My wish for myself in 2024 was to avoid returning to a corporate job in 2025 while still being able to support myself. Although I didn't achieve that goal, I consider 2025 to be one of the biggest years of growth in my life.
Instead of forcing myself to set rigid goals this year, I want to take a different approach to reflect on my 2024 and share my hopes for 2025. Moving forward to become a better version of myself.
I originally planned to organize everything I did this year and write a post about it, but after gathering my thoughts, I realized there wasn't really that much worth bragging about. So I decided to just record things casually like a running journal.
Perhaps having accumulated more experience, my perspective on things seems to have broadened. In 2020 and 2021, I began exploring a wide range of fields—such as Arduino, tinkering with Raspberry Pi, diving into AVR, picking up STM32 dev boards to play with, and learning PCB design and 3D printing. I hoped that beyond frontend development, I could integrate with other domains to create more of what I truly want to build. Now in 2022, after two years of exploration, I hope this becomes a breakthrough year where I can produce tangible results.
Looking back at the tech-related things I did in 2020~
2020 was a chaotic year, but it was also a year that prompted me to rethink the essence of computers. Throughout the year, I tried many things outside my comfort zone, mostly revolving around a single theme: rediscovering the low level. In high school, I majored in electronics. In an era where advancing to higher education was the mainstream path, although we had lab classes, it mostly felt like going through the motions, and I spent the majority of my time studying and solving exam problems. My only saving grace was that the academic workload wasn't as heavy as in a regular high school; otherwise, I probably wouldn't have made it into Taiwan Tech.
Before I knew it, I've already spent a full year working in Japan. Here, I'd like to share some thoughts and experiences, hoping to spark discussion and dispel some common myths about job hunting and working in Japan.
Around mid-February, the COVID-19 outbreak began spreading in Tokyo. Although I work in Fukuoka, my company announced a remote work policy in late February to curb the spread, reduce commute times, and lower infection risks. Here are some of my reflections.
During the first five days of January 2019, I was still counting down the days in the military barracks. After completing my four months of compulsory military service, I began looking for a job...
In the first five days of January 2019, I was still counting down the days in the military barracks, finally surviving my four months of military service to start looking for a job. The first half of the year was mostly spent preparing for interviews and centering myself, while in the second half, life gradually got on track after moving to Japan. The first half of 201…