Zhen Yao Yin Works at a bank
Who are you and what do you do?
My name is Zhen, and I work in a bank to earn money to pay for my hobbies, which mostly involve making travel vlogs and other videos which I put up on youtube.com/zhenyaoyin (shameless plug).
What makes you get up in the morning?
Creating things that make people stop and think to themselves, “This is pretty cool!” I always try to sneak in my own sense of style and humour into my work, much to my colleagues’ chagrin.
What keeps you up at night?
How to some day turn my ‘second job’ into my ‘real job’. Until then, I don’t mind climbing the corporate ladder as that helps pay for my trips to far-off places.
I would also like to do something to help solve the problem of food wastage. Isn’t it a bit silly that so much perfectly good food gets thrown away while there are people still starving?
The one thing you regret the most.
Not going on a work-and-travel/working holiday programme to the US or any other country after graduating. Now I’ll never know what it’s like to work at a theme park!.
What is the one thing you’ve learned and want to pass on to the next generation?
Instead of comparing yourself to others, instead ask yourself: “Would ‘me’ from 5/10/15 years ago be proud of the person I am today?” It is always a good idea to take a step back and reflect on the things that you have achieved. And if the answer is a ‘no’, what can you do to turn that into a ‘yes’?
What is the one thing that we should have asked, but we didn’t, and what’s the answer?
If money weren’t an issue and you could do anything you want for a living, what would that be? It’s a toss up between being a host for a travel show or doing musical theatre. However, my rational mind thought better of it so I pursued a stable, corporate job instead.
Posted on Thursday, 11 January 2018