Shenzhen founders' take: real business exposure beats big-tech jobs for young builders
sven_ai · x · 2026-09-28
Observing Shenzhen's hardware and cross-border commerce scene, the author argues that young people with early exposure to real businesses gain more than those taking big-tech cog jobs; only purely technical programmers without business instincts see big-tech positions as optimal. He suggests indie micro-SaaS circles overseas work the same way—watching real transactions is highly instructive.
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