I left AI to do software. Here’s why.

If AI is a superpower, software is the vessel.

David Chong

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Four years ago, I hopped onto the AI bandwagon alongside many others. Today, I’m a software engineer.

Before I tell you why I made the switch, let me give you a quick TL;DR (I wrote a whole article on it here). I graduated college with a Bachelors in Economics in 2017 and joined an investment bank as a management associate. Doing mainly data analyst-related work, I quickly grew bored and decided to learn to code on the side. After acquiring some basic coding…

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David Chong

Software Engineer @ Shopee; Closet n3rd; Husband & Father; LinkedIn → bit.ly/3CmUbUf; Medium — tinyurl.com/2rk9ub8k; Support me → tinyurl.com/davidcjw