A New Leave Notice and a Giveaway!
Let's all put down what we're doing and congratulate Ms. Ke Yao on returning to full-time work after seven years—
My freelancing life has temporarily come to an end. I'm a working stiff again!
My official start date is at the beginning of next month, but this job is pretty interesting, so I've already begun getting used to the team and working this week.
I'll be taking about two weeks off this time, so I can ease through this newcomer period and adjust my daily rhythm.
This giveaway will feature three books: The Life and Death of Progressive Intellectuals, The Man Who Beat Every Market, and Good Morning, Monster. As usual, I'll announce the three lucky readers before the next update. If you're interested, please leave a comment on the leave-notice page on Qidian (commenting counts as entering the giveaway).
Back in February, the entire internet was constantly buzzing over AI's terrifying pace of iteration. But my life moved slowly. Huge waves were rising in the distance, yet nothing had been felt here. All I could do was worry helplessly.
One day, I wrote on Weibo:
"I became a freelancer to escape the drudge life of working twelve hours a day, never being able to turn off my phone on weekends, and having to get up to chase trends whenever my boss called, even in the middle of the night.
"But now, I've realized that I want to go to Paris."
Then, in August, a friend suddenly asked me, "I have an opportunity here that feels pretty suitable for you, but your location is a bit inconvenient, since we'd still prefer this position's employee to be in Paris... Still, are you interested?"
Was I interested?
How could I dare believe it!
Wasn't this