List 50

Using products, AI, taste, and execution to reach a freer, more international, more creative place.

1. Join a company with the right culture and work in an international environment.
2. Complete several internships aligned with my aspirations.
3. Move to Shenzhen — closer to tech, hardware, global markets, and innovation.
4. Become someone who understands product, design, and technology.
5. Build products that people genuinely use, remember, and rely on.
6. Be known as someone who can actually ship things — and ship them well.
7. Gain the ability to independently build a complete product, from idea to launch.
8. Use AI to expand the boundaries of what I can create.
9. Maintain a long-running personal blog that documents work, ideas, and judgments.
10. Have a minimal, beautiful personal site that feels like a crafted piece of work.
11. Build a personal brand with substance and taste.
12. Turn my resume into a clear, compelling career narrative.
13. Keep creating products within the Apple ecosystem.
14. Attend developer events by companies like Apple, Stripe, or OpenAI.
15. Meet people who are genuinely creative, have good taste, and ship things.
16. Build an iOS app I am proud of.
17. Make English a real career advantage.
18. Express myself comfortably in English interviews and work settings.
19. Earn an income that feels secure for both myself and my family.
20. Stop letting short-term financial pressure heavily influence my decisions.
21. Consistently earn through my own projects, skills, or work.
22. Have the ability to choose my company, city, and lifestyle.
23. Have a small, comfortable home in Shenzhen.
24. Have my own desk, monitor, coffee, plants, and a steady creative rhythm.
25. Be someone who can both join a great company and build independently.
26. Build professional, process-driven, international work experience.
27. Become a Product Engineer or Technical Product Manager.
28. Join a team that values taste, expression, and user experience.
29. Not let my academic background limit what I can become.
30. Combine EE, software, AI, and product into my own unique path.
31. Build a portfolio that makes interviewers lean in and ask more.
32. Let Leafy stand as proof of my early creativity and execution.
33. Have a small team one day, building interesting products together.
34. Build a polished product in the campus, city, productivity, or AI space.
35. Develop strong technical judgment — not led around by AI-generated code.
36. Go from "AI-assisted coding" to "orchestrating AI to build systems."
37. Explore new creative possibilities at the frontier of intelligence.
38. Stay sensitive to great products, design, and copy.
39. Write an article bookmarked by developers, students, or indie makers.
40. Get my name and work noticed in a small, meaningful circle.
41. Have several strong internships forming a clear upward trajectory.
42. Secure a Shenzhen internship or return offer before graduation.
43. Graduate without panic — with work, a resume, and direction.
44. Calmly tell myself: I walked the path I chose.
45. Become a creative, execution-oriented person with taste and patience.
46. Stay curious, watching tech, product trends, and personal opportunities.
47. Turn anxiety into action, and ideas into finished work.
48. Live a clean, free, dignified, and creatively fulfilling life.
49. Work, express, collaborate, and grow in a larger world.
50. Become someone who consistently creates real value for society.