

  • Going to Taiwan - never been but hopefully not the last time!
  • Taking AWS SAA exam - I'd like to learn system design as that is what I enjoyed from my last role
  • Starting my online Masters program - accepted thanks to the recommendation of my Dyson colleagues!
  • Taking German A1 exam - aiming for Chancenkarte
  • Continually looking for my next opportunity

I am glad to have things to do even during a tight job market, and I hope I find my next job before my savings runs out. I am glad I saved up so I have some runway. The industry I picked (robotics) is really risky and having experienced what it is like to have this very unique job in a country that does not have the industry, it is quite a cost that I have paid abandoning more lucrative paths that I would have been good at if I stuck with it. It is a cost I have paid and I do not regret learning how to program robots at all. I do not know what the future holds but I am hoping through movement I find a better outcome than my current trajectory. Time to see!

Here is a quote I keep coming back to in moments of drastic changes:

Say not, “I have found the truth,” but rather, “I have found a truth.” Say not, “I have found the path of the soul.” Say rather, “I have met the soul walking upon my path.” For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals. —Kahlil Gibran