ivan zhao @zhaovan8 Twitter profile

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

1 year

hey hey! it's out!!!

Maxwell Neely-Cohen

@nhyphenc

1 year

“A World of Space” is a poignant work of interactive fiction with immaculate vibes and great sound from @zhaovan8

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

oh sorry i cant im busy that day

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@zhaovan8

3 years

am I testing this software or is it testing me

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

Why did this professor write this email like a Rupi Kaur poem I am so confused

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

hi friends!!! I recently had my new grad offer rescinded :( so here we are If you or anyone you know is looking to hire an engineer who designs, i would love to chat!!! mostly interested in early to mid stage startups in the tools space (dev, creative) RT's much appreciated

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ivan zhao

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2 years

the Van Gogh interactive exhibit is the Shen yun for white people

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@zhaovan8

3 years

types of viral tweets in tech/vc twitter

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

manager: what are you more familiar with, frontend or backend? me: weekend manager:

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

i haven't watched the show and don't know what's happening in the discourse but this is my contribution to vc twitter lmao

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

another day another no I’m not the notion founder

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

9 months

it would be so cute if people had syllabi for themselves like: here is a list of books and readings that fundamentally changed and developed how I think about the world

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

are you someone who identifies as LGBTQ+, are a startup founder, angel investor, or vc investor (or just broadly in the space), and want to help out with a dope program this summer geared towards college aged students 👀 ?? DM me for more info!!

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

4 months

hi friends!! sadly was laid off last month and am back on the hunt for a design eng role. updating my portfolio with a fuller body of work soon. if you're looking for someone who loves web presence, prototyping, animations / motions, and type, would absolutely love to chat :))

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

some personal news 🎉 excited to join the @askiggyapp team to help build the world's first location enrichment API!

askiggyapp

@askiggyapp

3 years

Proud to say that @zhaovan8 really impressed us during his intern interview. No chicken tenders were consumed and no one was a jerk. We're excited to have him join us next week as our first engineering intern!

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

got invited to a party and was then uninvited so you KNOW im showing up and looking hot

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

Listening to a Spotify blend and skipping all of their songs and only listening to mine: wow this playlists a banger

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

confessing to your crush is a game theory optimal dominant strategy

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

CDC says to finish the books you already bought before buying more

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

the day my productivity matches my ambition it is over for y'all

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

hello hello apparently I have been ominously tweeting about this but i am super super excited for applications to be open!!!!

Dorm Room Fund

@DormRoomFund

3 years

Representation in VC can't stop at the portfolio: it's also about who's behind the table. A diverse partnership leads to more investments in diverse founders... which is why we are thrilled to announce the official launch of Prism: an investor track for LGBTQ+ students

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

west coast tech bros will tell you "they know a place" then bring you to a rock climbing gym

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

1 diploma, 2 brain cells left, 3 roommates, and 4 years later…

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

a fresh coat for a fresh start

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 months

looking like a bean at the type graduation

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

20 days

i would love to be part of a little collective of artists and makers who just commission each other based on whatever projects we're working on and we all just hype each other up

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

4 years

Happy #NationalComingOutDay ! I think this is the first year that I've been brave enough to say it on the internet and it feels good to be myself. As Captain Holt said, “every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place”

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

1 year

i had a company I was really excited about string me along for two months after telling me I passed a final round before finally rejecting me (somewhat expected with this delay) and I just... cannot deal with 2022 anymore

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

Felt cute so here’s me wearing blue eating blueberries against a blue sky

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

this is very small but i love that @withmacro chose they / them as the default pronouns

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

waiting for a friend to venmo you back after you request them call that whenmo

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

shameless plug but some poems i've written are out!!! go check them out online and grab a copy

Kernel Magazine

@kernel_magazine

2 years

It's already been one month since we officially launched our second issue — today, we're unlocking all of the pieces online! 🎉 Read Kernel online now at

