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Thihan Cho Oo is a self-taught designer from Yangon, Myanmar. He currently works at Grab as a Product Designer and is very passionate about the concept "less is more". Thihan started his design career in the advertising industry but found his way into the tech industry teaching himself UX. Before he moved here to Singapore, he was doing tech review videos on Facebook as a side project in Myanmar.

In this episode, we talk about how Thihan grew up in Yangon, Myanmar, and the struggles he faced. He will talk about his life journey... from Mynamar to Jamaica to Singapore. We find out how he taught himself how to speak English, how he learned about design in general, and how he got himself into product design. We also touch upon the technological advances and struggles he and his people faced in Myanmar and how he ended up doing tech reviews on gadgets.