Getting Lost

This is the first segment of a two-part interview with Henry Yiu principal and creative director at “States of Matter” a marketing firm in Seattle, Washington. In this interview, Henry opens up and describes his experiences when he immigrated from China. He talks about how he overcame the English language barrier and adapted to the school system in the Midwest of the United States. He paints a story of growing up and how he developed his interests in math, sciences, and the arts. He conveys a lot about himself in trying to figure out what he could do as a career with his passions—leading to a discussion on how he decided to pursue a predictable route in engineering. This then, led to how he researched and evaluated a variety of universities leading to his selection to attend Purdue University. In attending Purdue Henry gives the listener a vivid illustration of his experiences attending such an institute. This includes the culture shock as he came out of high school as a student at the top of his class and then struggled to keep up with the demands placed on him at Purdue. This interview has many good conversations that address the pressures on the social and psychological front that some students face when they are on the wrong career path. This interview will cater to anyone who has experienced or is experiencing the implications of being an immigrant and how someone like Henery adapted settled down and excelled. There is some insight into engineering programs at respective universities. More importantly, this illustrates how someone like Henry dealt with the turmoil of being on a questionable career path. It is an eye-opening and candid look at how some will deal with the vulnerabilities and confusion that are the result of being on the lesser desired career path. https://statesofmatter.com/