Ever wondered what it’d be like to work for a Chinese company as an Asian American? Filip takes a deep dive with US-based TikTok employee Lucas about his journey into working at the social media darling: The material differences between Chinese and American tech companies, if white worship exists at TikTok, and how exactly are 2nd Gen Asian Americans at an advantage in Chinese corporations, especially if your Mandarin sucks.

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES:

Lucas and friend Natalie (product manager at Tiktok) recently made a video talking about key differences between US and Chinese tech from a more career/tech angle: https://t.co/rNfFb0QwS5

If you are interested in Journey To The East, feel free to visit the website below (or email Lucas or Derrick below)

* Journey To The East: https://journeytotheeast.club

* Lucas email: [email protected]

* Derrick email: [email protected]

Lucas and Carl Zha’s video ‘Leave US, go to China!’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NSPKqwoJFc

Lilian Li’s Substack on the Chinese tech ecosystem: https://lillianli.substack.com/

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