Why I work so hard (despite having a ‘good’ job) | Tina Huang
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Jan 8, 2026
In a busy world, one individual shares how she thrives by continuously learning. Juggling multiple roles, she believes that combining diverse skills leads to personal fulfillment. She explores efficient learning in today's information age, stressing the importance of synthesizing knowledge. Her passion for learning transforms into creative endeavors, while accountability, a growth mindset, and community support help maintain her learning habit. This journey reveals that the pursuit of knowledge can create happiness and strengthen capabilities.
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Design Your Own Happiness
Tina Huang realized there is no single 'dream job' that perfectly fits you.
Designing a multi-part lifestyle yields more fulfillment than chasing one perfect role.
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From Dream Job Hunt To Lifestyle Design
Tina searched for a dream job through books and self-help but concluded it doesn't exist.
She now combines a day job with YouTube, courses, and trading to design her happiness.
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Divergent Skills Multiply Strengths
Divergent skill sets often combine to create unexpected advantages.
Tina's pharmacology, CS, and YouTube skills each strengthened her data science work.
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Why I work so hard (despite having a ‘good’ job)✉️ NEWSLETTER: https://tinahuang.substack.com/
It's about learning, coding, and generally how to get your sh*t together c:In this video I talk about why I always make time to learn new things AND how I manage to do it even though life gets very busy balancing being a data scientist, a course instructor, youtuber, and a (still relatively new) trader.🔗Affiliates
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00:00 Intro
01:12 Create your own happiness
03:11 The whole is greater than the sum
05:33 Efficient learning in the information age
07:18 Learning is fulfilling
07:59 How I maintain this habit📲Socials
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instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellotinah/linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinaw-h/discord: https://discord.gg/5mMAtprshX🤯Study with Tina
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Study with Tina channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI8JpGrDmtggrryhml8kFGwHow to make a studying scoreboard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAVw910mIrIScoreboard website:
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https://bit.ly/3wvPzHB🎥Other videos you might be interested in
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How I consistently study with a full time job:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INymz5VwLmkHow I would learn to code (if I could start over):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHPGeQD8TvI&t=84s🐈⬛🐈⬛About me
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Hi, my name is Tina and I'm a data scientist at a FAANG company. I was pre-med studying pharmacology at the University of Toronto until I finally accepted that I would make a terrible doctor. I didn't know what to do with myself so I worked for a year as a research assistant for a bioinformatics lab where I learned how to code and became interested in data science. I then did a masters in computer science (MCIT) at the University of Pennsylvania before ending up at my current job in tech :)📧Contact
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youtube: youtube comments are by far the best way to get a response from me!
linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinaw-h/
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