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Breeding coyotes - by Thai Duong

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At a Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration for the Vietnamese community in Silicon Valley, a friend suddenly recounted how, as a child, he eagerly awaited Tet because it was a rare occasion when his village had electricity. Hailing from a poor rural area in Northern Vietnam, he excelled at school, attended university in Hanoi, and then received a scholarship to study in the United States. During his early days in Illinois, he juggled his studies with buying and selling used books on Amazon to make ends meet. His wife worked at a nail salon, and together, they cared for their firstborn son. Twenty years later, my friend is a tech director at Meta, managing nearly two hundred multinational experts. The little boy from back then is now attending an Ivy League school, poised to follow in his father's footsteps. His family has also welcomed two new members. In just one generation, his family has achieved a spectacular life transformation: from a village without electricity to a secure position i

At a Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration for the Vietnamese community in Silicon Valley, a friend suddenly recounted how, as a child, he eagerly awaited Tet because it was a rare occasion when his village had electricity. Hailing from a poor rural area in Northern Vietnam, he excelled at school, attended university in Hanoi, and then received a scholarship to study in the United States. During his early days in Illinois, he juggled his studies with buying and selling used books on Amazon to make ends meet. His wife worked at a nail salon, and together, they cared for their firstborn son.…

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