"My story begins on a dusty path in a quiet village, where the world felt enormous, and the future was a blurry shape in the distance."
The Dream From a Small Town
The Dream From a Small Town
Every afternoon after school, I walked home alone on a rocky dirt road. My red-and-white uniform was wrinkled, my shoes dusty, and my backpack heavy. And yet, in my mind, I imagined something different — an air-conditioned office, a desk, a laptop, and me, working like the people I saw on TV.
I didn’t know how to get there. I had no map, no mentor. But dreams were free — and no one could take them away from me.
Every afternoon after school, I walked home alone on a rocky dirt road. My red-and-white uniform was wrinkled, my shoes dusty, and my backpack heavy. And yet, in my mind, I imagined something different — an air-conditioned office, a desk, a laptop, and me, working like the people I saw on TV.
I didn’t know how to get there. I had no map, no mentor. But dreams were free — and no one could take them away from me.
Phone Shop & Courier (13 Hours a Day)
Phone Shop & Courier
(13 Hours a Day)
Phone Shop & Courier (13 Hours a Day)
"By day, I worked with my hands. At night, I worked on my dream."
In 2007, while others my age went to college, I was working 13-hour shifts every day at a phone counter. I handled customers, organized inventory, and rode a motorbike across town delivering boxes of mobile phones to small cooperatives. My only day off came once a month.
One time, heavy rain soaked me head to toe while I was riding. I laughed to myself bitterly and kept going. This wasn’t the life I dreamed of — but it was where I learned what real work meant.
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After each exhausting day, I would sit in front of an old, laggy laptop. I wiped off the dust, opened Photoshop 7 and Macromedia Flash, and started teaching myself design. I had no formal training. No design mentor. Just internet tutorials, secondhand books, and an unshakable curiosity.Everyone else was sleeping. But I stayed up, quietly building the foundation of the life I wanted.
"By day, I worked with my hands. At night, I worked on my dream."
In 2007, while others my age went to college, I was working 13-hour shifts every day at a phone counter. I handled customers, organized inventory, and rode a motorbike across town delivering boxes of mobile phones to small cooperatives. My only day off came once a month.
One time, heavy rain soaked me head to toe while I was riding. I laughed to myself bitterly and kept going. This wasn’t the life I dreamed of — but it was where I learned what real work meant.
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After each exhausting day, I would sit in front of an old, laggy laptop. I wiped off the dust, opened Photoshop 7 and Macromedia Flash, and started teaching myself design. I had no formal training. No design mentor. Just internet tutorials, secondhand books, and an unshakable curiosity.Everyone else was sleeping. But I stayed up, quietly building the foundation of the life I wanted.
The Hardest Start, My Design journey
The Hardest Start,
My Design journey
The Hardest Start, My Design journey
"Sometimes the path to your dream begins with rejection, not applause."
I landed a job at Redcomm as a Flash Animator. It was my first role in the creative industry — and it wasn’t glamorous. My early designs were mocked. “This is bad,” they said. “Not aesthetic. Not up to standard.”
I was crushed. But I kept going. Every night, I studied more, practiced more, redesigned everything I made. In my second year, I was promoted to Graphic Designer — not because I was the best, but because I refused to give up.
"Sometimes the path to your dream begins with rejection, not applause."
I landed a job at Redcomm as a Flash Animator. It was my first role in the creative industry — and it wasn’t glamorous. My early designs were mocked. “This is bad,” they said. “Not aesthetic. Not up to standard.”
I was crushed. But I kept going. Every night, I studied more, practiced more, redesigned everything I made. In my second year, I was promoted to Graphic Designer — not because I was the best, but because I refused to give up.
Design Battles on 99Designs
Design Battles on 99Designs
"Success often hides behind the last door you almost gave up on."
I joined design contests on 99designs — not 10, not 20, but 120 of them. I lost 119 times. Each rejection taught me something new. Each failure sharpened my skills.
Then, submission number 120 won. The same day, I was promoted again — now as a Senior Graphic Designer. I smiled quietly. No one else saw the struggle — but I knew how much it took to get there.
"Success often hides behind the last door you almost gave up on."
I joined design contests on 99designs — not 10, not 20, but 120 of them. I lost 119 times. Each rejection taught me something new. Each failure sharpened my skills.