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

10 months

i will not tie my self worth to my work output i will not tie my self worth to my work output i will not tie my self worth to my work output i will not tie my self worth to my work output i will not tie my self worth to my work output i will not tie my self worth to my work outpu

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

had an intern interview where the guy didn't post the question spec in the coderpad, constantly said my algorithm sucked, ate chicken tenders (??) during my interview, and then told me I was too dumb to understand what he did at work (was an ML engineer). cried immediately after

gefen ☕️

@gefensk

3 years

tell me about the worst interview you’ve ever had

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

oh you're a data driven company? name all the data you've personally driven

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

hey friends!! like everyone else posting, am in SF and would love to meet up with mutuals/anyone who would be downnnn

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

what my fridge looks like when people say "buy the dip"

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

supercharge your next book club! inspired by @shriyanevatia , here's a thread of cocktails that match stripe press covers (with some commentary from me of course)👇

Shriya Nevatia

@shriyanevatia

3 years

@briannekimmel @JerThorp there needs to be an instagram that's just matching cocktails to book covers

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

1 year

random dog just showed up at my apartment back door we're having a party

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

every time

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

just developed my first roll of film and it was completely blank ama

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

guys just want one thing and that's to live within walking distance with their friends and host little themed dinner parties with goodie bags

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 months

sometimes I think about the company that rescinded my new grad offer back in the day and im like damn... this fundamentally changed my life LOL

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

talking about web3 Writing solidity code

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

minting anime as an NFT call that weeb 3

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

currently missing the fact that college had communal piano rooms that you could just go whenever you wanted :// where’s the piano when you need it

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

running a half marathon: a series

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

first rolls of color film!!!! lisbon in kodak gold hehe

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

No context notes are my favorite to go back to

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

after doing two weeks of my first graphic design class I can finally say that graphic design is NOT my passion

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

It’s a banana bread and pesto mozzarella roll kinda weekend

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

which nft god did I awaken on accident

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

still thinking about how some random dude at a party I was at yesterday thought a good conversation starter was “what do you think about Afghanistan”

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

9 months

once I learn c4d and blender and cad and motion graphics and three.js and shaders and after effects and rigging and color grading and calligraphy and THEN it's over for you hoes

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

@infinitsummer undertale i think was also one person

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

4 years

Got a DM where someone was talking about Notion and got really excited before realizing that’s he’s pinging me for personal bug fixes and also I am not the founder of notion

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

girlboss moment the other day where I campused my first route (alt: Ivan climbing v0 route at a climbing gym with only arms)

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

buying a domain for a side project vs. actually working on the project

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

before and after eating three bananas

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

tabling ✅ ramen ✅

ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

doing nothing in sf this weekend like i am? come hang out at @kearnystreet event where i'm tabling a booth for some of these good prints and bad zines!!!

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

my love language is sending people articles or sites that I think they'd enjoy

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

the pure terror I experienced when I received the first text @NotionHQ

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

I will not be too ambitious with my goodreads 2022 reading challenge I will not be too ambitious with my goodreads 2022 reading challenge I will not be too ambitious with my goodreads 2022 reading challenge I will not be too ambitious with my goodreads 2022 reading challenge

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

oh okay

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

whoever's managing the @NotionHQ twitter must be the most patient and kind person and I hope that 2021 goes well for them

Notion

@NotionHQ

3 years

@natesiggard @NotionStatus It's one of our current priorities! Thank you for your understanding and support as we continue work on this project 😊

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

28 days

if you've been following along this two day saga HAHA

ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

28 days

only took a full day but look at my babies

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

1 month

in my speaking at conferences era 🫡

Eleventy 🎈

@eleven_ty

1 month

Speaker #8 for The 11ty International Symposium on Making Web Sites Real Good: ivan zhao @zhaovan8 This is their web site (made real good):

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

5 min after getting kidnapped "hey, have you heard of @NotionHQ ? Did you know I have the same name as the cofounder"

