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I sat down with Qin En, co-founder of Glints for a quick chat the other day. It was laid back yet focused, much like the dude himself.<\/p>\n

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Right away, he started off by telling me about what Glints means to him. I could see his passion through his long and detailed explanation about the developments that Glints has undertaken (so long and detailed that it warrants a whole other article). The success of Glints is evident through its ever expanding client and user list and it is clear that a lot of sweat (and possibly tears) have been showered on this project but what struck me most was how lucky he was.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe chose this because we didn\u2019t know any better,\u201d were his exact words and he is thankful everyday that he was fortunate enough to find this start up and find meaning in what he does.<\/p>\n

Perhaps it is his attitude towards life more than anything else that shapes his success. This can be seen through his favorite quote, \u201cExploring, not wandering.\u201d \u201cThe difference,\u201d he explained, \u201cis that exploring has a purpose or a general direction.\u201d And he maintained that \u201cyoung people, no matter what they do, must explore.\u201d Clearly, even though he may have chosen to start Glints because he hadn\u2019t known any better, he had (and still has) a general direction in mind that he\u2019s heading towards.<\/p>\n

Naturally, with him having found his general direction and a rather great job, I had to ask if he had any advice for those of us who have not been as lucky in the job scene and have no specific career goal in mind. His reply was a well thought out explanation about a Venn diagram (refer to the Venn diagram below for a visual summary of what he said).<\/p>\n

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Also, he emphasized the importance of \u201cwriting it down\u201d so that it becomes more real. It doesn\u2019t matter that the first few times you write it down, the circles don\u2019t intersect. Eventually, it will become clearer. As for himself, he has a general direction he\u2019s headed towards but he\u2019s still not sure and it\u2019s already been two years since he started Glints (so not to worry if your circles still don\u2019t intersect).<\/p>\n

Since he works at Glints, a fairly young start up, and Glints started by\u00a0connecting undergraduates with startups, I wanted to know what was so special about working in a startup.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest difference is the amount of responsibility,\u201d he answers, with hand gestures to show the amount of responsibility (hint: it\u2019s a lot). In a start up, everyone pulls their own weight because of the smaller size of the company. Interns are thus given full time roles in terms of their level of contribution.<\/p>\n

Given that he\u2019s the co-founder of a start up, I asked him how stressed he was and his answer was surprising. He chuckled as he happily declared that he has learnt to better manage his stress and can now plug out on the weekends to reflect and recalibrate. Compared to the past when he would be working non-stop throughout the whole weekend, this is a definite improvement.<\/p>\n

Impressively, even though he has so much to do and so many things on his mind, he still has a fairly good sense of humor (to me at least), answering my \u201cwhat\u2019s your best joke?\u201d with a humorous \u201cI tell many throughout the day\u201d.<\/p>\n

After gaining all these new insights into his mind, learning that his favorite author is Cal Newport who wrote \u201cSo Good They Can\u2019t Ignore you\u201d is no surprise. I\u2019m pretty sure he\u2019s on his way to becoming so good he can\u2019t be ignored and he\u2019s bringing Glints along for the ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I sat down with Qin En, co-founder of Glints for a quick chat the other day. It was laid back yet focused, much like the dude himself. Right away, he started off by telling me about what Glints means to him. I could see his passion through his long and detailed explanation about the developments that Glints has undertaken (so long and detailed that it warrants a whole other article). 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