Then, submission number 120 won. The same day, I was promoted again — now as a Senior Graphic Designer. I smiled quietly. No one else saw the struggle — but I knew how much it took to get there.
The Learning Path
The Learning Path
"Design isn’t just about how it looks. It’s about how it works — and how it feels."
After years in visual design, I began to crave something deeper — I wanted to design products that people actually used. That’s when I discovered UI/UX.
I taught myself everything I could about user flows, wireframes, mobile-first thinking, and interaction design. A former colleague from Redcomm gave me a shot at a new role — UI/UX Designer at Yogrt, a social app similar to Line and WeChat.
From there, I moved across several startups — Moladin, Caping App — learning fast, solving real problems, and building user-centered products.
"Design isn’t just about how it looks. It’s about how it works — and how it feels."
After years in visual design, I began to crave something deeper — I wanted to design products that people actually used. That’s when I discovered UI/UX.
I taught myself everything I could about user flows, wireframes, mobile-first thinking, and interaction design. A former colleague from Redcomm gave me a shot at a new role — UI/UX Designer at Yogrt, a social app similar to Line and WeChat.
From there, I moved across several startups — Moladin, Caping App — learning fast, solving real problems, and building user-centered products.
From Chaos to Clarity
From Chaos to Clarity
After moving across multiple startups, I was accepted into Monex (MIFX) — a well-established financial company. I wasn’t joining just to design interfaces. I was handed something far more complex: the company’s entire CRM system.
What I inherited was chaos — scattered data, disconnected systems, and outdated processes. But I saw opportunity in the mess. I dove deep into databases, mapped out every user flow, and began untangling the complexity one knot at a time.
It wasn’t flashy work. It was systems, backends, UX flow rewiring, cross-department integrations. But slowly, everything started to move faster. Smoother. More scalable.
In several years, we scaled the user base from 2,000 to 20,000 clients.
I wasn’t just a designer anymore. I had become a builder of structure — someone who could bridge tech and business, user and system, problem and clarity.
After moving across multiple startups, I was accepted into Monex (MIFX) — a well-established financial company. I wasn’t joining just to design interfaces. I was handed something far more complex: the company’s entire CRM system.
What I inherited was chaos — scattered data, disconnected systems, and outdated processes. But I saw opportunity in the mess. I dove deep into databases, mapped out every user flow, and began untangling the complexity one knot at a time.
It wasn’t flashy work. It was systems, backends, UX flow rewiring, cross-department integrations. But slowly, everything started to move faster. Smoother. More scalable.
In several years, we scaled the user base from 2,000 to 20,000 clients.
I wasn’t just a designer anymore. I had become a builder of structure — someone who could bridge tech and business, user and system, problem and clarity.
Until… One Sentence Change Everything
Until… One Sentence Change Everything
"Life doesn’t always come with a warning sign."
One afternoon, I was called into a small meeting room. Two people from HR sat across from me. One of them looked at me and said:
“I’m sorry, you’re one of the ones being laid off.”
That was it. Everything paused. The words echoed in my head. No arguments. No blame. Just a quiet exit, and a silent return to my desk — where the unfinished flowchart on my laptop still glowed.
"Life doesn’t always come with a warning sign."
One afternoon, I was called into a small meeting room. Two people from HR sat across from me. One of them looked at me and said:
“I’m sorry, you’re one of the ones being laid off.”
That was it. Everything paused. The words echoed in my head. No arguments. No blame. Just a quiet exit, and a silent return to my desk — where the unfinished flowchart on my laptop still glowed.
an Open Ending…
an Open Ending…
“Is This the End of the Story?”
Or maybe... it’s a new beginning — waiting for someone to continue it.
If you’re reading this — maybe you're a recruiter, a founder, or someone who believes in stories like mine.
I’m not the best. But I’m real. I’ve been through failure, criticism, reinvention — and I’m still here.
Would you be the one to help me to write the next chapter?
“Is This the End of the Story?”
Or maybe... it’s a new beginning — waiting for someone to continue it.
If you’re reading this — maybe you're a recruiter, a founder, or someone who believes in stories like mine.
I’m not the best. But I’m real. I’ve been through failure, criticism, reinvention — and I’m still here.
Would you be the one to help me to write the next chapter?
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