Meet Abdulla CEO of Interview Coder! He moved from Shenzhen China after working at Alibaba, ByteDance to Silicon Valley!📲 Get premium wireless for as low as $15 a month with my partner at https://www.mintmobile.com/singhMy Recommendations: https://linktree.com/singhinusa1. How I Edit podcast & enhance audio: https://adobe.prf.hn/click/camref:1100l568ad/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.adobe.com2. Checkout KodeKloud & Get upto 45% Off https://bit.ly/4dpsE7y (includes AWS, GCP, Azure Subscriptions with the Pro Plan)3. 📈 Checkout Moomoo from Palo Alto: Get 8.1% APY + 15 Free Stocks: https://start.moomoo.com/singhinusa (Legal of F1 VISA)4. 🏦 Adro US Account with No Incoming Wire Fees (Get $50) http://secure.joinadro.com/signup?referralCode=Singh5. 🎓SoFi Student Loan Refinance and you can get a $300 welcome bonus: https://www.sofi.com/invite/student-loans?gcp=174b310b-f306-454b-86e5-062ce06a9ec7&isAliasGcp=false00:00 Interview Coder's impact; Meta allowing AI in interviews00:49 How they met Abdullah; taking over Interview Coder02:00 Abdullah's grit; living in the garage; work ethic04:24 Abdullah's background: TikTok in China → Silicon Valley05:32 China vs Silicon Valley work culture (996 vs 007)06:45 Mission-obsession vs TikTok's creativity mission07:46 Global-first (SV) vs local-first (China)08:49 China's five/ten-year national plans; industry takeovers09:59 Scale and undetectability: web vs desktop apps12:06 Roadmap: audio feature; rethinking "memory" in interviews13:10 Test creativity and real problem-solving, not rote LeetCode14:10 Unleashing human creativity; still learn core concepts14:39 Skills: strong programming; AI writes 90%, the crucial 10% matters15:38 Abdullah's unconventional path; four-year startup bet17:40 Turning disadvantages into advantages; "everything app" lessons19:02 B2C focus, hacker houses, distribution20:42 Pride: helping students build real projects21:11 "Uber for umbrella" project; learning by building22:30 Entrepreneurship: China vs US (regs, capital, encouragement)24:13 Bay Area VC scale; big moonshots get attention24:47 Final advice: build projectsMy Gear:-📕 Favorite Book for Software Engineers: https://geni.us/GT9jvz💻 My Gear Page: https://singhinusa.com/my-tech/📱iPhone: https://geni.us/J9c6GoY📸Sony Camera: https://geni.us/zShMGT4⿍ Tripod: https://geni.us/iVsd🎙Vlogging & Podcast Mic https://geni.us/v915Z9H~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Follow me on - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Follow me on - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iHarnoorTwitter - https://x.com/iHarnoorSinghLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/iHarnoorE-mail for BUSINESS INQUIRY & HELP- hello@singhinusa.comMUSIC CREDITS:Music From (Free Trial): https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/2jy2t1/