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Built an Al feature at Google and lowkey still don’t know how LLM’s work What should I should research first?
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Built an Al feature at Google and lowkey still don’t know how LLM’s work What should I should research first?
2 hours of sleep, Mt Fuji overnight hike while sick, wearing ALLBIRDS, no cash, and just one bottle of water and pocari sweat. I was unfit and stupidly unprepared. But hey, got a great story out of it.
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2 hours of sleep, Mt Fuji overnight hike while sick, wearing ALLBIRDS, no cash, and just one bottle of water and pocari sweat. I was unfit and stupidly unprepared. But hey, got a great story out of it.
The real reason I quit Google was... Not because of drama. Nor a layoff (I wish). It was because I was disillusioned. I was conditioned to believe anything off the traditional path -school, job, obedience- was a distraction. So for 27 years, I fought every creative and entrepreneurial instinct. I chased the “safe” path to its logical end. When I got there, I was so proud. I had done what I was supposed to do. But the illusion didn’t last. I wasn’t going to find my purpose in a corporate org chart. I wasn’t going to buy my parents a big house by doing what everyone else does. I had let my 8-year-old self’s dreams die. All to fit someone else’s definition of success. For years I told myself: “99% of businesses fail.” “Be realistic.” “You’re just being weak.” Man, shut the fuck up. I’m going to prove all my limiting beliefs so wrong that others like me have no choice but to confront their own. #pbc30
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The real reason I quit Google was... Not because of drama. Nor a layoff (I wish). It was because I was disillusioned. I was conditioned to believe anything off the traditional path -school, job, obedience- was a distraction. So for 27 years, I fought every creative and entrepreneurial instinct. I chased the “safe” path to its logical end. When I got there, I was so proud. I had done what I was supposed to do. But the illusion didn’t last. I wasn’t going to find my purpose in a corporate org chart. I wasn’t going to buy my parents a big house by doing what everyone else does. I had let my 8-year-old self’s dreams die. All to fit someone else’s definition of success. For years I told myself: “99% of businesses fail.” “Be realistic.” “You’re just being weak.” Man, shut the fuck up. I’m going to prove all my limiting beliefs so wrong that others like me have no choice but to confront their own. #pbc30
in my mom’s basement playing league of legends until 2am, eating family size chip bags for dinner. video games on one screen. david goggins on the second monitor. i kept telling myself my “real life” would begin eventually. eventually, i actually changed. 5 tech offers. google. nyc. six figures. the software engineering dream. but three years later, at the peak of everything, i held a knife to my neck. and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. part 2 tomorrow.
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in my mom’s basement playing league of legends until 2am, eating family size chip bags for dinner. video games on one screen. david goggins on the second monitor. i kept telling myself my “real life” would begin eventually. eventually, i actually changed. 5 tech offers. google. nyc. six figures. the software engineering dream. but three years later, at the peak of everything, i held a knife to my neck. and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. part 2 tomorrow.
Catch me eating blueberries on the 9th floor
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Catch me eating blueberries on the 9th floor
The uncertain path is the only path. Because the certain one never gets you where you want to go. “You’ve been down there, Neo. You know that road and you know exactly where it ends.”
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The uncertain path is the only path. Because the certain one never gets you where you want to go. “You’ve been down there, Neo. You know that road and you know exactly where it ends.”
Five months ago I watched this Alex Hormozi video where he said 80% of your effort should be focused on the first 5 seconds. And it was after that moment that I started really studying hooks from a creator POV to understand them. So that’s what I recommend for you, too. Also, hooks don’t always have to be “aggressive”. For example, vulnerability hooks like “I’m X age and I’m a bit ashamed to admit that ____” is one that popped off in the past. Just create that open loop. If you want my free guide on how I’d speedrun 10k followers just comment SPEED and I’ll send it to you.
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Five months ago I watched this Alex Hormozi video where he said 80% of your effort should be focused on the first 5 seconds. And it was after that moment that I started really studying hooks from a creator POV to understand them. So that’s what I recommend for you, too. Also, hooks don’t always have to be “aggressive”. For example, vulnerability hooks like “I’m X age and I’m a bit ashamed to admit that ____” is one that popped off in the past. Just create that open loop. If you want my free guide on how I’d speedrun 10k followers just comment SPEED and I’ll send it to you.
