as-told-to , bond-market , Business , Business / Artificial Intelligence , Business / Big Tech , Business / Companies , Business / Computers and Software , Business / Markets , Business / Social Media , business-idea , business-insider-today , business-strategy , CoECI News , college , E! Insider , Energy & Environment Newsletter , Finance , Gaming News Roundup , Gear / Gear News and Events , Global , Global Precipitation , global warming , globalstar , hackathons , HEALTH , Home , House , insider-picks , insider-picks-guides , insider-reviews , insider-reviews-2021 , insider-today , job-market , Markets , Markets & Festivals , News , newsletter , Newsletters , Nexstar Media Wire News , People News , Personal Finance , personal-finance , Photovogue / Editorial / News , Politics / Politics News , Property / News , Reviews , reviews-rit-ads , san-francisco , Security / Security News , shop , Shop Beauty , Tech October 12, 2026 This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Raymond Loong Ng, 21, the cofounder of Makeable, a San Francisco-based startup. It’s been edited for length and clarity. I was born in Vietnam and moved to Singapore when I was 9. As a kid, I always had some kind of side hustle. In school, I
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