You're an inspiration, have you ever heard of Qi Lu? He is a quiet legend in Silicon Valley that also grew up in a rural village in China. He spent years working at a dock, saving up money hoping one day to work in America. He believed the one thing God made sure everyone was equal in, was the time people have in a day. He experimented with his body and realized he only needed 5 hours of sleep per day to feel awake. He spent the day time working and at night researching and writing computer science papers (this went on for years). One day by pure luck, he was able to sit in on a lecture given by a Carnegie Mellon professor who was giving a lecture on a CS topic. Lu was participating and asking very complex questions which intrigued the professor. After the talk the professor asked if Lu had done any research work and if he could show him. WIth a big smile Lu said wait one moment and brought back (I think it was 5) his research papers. The professor gave him an offer to study in America, on a full ride paid by the professor himself. This man ended up becoming a Microsoft executive, COO of Baidu (Google of China) and is now the head of Y combinator. I read this story in the book the Third Door. One of his quotes paraphrased: "Luck is like a bus, it comes and go's, the only way your going to get on is to be prepared and have your ticket"
Ref:
https://leetcode.com/discuss/career/458113/my-inspirational-journey-to-study-in-the-us-and-then-summer-intern-at-google
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