Anyone can go viral if you understand this hook testing strategy. One of the funny things about content is that it’s supposed to seem natural, but it’s really an engineering problem. And no, I don’t reverse engineer every video I still create for fun and for self expression but when I really want something to land, I will test the hooks and the results are always better when I do.
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Anyone can go viral if you understand this hook testing strategy. One of the funny things about content is that it’s supposed to seem natural, but it’s really an engineering problem. And no, I don’t reverse engineer every video I still create for fun and for self expression but when I really want something to land, I will test the hooks and the results are always better when I do.
This is way out of my comfort zone but hopefully embracing the cringe helps you to go do the thing. Also lesson learned don’t put so much pressure on someone like I did. If you’re one of my few high school followers and have a crush…🫡🫡
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This is way out of my comfort zone but hopefully embracing the cringe helps you to go do the thing. Also lesson learned don’t put so much pressure on someone like I did. If you’re one of my few high school followers and have a crush…🫡🫡
I’ll be the asshole
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I’ll be the asshole
Having a good hook’s not everything, not having it is. No but seriously I nerded out about the data early on. That’s how I learned which of my hooks worked and which didn’t. In my experience, my highest performing videos were highly creative and personal while also leveraging pattern recognition from hard data. The Viral Playbook is 50% off for just 3 more days. Link in bio.
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Having a good hook’s not everything, not having it is. No but seriously I nerded out about the data early on. That’s how I learned which of my hooks worked and which didn’t. In my experience, my highest performing videos were highly creative and personal while also leveraging pattern recognition from hard data. The Viral Playbook is 50% off for just 3 more days. Link in bio.
The Great Glazing circa 2025 Something interesting I’ve found is that every time that I’ve accepted something is going to take a long time, the faster the results started to come. Day 5 of locking in. I believe in you.
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The Great Glazing circa 2025 Something interesting I’ve found is that every time that I’ve accepted something is going to take a long time, the faster the results started to come. Day 5 of locking in. I believe in you.
Pro tip if you want to quit your job. Also if you’re considering quitting just take the unpaid leave honestly. To your employer even if there’s a 1% chance you come back it’s positive effective value for them to provide you the opportunity and save from hiring costs and benefits. Meanwhile, you get to keep your insurance (private health insurance sucks and landlords hate unemployed/self-employed people).
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Pro tip if you want to quit your job. Also if you’re considering quitting just take the unpaid leave honestly. To your employer even if there’s a 1% chance you come back it’s positive effective value for them to provide you the opportunity and save from hiring costs and benefits. Meanwhile, you get to keep your insurance (private health insurance sucks and landlords hate unemployed/self-employed people).
i thought quitting google would fix everything. i quit without a plan. flew to asia on a one-way ticket. went viral. made money. built an audience. but underneath it all, i still felt like that kid in the basement who saw himself as a loser. in bangkok, that toxic fuel ran out. and i cried about wanting to be a firefighter. part 3 tomorrow.
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i thought quitting google would fix everything. i quit without a plan. flew to asia on a one-way ticket. went viral. made money. built an audience. but underneath it all, i still felt like that kid in the basement who saw himself as a loser. in bangkok, that toxic fuel ran out. and i cried about wanting to be a firefighter. part 3 tomorrow.
What if there was a shortcut to overcome the hardest part of creating content? The blank page. Going from nothing to something is always the hardest part. But I think that by NOT starting from zero, I can better focus on the content itself. Let’s see if I lose all my followers or if this is the secret sauce.
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What if there was a shortcut to overcome the hardest part of creating content? The blank page. Going from nothing to something is always the hardest part. But I think that by NOT starting from zero, I can better focus on the content itself. Let’s see if I lose all my followers or if this is the secret sauce.
