IMT · Class 1

From “I Can Change the World” to Work as Worship

Ambition, technology, and learning to walk with God in everyday work.

1 · My journey with work

I always believed I could change the world.

  • 30+ years in technology
  • Building things people need
  • Learning to walk with God

2 · My story through 5W1H

A pattern across my career

Who
People and businesses using technology
What
Software that solves problems and connects people
When
From my first website in 1995–96 to today
Where
Malaysia, China, across Asia, and now online
Why
I love technology and want to help people
How
Notice a need, build a solution, keep learning

3 · The beginning: computers and connection

Age five Fascinated by computers
1995–96 One of Malaysia’s early dating websites
50,000+ Users, grown by word of mouth

4 · Bringing new experiences to basic phones

  • Taught myself mobile phone programming
  • About 10 years in phone R&D
  • Contributed to more than 100 phone models
  • Software for karaoke phones

5 · Starting a company in China

The problem

Basic phones couldn’t install apps

The idea

Browser-based services for simple phones

The reach

50 million+ phones

6 · More opportunities, and uncertainty

2018–19 A crypto wallet connected with Visa

A new technology in an uncertain financial climate.

7 · My current work

llm.human01.xyz

An LLM gateway to help lower AI costs

  • Enterprise bulk pricing
  • Model and content steering
  • Prompt caching

8 · Jonah, my partners, and the journey

Running from God

Walking with Him

  • I was ambitious, stubborn, and thought I knew best
  • I believe my choices would have been different if I’d brought God into my life earlier
  • Today, my Christian business partners and I support one another through difficult seasons

9 · What the first lesson means for my work

Work can be worship when I work for God and serve people.

Mission
Build useful things that help people
Mysticism
Walk with God in everyday work
Morality
Seek guidance from Scripture and the Holy Spirit
Meaning
Use my gifts humbly, trusting God with the outcome

For the class

How might our work change if we invited God into it?