<h1>About Me</h1>
<p>Three things fire me up: decentralization, building wealth, and the internet economy.</p>
<p>I'm a blend of all three: a software engineer working to tackle financial issues by building helpful applications, teaching at the <a href="https://sunseeder.com">Sunseeder</a> Project, and creating online communities.</p>
<p>My goals are to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Help people build wealth</li>
<li>Teach crucial skills that schools don't cover</li>
<li>Make Bitcoin and the Lightning Network more practical in developing countries</li>
</ul>
<h2>Experience</h2>
<ul>
<li>Magic Magnet: Created an extension to automate marketing for one-person businesses, powered by AI.</li>
<li>Co-Founded <a href="https://sunseeder.com">Sunseeder</a>: A Vietnamese ed-tech platform teaching crucial skills that schools don't cover.</li>
<li>Created <a href="https://facebook.com/groups/cdhhh">Ham Hoc Hoi</a> Community.</li>
<li>Started <a href="https://facebook.com/groups/giaucham">Giau Cham, Nghi Huu Nhanh</a> Community.</li>
<li>Fell in love with the POS system at Pepper, realizing that software is magic. I closed Pepper to pursue a software engineering career.</li>
<li>Successfully ran Pepper: a fast food restaurant in Da Nang City with my best friends to recover financially after the failed Bamboo project. It helped me learn many valuable business lessons.</li>
<li>Bamboo: An initiative that aimed to be Da Nang's recycling hub, but we underestimated the funding and scaling requirements. It ultimately failed.</li>
<li>Traveled across Vietnam by bicycle, experiencing life without permanent shelter.</li>
<li>Dropped out of university despite being a top-10 student. I saw no promising future in the architecture industry and found it boring, with many people having huge egos. I am forever grateful to a teacher who directed me to books and the Sai Gon city library for self-study. That moment changed my life.</li>
<li>Studied architecture at Van Lang University.</li>
<li>Was an average student in high school.</li>
</ul>


Learn about An Phan - a software engineer from Vietnam working on decentralization, wealth building, and internet economy.


# About Me

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Hey there, I'm An Phan. I come from a poor village in Vietnam where people struggle with money, happiness, and security.

Three things fire me up: decentralization, building wealth, and the internet economy.

I'm a blend of all three: a software engineer working to tackle financial issues by building helpful applications, teaching at the [Sunseeder](https://sunseeder.com) Project, and creating online communities.

My goals are to:

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- Help people build wealth
- Teach crucial skills that schools don't cover
- Make Bitcoin and the Lightning Network more practical in developing countries

## Experience

- Magic Magnet: Created an extension to automate marketing for one-person businesses, powered by AI.
- Co-Founded [Sunseeder](https://sunseeder.com): A Vietnamese ed-tech platform teaching crucial skills that schools don't cover.
- Created [Ham Hoc Hoi](https://facebook.com/groups/cdhhh) Community.
- Started [Giau Cham, Nghi Huu Nhanh](https://facebook.com/groups/giaucham) Community.
- Fell in love with the POS system at Pepper, realizing that software is magic. I closed Pepper to pursue a software engineering career.
- Successfully ran Pepper: a fast food restaurant in Da Nang City with my best friends to recover financially after the failed Bamboo project. It helped me learn many valuable business lessons.
- Bamboo: An initiative that aimed to be Da Nang's recycling hub, but we underestimated the funding and scaling requirements. It ultimately failed.
- Traveled across Vietnam by bicycle, experiencing life without permanent shelter.
- Dropped out of university despite being a top-10 student. I saw no promising future in the architecture industry and found it boring, with many people having huge egos. I am forever grateful to a teacher who directed me to books and the Sai Gon city library for self-study. That moment changed my life.
- Studied architecture at Van Lang University.
- Was an average student in high school.
