Michael Lin

Entrepreneur. Engineer. Writer. Ex-Netflix. EECS @ Berkeley.

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Engineering Is My Passion ๐Ÿค๐Ÿผ

Iโ€™m Michael, an ex-Netflix tech lead turned entrepreneur.

By day, I run All-In Engineering Consulting. We help VC-backed startups build MVPโ€™s.

By night, I write a weekly newsletter about entrepreneurship, engineering, and life.

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Media Appearances ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ”ธ Published on Business Insider and Yahoo Finance (June 2022) ๐Ÿ”ธ Paid Speaking Engagement at Apex Fintech (July 2022) ๐Ÿ”ธ Winner of โ€œBest Storyโ€ Award on Medium (August 2022) ๐Ÿ”ธ Interview with Univision LA (November 2022) ๐Ÿ”ธ Interview with Acquire.com about selling RecordJoy.com (January 2023) ๐Ÿ”ธ Virtual talk at Taro, a career mentorship app (January 2023)

Top 3 Highlights ๐Ÿ†

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Interview w/ Acquire.com

I discuss my learnings from selling recordjoy.com in April 2022.

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Talk @ Apex Fintech

A paid speaking engagement I did in Portland Oregon, July 2022.

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Interview w/ Univision LA

I share my thought process around quitting Netflix (in Spanish).

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Fun Facts ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ”ธ I placed 45th out of 275 at the National Spelling Bee in 8th grade (misspelled: โ€œflicflacโ€) ๐Ÿ”ธ I learned all my writing skills from Speech and Debate in high school ๐Ÿ”ธ Iโ€™m Elite Smash at Smash Broโ€™s Ultimate (top 3% online) ๐Ÿ”ธ Iโ€™m a National Master in Chess (top 1%, 2200+ elo) and 99.9% in Blitz on Chess.com (2403 rating)

Top 3 Articles ๐Ÿ“

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Why I Quit a $450k Engineering Job at Netflix

Playing it safe is the riskiest option of all

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How to Be a 10x Software Engineer

3 common mistakes engineers make. Are you making them?

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Build Your Brand, Not Your Business

Everyone is a brand. Yes, that means you!

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