This episode presents a deep dive of an interview with P, a software engineer, focusing on their unconventional academic and career path. It details their journey beginning with information science competitions in elementary school, which led to skipping their final year of high school to attend university early. The interview explores P's decision to discontinue competitive programming in college and their subsequent career as a software engineer at a single company since graduation, highlighting their perspective that the life choices have been more a "natural progression" than active decisions.

This interview is part of Chelsea's "Beyond the Gaokao" project to compile diverse life stories from individuals, aiming to provide high school students with expanded perspectives on future possibilities without imposing subjective opinions.

Originally posted on WeChat 公众号 @breakbarriers《26号分享：从小学开始搞信息学竞赛、跳过高三就读大零的软件工程师，没有起承转合，只有顺水推舟》

And 宫师姐Cheslea's blog:

https://www.becomingchelsea.com/post/26%E5%8F%B7%E5%88%86%E4%BA%AB%EF%BC%9A%E4%BB%8E%E5%B0%8F%E5%AD%A6%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E6%90%9E%E4%BF%A1%E6%81%AF%E5%AD%A6%E7%AB%9E%E8%B5%9B%E3%80%81%E8%B7%B3%E8%BF%87%E9%AB%98%E4%B8%89%E5%B0%B1%E8%AF%BB%E5%A4%A7%E9%9B%B6%E7%9A%84%E8%BD%AF%E4%BB%B6%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B%E5%B8%88%EF%BC%8C%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E8%B5%B7%E6%89%BF%E8%BD%AC%E5%90%88%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%AA%E6%9C%89%E9%A1%BA%E6%B0%B4%E6%8E%A8%E8%88%9F