IMT · Class 1
From “I Can Change the World” to Work as Worship
Ambition, technology, and learning to walk with God in everyday work.
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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
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