Unfathomable yap by “I just quit my $350k job at Google guy” circa December 2025. I once thought that life would be easier if I built an audience on social media. Now I lowkey get anxiety just opening instagram. Compounded by the fact that now I’m back home and I know people I know watch my videos. It’s a weird feeling that feels more real now. The urge to disappear abroad is stronger than ever.
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Unfathomable yap by “I just quit my $350k job at Google guy” circa December 2025. I once thought that life would be easier if I built an audience on social media. Now I lowkey get anxiety just opening instagram. Compounded by the fact that now I’m back home and I know people I know watch my videos. It’s a weird feeling that feels more real now. The urge to disappear abroad is stronger than ever.
Super serious poll below 👇 Been in a very reflective period of my life. More content about content and life journey coming soon 🫡.
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Super serious poll below 👇 Been in a very reflective period of my life. More content about content and life journey coming soon 🫡.
When is it just embracing the suck, and when is it misalignment? After quitting my job I felt like I had to sprint to make more money than I did at Google. To prove to myself and to the world that it was the right choice. I spent five years in corporate optimizing and waiting for my real life to begin. What if I just let my real life begin… now? I want to take this time to see if I can return to the feeling I had when I first started creating. To let myself explore with a sense of play.
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When is it just embracing the suck, and when is it misalignment? After quitting my job I felt like I had to sprint to make more money than I did at Google. To prove to myself and to the world that it was the right choice. I spent five years in corporate optimizing and waiting for my real life to begin. What if I just let my real life begin… now? I want to take this time to see if I can return to the feeling I had when I first started creating. To let myself explore with a sense of play.
Nobody told me it was OK to want to quit. This one’s for my Big Tech folks. Start mentally reclaiming your agency. You have the finances and the resume. You’re more equipped than anyone else to just walk away. Think about it. If not you, then who? I didn’t and I pushed through until I got depressed. Nobody told me it was OK to want to quit. Even the people I told who didn’t actively oppose it had that look in their eye. I just needed someone to tell me what I was feeling was valid. That it wasn’t a one-way door to catastrophe. I’ll be that guy.
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Nobody told me it was OK to want to quit. This one’s for my Big Tech folks. Start mentally reclaiming your agency. You have the finances and the resume. You’re more equipped than anyone else to just walk away. Think about it. If not you, then who? I didn’t and I pushed through until I got depressed. Nobody told me it was OK to want to quit. Even the people I told who didn’t actively oppose it had that look in their eye. I just needed someone to tell me what I was feeling was valid. That it wasn’t a one-way door to catastrophe. I’ll be that guy.
Life felt like swimming upstream. Every hour at school, at work felt like an eternity. But time would fly by creating - making videos, playing instruments, Minecraft. I suppressed those “distractions” for so long that… a lot of childhood dreams I had are now pretty unlikely. But somehow creating content ended up being the perfect medium between expression and entrepreneurship. Even during my two months off I knew I was coming back. I’m betting on this path. Follow to see how far it goes.
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Life felt like swimming upstream. Every hour at school, at work felt like an eternity. But time would fly by creating - making videos, playing instruments, Minecraft. I suppressed those “distractions” for so long that… a lot of childhood dreams I had are now pretty unlikely. But somehow creating content ended up being the perfect medium between expression and entrepreneurship. Even during my two months off I knew I was coming back. I’m betting on this path. Follow to see how far it goes.

Jim Tang (@jimruitang) Instagram Stats & Analytics

Jim Tang (@jimruitang) has 271K Instagram followers with a 2.91% engagement rate over the past 12 months. Across 69.0 posts, Jim Tang received 379K total likes and 14.2M impressions, averaging 5.49K likes per post. This page tracks Jim Tang's performance metrics, top content, and engagement trends — updated daily.

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Jim Tang (@jimruitang) has 271K Instagram followers as of August 2026.
What is Jim Tang's Instagram engagement rate?+
Jim Tang's Instagram engagement rate is 2.91% over the last 12 months, based on 69.0 posts.
How many likes does Jim Tang get on Instagram?+
Jim Tang received 379K total likes across 69.0 posts in the last 12 months, averaging 5.49K likes per post.
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Jim Tang's Instagram content generated 14.2M total impressions over the last 12 months.