Chapter 1359 Never Forget

In Cambridge, on the banks of the Charles River, it was drizzling. Eduardo Saverin walked out of the SANDER Theater with some excitement. Standing at the gate, he stretched out his hand to test the density of the rain, then wrapped his windbreaker tightly around his suit and ran wildly along the dim streets.

After knocking open the door of Zuckerberg's dormitory, he complained a little angrily, "This damn weather has made me lose my grace."

The only answer he got was the "clack clack" sound of the keyboard.

Okay, he shook his head in self-mockery, picked up a piece of clothing that belonged to someone else, and threw it at Zuckerberg who was sitting in front of the computer.

Zuckerberg, who was concentrating on writing code, was suddenly attacked on the head. He did not hide his anger. He looked back with a sullen face. Seeing that it was Edward, he did not get angry. He said excitedly, "Edward, I will definitely win this time. Wait, there is one last paragraph."

"Come on, I have no interest in your games," Eduardo found a towel to wipe his hair, walked behind Zuckerberg and took a look, "I just went to see a Chinese Students and Scholars Association of the Ivy League, and I once again found that there are so many interesting people among those Chinese people,"

"Oh," Zuckerberg responded a little.

But the response did not sound sincere at all, just like a man immersed in his own world, perfunctory to his nagging girlfriend or wife.

"I say, why don't you just go to Silicon Valley," looking at his appearance, Eduardo shook his head helplessly.

During the week in Silicon Valley, Zuckerberg and some engineers of NEXTDOOR had several open and covert battles. This was not because he was arrogant, but because he was a young and energetic guy who was a little impulsive.

As for the results, in general, it was about half and half.

Speaking of which, the engineers of NEXTDOOR have not had an easier time recently than their counterparts at Google. Who can blame the young boss for being so hardworking? He pushed out one website after another.

These websites have another thing in common. They are all the first websites to appear on the market. There is no reference at all, and there is no chance to be lazy.

What is more stressful is that although it is a new website, the boss's requirements for the website are very specific.

But the trouble lies in this specificity.

When the new website project started, the boss could only use very unprofessional words to describe the requirements for this website.

But once there was a prototype and it was ready to get started, as the first non-professional experiencer of all the company's products, the boss's requirements became specific, which function was not easy to use, which interface was not beautiful enough, and which part was really redundant...

He said it very easily, just by talking, but the engineers below were not at ease. Sometimes, some unfortunate guys had to start all over again because of his opinions.

So much so that they would complain privately, "Dear boss, can you be more professional and clearly have very professional requirements for the website from the beginning? Or are you completely unprofessional and smile and say good things about everything we make?"

Why is it so? You really don't understand, but you do understand a little, especially some of your opinions, which really hit the point.

Of course, on the whole, they value Feng Yiping's atypical professional and unprofessional ability between layman and insider very much, because with his supervision, every new product launched by the company will be welcomed by users.

It avoids the troubles faced by many other new products when they are first launched to the market, as well as the small or large improvements that must be made afterwards.

In fact, Google's engineers who are very proud of being favored by the founder also feel deeply about this.

When Zuckerberg and Edward were in Silicon Valley, the engineers were very busy. The engineers at Facebook were very interested in this guy who almost independently completed the work that everyone worked on for a long time. Many people also wanted to learn from him, but they didn't have much time to spare.

Therefore, some of their competitions with Zuckerberg could only be relatively simple in a single field, such as algorithms, JAVA, data structures, security, etc., and there was no time to make a comprehensive and systematic competition.

Zuckerberg's strength lies in his ability in these individual items, which is far superior to ordinary people, but in some individual items, he is really not as good as some engineers in NEXTDOOR.

Therefore, during his time in Silicon Valley, he met many friends with outstanding abilities and common interests and hobbies. After returning to Harvard, he did not lose contact with them. He was not even very interested in many courses in the classroom that he could understand by just looking at them. He was always addicted to playing difficult topics designed by himself with his friends in Silicon Valley.

Recently, probably because they were a little free, they finally sent Zuckerberg a comprehensive project. They designed a "Snake" game, opened a specific API, and allowed interested participants to write an AI in their favorite programming language. Then everyone used their own AI to compete in the game at the same time, and finally decided the winner.

This systematic and fun little competition project made Zuckerberg feel that it was time for him to be the leader. He had carefully revised the draft several times, and the current plan was the best one he thought.

Hearing Eduardo's proposal, he paused for a moment, "Mike said that tomorrow is the final deadline, I have to finish this quickly,"

"You know, their orchestra is practicing again today, it seems that they really want to participate in the amateur symphony orchestra competition," he said with a little yearning.

In Silicon Valley, he not only met many friends with outstanding professional level, but also had a general understanding of the lives of programmers who have already joined the workforce.

They are not as everyone imagines, with irregular and very boring lives. On the contrary, their work is very free and their lives are also very exciting.

NEXTDOOR supports them to organize various groups like in college, and has special funding support. There are also various rewards in different forms for those groups that win awards in various competitions.

The friends he made, in addition to work, all participated in at least one group, and the most, of course, were various sports, from rugby to swimming. It can be said that they have all the events in the Olympics.

Although there are not many people who like Greek literature like Zuckerberg, there are also many people participating in the literary club.

The fewest are those who play art like Mike and his friends, and they play symphony, but their small group is the most active.

"Want to go with them?" Eduardo looked at Zuckerberg with some sarcasm and asked, "Then join NEXTDOOR,"

Zuckerberg paused for a moment, "Come on, Edward, who is always deliberately dealing with those Chinese students now?"

Eduardo was speechless.

After returning from Silicon Valley, Zuckerberg kept in close contact with his friends there, and Eduardo suddenly became very interested in Chinese students.

However, he was more talkative than Zuckerberg, and he defended himself at this time, "I'm just making up for my previous narrow-mindedness,"

"But have you really never thought about stopping your studies and going to Silicon Valley to join that group?" He asked Zuckerberg.

He had seriously and carefully considered this issue. As long as there was a good opportunity there, he would join it without hesitation, and he believed that Zuckerberg was no exception.

It is much more attractive to work with a group of excellent people in Silicon Valley for a common goal, or to spend a few more years here with a group of self-important guys.

I will have time and energy to study in the future, but once I miss the best job opportunity, I will be like some girls who once made me fall in love, and there will be no chance to renew the relationship.

Stop studying? When Zuckerberg heard this, he did not pause, and simply blocked Eduardo's chattering, concentrating on writing the last codes in one go.

With the last click of the mouse, the program he wrote controlled a greedy snake, eating beans quickly.

"Edward, come and see," he shared with his partner anxiously, "This time, I will definitely stick to the end,"