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      <title>No. 43: Tuan Dao on delegating to AI</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>No. 19: Tay Nguyen on focusing on the core</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tay Nguyen, a Senior Software Engineer at Dwarves in 2023, on how he knew IT was his field, his rule of fixing the core of a problem, and leaving a good job that did not fit.]]></description>
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      <title>No. 10: Duc Nghiem on motivation from within</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Duc Nghiem, part 2 of his story as a father: how his own dad shaped him, how his drive came from proving himself to his dad until he burned out, and why he sets no expectations for his daughter. A TechieStory interview from 2021.]]></description>
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      <title>No. 09: Duc Nghiem on raising a daughter</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Duc Nghiem, part 1 of his story as a father: an unplanned pregnancy, stepping back from his startup career for his daughter's first three years, and what raising her taught him. A TechieStory interview from 2021.]]></description>
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      <title>No. 08: Huy Tieu on joining a nonprofit</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Huy Tieu on feeling lost when work stops teaching you, moving from business analyst at a tech company to product manager at a nonprofit, and staying kind through workplace drama. A TechieStory interview from 2021.]]></description>
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      <title>No. 06: Loc Nguyen on working in Germany</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Loc Nguyen, ten years into system architecture in Vietnam when he moved to Germany in 2019, on the culture shock of German work: no pings, booked time, consensus, and doing everything yourself. A TechieStory interview from 2021.]]></description>
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      <title>No. 04: Duc Nghiem on backing startups</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Duc Nghiem on moving from photography and design into startups, building the SHIELD startup community in Vietnam, and how he weighs a startup as an investor. A TechieStory interview from 2021.]]></description>
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      <title>No. 03: Quynh Le on testing as a career</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Quynh Le on fighting her way into IT, moving from Java developer to tester, and why testing is a career, not a fallback for people who cannot code. A TechieStory interview from 2020.]]></description>
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