I am a Security Engineer who shifts things left. I value pragmatism, creativity, versatility and kindness.
- the professional version: My LinkedIn profile
- the back story: I started my first job in IT project management. On my first day of work I was given a Ubuntu workstation by chance. And the only Linux Sysadmin in the company was leaving. I took over his job temporarily, but stayed in the profession since I enjoy typing in the Terminal.
- I was born in the outskirt of (Changchun), where I frolicked in the corn fields as a child. I moved to the concrete jungle part of the city when school started.
- I moved to my 2nd hometown (Singapore) in 2002, back when GST was 3% and there were only 2 MRT lines. Other than the community libraries (with free AC), I enjoyed spending time in the West Coast Park and the East Coast Park, and always wondered about the other side of the ocean.
- I moved to my 3rd hometown (the SF Bay) in 2015. Settled down with my family here. I like the Vietnameese food here (Pho and Bahn Mi are my favorite). They offer a taste of Southeast Asia away from Souteast Asia. And I enjoy exploring 'exotic' grocery stores.
- crimping cables, tuning pianos, picking locks (of my own)
- hiking
- reading books about history, philosophy, the constructs of governments etc
- 15-ball pool
- 金庸系列, 盗墓笔记, Sherlock Holmes series, The Adventures of Tintin
- GitHub, Medium, Reddit, Spotify, StackOverflow, TryHackMe