This episode presents an interview with a software engineer named Pika, who reflects on her academic and career journey. The interview, conducted by 宫师姐Chelsea, details Pika's experiences from high school in Shanghai to pursuing higher education in the US, ultimately leading to a career as a software engineer in Boston. Pika discusses her passive decision-making throughout her life, from her college major being an unexpected outcome to her decision to pursue graduate studies abroad, emphasizing the importance of focusing on learning.

"Beyond the Gaokao" project by 宫师姐Chelsea, has a goal of interviewing 50 individuals to create a diverse dataset of life stories for high school students, stressing the importance of providing unfiltered narratives to allow readers to form their own conclusions.

Originally posted on WeChat 公众号@breakbarriers 《4号分享：在EE/ME/CE工程大类中选择CE的软件工程师》

And 宫师姐Chelsea's blog：https://www.becomingchelsea.com/post/4%E5%8F%B7%E5%88%86%E4%BA%AB%EF%BC%9A%E5%9C%A8ee-me-ce%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B%E5%A4%A7%E7%B1%BB%E4%B8%AD%E9%80%89%E6%8B%A9ce%E7%9A%84%E8%BD%AF%E4%BB%B6%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B%E5%B8%88