I graduate with a degree in Computer Science.

I was just a normal kid wondering

what it meant to be cool.

I joined programming competitions,

I had done internships at Sun Microsystems

and Microsoft.

Year one,

I get my first job at Sony Pictures in Hollywood.

75K, pretty good.

I worked on the 3D graphics visualization tool

for movie special effects like "Spider-Man".

I'd go to movie premieres, concerts,

anime expos, car drift shows

and the trendy company parties.

In my spare time I'd build silly websites

using a funny language, PHP,

that I had taught myself.

Most apps were pretty bad but fun.

Eventually I started working on a dating app

I named Connections.

It wasn't growing so I added a virtual economy

and renamed it Human Pets.

The app goes viral, generating $300 per day in ad revenue.

At first I thought it would just be fun dinner money.

But it became more.

I started spending my evenings and weekends

building out the website,

handling server crashes as the app generates $2,000 a day.

If I had worked all night,

I would need to take the next day off work.

I loved the work

but it wasn't really a choice for me.

I just didn't have time for both.

And by the end of the year I quit my job.

Year two.

For my birthday, I get myself a one-way ticket to London.

I figured I could work from any where in the world.

And since they speak English there

it'd be a good base.

But I'm disappointed by the city.

It's all business and noisy pubs.

I can't find WiFi,

so I spend most of the days

working out of the Apple Store

standing on my feet.

I visit friends in Italy too,

stopping by Paris, Florence, Rome.

Midyear I return home

and began working on a new app idea,

a series of web-based RPG games.

And it goes viral, generating 5K a day.

Zynga offers to acquire it for 500K.

But I reject the offer, perhaps foolishly,

because if I had taken the offer,

well, Zynga later goes on to IPO.

But, regardless,

I take off for Hawaii for three weeks

where I work from hotel lobbies

teaching myself windsurfing every other day.

I celebrate Christmas

aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean.

It sounds all fun

but I was fairly stressed throughout it all.

Year three

begins as I get into stock trading

and technical analysis.

I needed to learn how to invest.

My commodities trades go well

and I am up 70%.

This year for my birthday

I gift myself an extended trip back to Japan.

It's the first time I go back

since having studied abroad there nine years ago.

I couldn't believe I had let so much time pass.

I visit Kyoto and Miyajima

with a side trip to Hong Kong.

I'd continue to work on bringing my apps

to other platforms like Twitter,

while adding new features.

However, my projects fail to gain traction

and I find myself returning home.

I join a web gaming startup.

And that Christmas I buy myself a DSLR camera

with my new income.

Year four

begins as I quit my job once more.

My brother and I co-found an LLC

to build a portfolio of apps and games.

We name it AVALANCHE

borrowed from the rebellion group name

in "Final Fantasy VII".

Our games gain popularity

and soon I leave for New York.

I wanted to better understand

such an iconic city.

And I wanted to be on the same time zone

as Wall Street too,

so that I could trade properly.

But, New York was so hot and humid in the summer.

It lost its appeal to me.

After six months I gave it up and went home.

I decide to start a new job at a startup

where my sister was working.

So it was fun to see her every day.

I celebrate Christmas at home that year.

Year five begins in Japan again.

I had learned motorcycling

and pre-ordered a Ducati

to remember the craziness of last year.

But at the last minute I canceled the order,

quit my job at the failing startup

and returned to Japan instead.

Unlike previously,

I had more assets this time to enjoy the travel.

And I figured it would be a different experience.

For my birthday I go to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia

in search of Angkor Wat.

It is fantastic.

In March I visit Taiwan for three weeks

getting to finally know my cousins.

The Fukushima nuclear disaster occurs then

and I abandon my flight back to Japan,

instead returning home to California again.

With the regrets of New York from the prior year

still in my head,

I revisit the city with determination this time.

I get a nicer apartment with a window desk

so that I could actually work.

However, few of the apps succeeded like before.

Meanwhile,

I'd heard of a European backpacking route.

So in September I sublet out my room

and book a one-way ticket to Switzerland.

It is the most fun I've had in years.

And I meet so many people.

The route takes me through Italy

into the Cote d'Azur,

through southern Spain

before I grew tired of seeing museums

and my feet grew blisters.

By winter I visit Kauai, Hawaii

and make my first video as a test.

In December I obtain high-end DSLR video cameras

and return to Japan to film Tokyo and Kyoto.

These would be the start of my video channel,

Blue Eden.

This year I had launched a number of web projects

but none really worked out.

Year six begins as I return to New York

to reclaim my apartment.

I stay until the end of the lease

and then return to California.

I preferred the casual tech culture of Silicon Valley.

I asked myself what I wanted and I thought,

150K would be my number.

So I apply to Groupon and tell them what I want

and they agree.

So I take up a position as web developer

and live in San Francisco.

Several months in though, the product bored me

and the commute from San Francisco

to the office in Palo Alto was absolutely brutal

so I quit and took a break

spending the rest of the year

filming time-lapse videos

of the British Virgin Islands

and the Utah Grand Circle.

I was driven by the idea of

youth, health, time and money

and I wanted to maximize them while I had it.

After that, I wasn't sure what to do anymore.

But I thought, I'd go back to Japan

to visit my brother.

And I celebrated Christmas there.

Year seven begins in Japan where I meet a girl.

She catches my attention

and I decide to extend my stay a little bit longer.

With my photography knowledge

I also began development on a new software program

which would become Panolapse,

a software for time-lapses

that would turn out to become a success.

Meanwhile, I had struck a sponsorship

with a sailing company

based on a prior video in the British Virgin Islands.

And they wanted me to do another one in the Bahamas.

I bring my girlfriend back to California

and we go film in the Bahamas.

In July we continue to film in Alaska.

In August, Yellowstone

and in September, Maui.

By the end of the year we return back to Japan

where we spend time living in Tokyo, Yokohama,

Osaka and Kyoto.

I return home for Christmas.

Year eight begins back in California.

I buy a MacBook as a late Christmas gift for myself.

And I also buy an engagement ring.

I invite my girlfriend to California

where we take a trip to Las Vegas.

In February we visit Iceland for my birthday.

But there I also propose under the Aurora.

And she says yes.

In April we visit Japan again

and make a side trip to the tropical island of Guam.

During that time I also began work on iOS apps

and bringing Elven Blood onto the iOS platform.

It is a small success

and I bring my fiance to the US

with a spousal visa.

Meanwhile I began applying to jobs

and landed a position at Google.

We celebrate our bright future in Disneyland.

In year nine we hold a marriage ceremony in Thailand

where again, we have a sailboat

with a sponsorship from the sailing company.

We honeymoon the next month in Hawaii.

By October, we get a puppy, Sunny

and my wife gets pregnant.

Sensing that I won't be traveling for a long time

I get a PlayStation for Christmas.

In year 10, my wife gives birth to our son.

With a baby, a puppy and a full-time job,

I finally settle down and get to work

taking on my mantle as the Tech Lead.