Why I Joined ByteDance

Over last few months I have received many questions from friends, former colleagues and people I encountered at conferences about "Why I left Microsoft Research Asia for ByteDance." For people who are thinking of their career, I guess it may be helpful to share some of my personal experiences. Here is my answer: Curiosity and wanting to move out of a comfort zone for new challenges and opportunities to learn new things. ByteDance is an amazing company with excellent people doing a lot of exciting new things that I am eager to learn; Embracing the growth mindset because I have been influenced by it in Microsoft (There is a book called "Growth Mindset: A New Psychology of Success" that has more details about it); Lastly I need to overcome the fear. Personally I am a Christian, so I looked deeply into my heart for guidance and had many fellowships with my God and my family on this move. At the end I was confident that it's a right move for me even though I didn't know where it will lead me to. But I knew deeply in my heart that I will be fine and I just need to start. So I did. Now I am working in Toutiao and every day is a new day to me! I am sure that I will face many new challenges, but I believe that "only thing we have to fear is fear itself" (by Franklin D. Roosevelt).