A Million Dollar Lesson with Sze Wong | Ep. 58

About this episode

Sze Wong discusses his journey in software development and entrepreneurship, including lessons learned from near bankruptcy and innovative coding practices.

Sze Wong is the Founder and CEO of Zerion Software, a software development company building technology to help teams perform better field data collection. Listen to Sze talk about how he turned teaching java into a business, how he nearly went bankrupt after failing to recognize the macroeconomics of his business, how he founded and pivoted Zerion Software to become an idea factory, how he embraces and nurtures new forms of software development such as vibe coding, and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Sze's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/szeywong • Sze's Website: https://www.szewong.com/ • Zenith Venture Studio: https://www.zenithstudio.io/ • Craft your world: Create a life worth living through entrepreneurship: https://www.amazon.com/Craft-your-world-through-entrepreneurship/dp/B0BCD4ZY3P — Interested being on the show? contact@perrytiu.com Sponsorship enquiries: sponsor@perrytiu.com Follow Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer and leave a review • Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3RASg8x • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Is85V7q2hLIBtmynIhnJr?si=perrytiu • Youtube: https://youtube.com/@perrytiu More Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer • Website…

People in this episode

Host: Perry Tiu

Guest: Sze Wong

Topics covered

• software development
• entrepreneurship
• business lessons
• field data collection
• pivoting business
• macro economics

Keywords

• Sze Wong
• Zerion Software
• entrepreneurship
• software development
• business lessons
• vibe coding
• macro economics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zerion Software, Zenith Venture Studio

Books & works: Craft your world: Create a life worth living through entrepreneurship

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