In 2010 he borrowed money from his advisor for a laptop and ran AdSense sites
gefei55 · x · 2026-09-03
A nostalgic personal story: in 2010, interning in Beijing with no computer, the author stayed after work on office machines updating his website and checking Google AdSense stats. In 2011 he borrowed money from his college advisor for his first laptop, paid it off in installments, and used it until 2016.
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