Zhiwei's Introduction

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You can download the PDF version of my introduction, created with LaTeX, here for the English version and here for the Chinese version.

Basic Information: Male, born in 1995, Chinese citizen, residing in Guangzhou.
Competitive programming experience: Achieved top 300 in Guangdong NOIP 2011 and solved approximately 1000 algorithm problems online, available on UVa Online Judge.
Education: Completed one year of study at Beijing Forestry University before pursuing an associate degree at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies through self-directed learning, with 13 written exams and 3 practical exams passed.
Professional Experience:
- TEKsystems (outsourced to HSBC Bank): Serving as an AI engineer, leveraging Copilot and its API to accelerate backend development for a module of the Finance Transformation Platform in HSBC’s Enterprise Technology Department.
- Farben Information (outsourced to HSBC Bank): Contributed to PayMe from HSBC, a mobile payment service enabling users to pay businesses, transfer funds to peers, and link the app to credit cards or local bank accounts.
- Beyondsoft (outsourced to DBS Bank): Contributed to DBS Client Connect, an AI- and data-driven customer relationship management platform, and DBS Digibank CN, helping to redesign the platform to offer a faster and more convenient mobile banking experience.
- Beijing Square Root: Founded Fun Live, a live streaming knowledge platform that attracted 30,000 users within a year. Transitioned to software consulting, managing over 50 projects for clients such as Yuanfudao, Jiangsu TV, Fenbi Education, and Beijing International Studies University. Held dual roles as project manager and software engineer, generating 3 million CNY in revenue and 600,000 CNY in profit.
- LeanCloud: Contributed to iOS and Android development for cloud services, including object storage, file storage, web hosting, containerization, instant messaging, push notifications, and SMS.
Experience summary:
- 11 years of professional experience, including 8 years in corporate roles and 3 years as a freelancer.
- Specialized in:
  - Mobile engineering: 2 years (Android, iOS).
  - Full-stack engineering: 8 years (7 years backend, 1 year frontend).
  - Machine learning and big data: 1 year.
- Proficient in both domestic and international cloud platforms, including Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS, and Tencent Cloud.
Language proficiency: Native in Chinese, proficient in English (IELTS 6.5).
Learning approach: Eager to learn from fundamental algorithms to large-scale applications involving tens of microservices, as well as cutting-edge technologies like GPT and Transformer-based AI. Focuses on gaining both theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
Reading: Read over 320 books spanning topics such as textbooks, personal development, business, technology, and history.
Open-source contributions: Developed 10 open-source projects on GitHub, each with over 500 commits.
Research: Conducted self-directed research on reversing myopia and natural vision restoration, inspired by Todd Becker and Yin Wang’s works, supported by three years of experimentation.
AI: Trained GPT-2-124M (nanoGPT) on H200, H100, and RTX 4070 GPUs. Built personal AI projects using OpenRouter and Claude Code, consuming approximately 3 billion tokens over the past year.
Portfolio: Contributed to or led the development of 20 projects, spanning startup initiatives, personal hobby projects, and large-scale enterprise projects.
Writing: Authored approximately 400 original blog posts on topics including programming, software development, and startups, attracting around 70,000 page views per month (Cloudflare Analytics). Utilized large language models to translate content into 9 languages, provide text-to-speech audio, support PDF and EPUB formats, integrate with GitHub workflows, and use LaTeX for writing papers and creating a resume.
Life Hacking: Innovates practical solutions, experiments with affordable gadgets, and introduced English animations to my daughter at 2. Tech enthusiast with Arduino, Raspberry Pi Pico, and breadboards for hands-on projects.
Featured in: Pencil Way’s Report and Lieyunwang Report.

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