I updated my LinkedIn account, which I had left untouched for a long time. I added my education and work experience, and I sent connection requests to a few people I know who showed up in the recommendations. The biggest reason I had not done it until now was that I did not feel like I had any academic background or career experience worth showing off. Before starting 42 Seoul, I had worked at an SI company and at a startup, but they were places where I did not know many people. Even so, the reason I finally started using the LinkedIn account I had only created and left alone was that I felt I needed to reach out to people for the service I want to build, 이때.
There was something someone said on TV before, and I still come across it in shorts sometimes, but I saw it again recently and it stayed with me. It was something Yoo Jae-suk said to Haha.
Donghoon, if you do nothing, I can't help you.
Don't be afraid of getting criticized. When the rain comes, you just have to stand in it.
You have to take action so I can do something for you, whether that means criticizing you or protecting you.
If you do nothing, I can't help you.
I felt like I was in that exact situation. The less I felt like I was anything, the more I should have been asking for help, but because I thought I was nothing, I did not ask anyone for help. When I was a teenager and knew nothing, I lived however things went because I had no goal. As a result, I have now found the goal I truly want, but to achieve it, I should have been working toward it since I was young, and all that lost time has made life painful for me now. Still, I decided that I need to accept myself as I am and keep moving forward.
I had also written this before about academic background 😅
학벌이 부끄러운 것이 아니라, 배우려고 하지 않는 자세가 부끄러운 것
내가 학벌을 감추고 싶은 건 다들 노력하던 시기에 노력하지 않았던 것.
그렇기에 지금은 남들보다 더 노력해야 하는 시간일 수 밖에 없다. 즐겁게 노력하자.
I want to build a really good service that helps people, but the startup industry is full of flashy and impressive people. Even so, I thought the only way for me to stand confidently here is to accept myself, find what I can do, and work hard to do it well.
From now on, I want to keep working so I can freely do what I want and live a life that is financially free too.
I think some people might look at my profile and form prejudices or think poorly of me. Even Cha Eun-woo and Jang Won-young have haters, so of course I would have some too. Still, I hope you are not that kind of person. Just as I cannot like everyone, I will live while remembering that I cannot be liked by everyone either.
I added a LinkedIn icon to the About page, but I wanted to share it here too. Come take a look at my LinkedIn profile. 😃
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
— Henry David Thoreau
