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Biggest Bet?! Starting a Company
I quit my corporate job at Microsoft and my academic job at MIT this Friday. I still remember all the details of applying to these jobs in Spring 2026, vividly. It was a painful and uneasy process, especially when you...
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Alignment in the Industry
I coffee-chatted with several people after I moved to the Bay Area. Stanford PostDocs, Google full-time research scientists, Microsoft applied scientists, founders, investors…. And here are my reflections on my 1-month move here.
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Train Myself through Fine-Tuning
These past months have been consumed by interview preparation, a process that is busy, chaotic, and messy. I’ve experienced many first-round rejections and several disappointments after completing full loops, often receiving nothing more than a “no” without explanation. This experience...
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About my Academia Life
I received many inquiries about my academic life. I think it might be great to share some details behind my resume. What happened before my PhD? Why PhD and why not PhD? How’s my PhD? Is it easy? I want...
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I Graduated from Ph.D.!
Welcome to 13-day-old Dr. Hao’s blog! I’m excited to start sharing my thoughts and experiences in AI research, healthcare technology, and beyond. All my blogs are written without AI so bear with me on grammar errors.
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