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

hey friends!! I wrote a thing with @reboot_hq on VC ethics, due diligence, and speculative futures. super excited that i've finally been able to write some thoughts down on this huge shoutout to @jasminewsun @brwolfson and all the other who i asked to read my writing haha

⚡ reboot ⚡

@reboot_hq

3 years

"When you’re arguing with straight, white, cis, able-bodied men about whether companies focused on STD testing for queer people are too niche, it becomes clear that the products funded are propagating preexisting systems of power." @zhaovan8 writes 🔥

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

4 months

@pk_kenzie idk if this has the exact details but could be a direction as well!!

Crafting A Tiny Open World: A Short Hike Postmortem

In this 2020 GDC Virtual Talk, Adam Robinson-Yu talks about how he decided to put a major project on the back burner in favour of a new prototype, which ulti...

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

1 year

ANYWAYS i'm... still looking for design + eng jobs if anyone is hiring and wants to take a younger engineer who ships fast and cares a lot

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

1 year

sleepy train boi

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

this is mostly a tweet to myself but @MarielRosic @IreneWu27 and I are dropping something next week that is TRULY needed in VC and I'm literally about to scream I'm so excited

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

getting through this week

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

two techbros are taking about @Levels at a gym in sf. nature is healing

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

lil sketch of the bay bridge 🫡

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

dreaming of being back in the woods

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

VC funds: we hire associates from every college

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

why do my friends and I look like we’re sitting at the kids table at thanksgiving

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

she pretty 🥺🥺

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

1 year

freelance friends! does anyone have recs / resources for pricing logo design work?

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3 years

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

making changes in a massive monorepo like

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

leaning into my art side in 2022 by starting a redbubble shop where you can get some of my doodles as stickers!! check it out!!

zhaovan Shop | Redbubble

zhaovan is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

www.redbubble.com

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

some sf moma moments from the weekend

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

everyday I wake up and restrain myself from dying my hair

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

inside of you there are two wolves: notes on work by weike wang and notes on camp by susan sontag

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

13 days

if you're in sf keep your eyes peeled!!!! scheming on some things with some friends ( @fieldednotes !!!!)

ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

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i would love to be part of a little collective of artists and makers who just commission each other based on whatever projects we're working on and we all just hype each other up

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

6 days

just had a freelance call where they told me i charge too much LMFAO.... know ur worth queens

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

The most on brand thing to happen recently: being in a call with the president of yc @gralston and asking to see his dog

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

cleansing myself from the internet by literally leaving my laptop at the airport across the country …please pray for me

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

13 days

one like and im writing a design eng takedown piece

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

made a yin yang egg this morning

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

call me a wong kar-wai movie the way i'm in the mood for love

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

2 years

finding another gay software engineer like

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

the amount I run is 100% inversely correlated with the mental health

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

hi friends!! check out some of the talented people I've been hanging out with this summer <3

Dorm Room Fund

@DormRoomFund

3 years

Introducing DRF's Prism Cohort, the first LGBTQ+ programming for college students looking to learn about venture. They're talented, curious, and ready to take on the world. Learn more about some of the members below 👇

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

my bus just broke down like… okay bestie you and me both huh

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

@Julian I actually cried so hard at this entire piece but here's an excerpt I love ()

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

10 months

feeling extremely grateful of where im at but kind of mourning the past life of what would have happened in things did not go to shit in the last year!!! where would i be??? who knows

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

1 year

new work out in @TheNewRiverVT , a silly little web piece on being laid off in this economy

YOU JUST GOT LAID OFF!—Ivan Zhao

“YOU JUST GOT LAID OFF!” By Ivan Zhao We recommend experiencing this piece in fullscreen at this link. You Just Got Laid Off is a webart piece made as an emotional response to the …

thenewriver.us

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ivan zhao

@zhaovan8

3 years

nobody: people at early stage startups: 🧢👒🎩🎓🤠

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