T’s Mobile Living Room Hangzhou｜纽约程序员回杭州创业后悔了么？From NYC to Hangzhou: One Engineer’s Startup Gamble

After parting ways with Haoyu in New York last November, I’ve often seen him in our group chat talking about how fulfilling it’s been to return to Hangzhou and working as a founder at an AI incubator. Recently, I spent a couple of days in Hangzhou and stopped by his incubator to sit in on one of their incubator’s knowledge share. It genuinely made me happy to see him regain a sense of agency.For this first episode of TT Mobile Living Room, we focus on a software engineer who left a corporate role in the U.S. to return to China and start his business, looking at how his life has changed. No matter what choices we each make, I hope his reflections on identity anxiety, career development, and self-definition offer something to think about as we consider our own paths—具体内容Content Breakdown：0’50 嘉宾介绍 Guest Introduction1’05 回国选择杭州 Why He Moved Back from New York to Hangzhou2’45 找到创业社群和孵化器 Current State at a AI accelerator in Hangzhou3’15 在国内重新获得主体性 Rebuilding Agency4’23 在国内的具体爽点 Favorite Things in Hangzhou5’22 回国后更像自己的瞬间 Regaining Authentic Self at Work5’53 会想念的点 Things Went Missing6’35 创业后打破之前的认知 New Realization as a Founder7’12 理想生活状态是不活在过渡期 Living Against the Idea of “Transition Phase”—欢迎大家在以下平台关注我们 Please find us at platforms below:小红书 （RedNote）：@TT客厅Youtube Channel： www.youtube.com/@TsLivingRoomB站：https://space.bilibili.com/3493266265737814小宇宙：https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/6796f93fce6dc065d2f6a87eSpotify：https://open.spotify.com/show/6CGyl1XCXXOk3JUkUTV0PW?si=WKssHVYSQEiA6hmM4hv7xAApple Podcast：https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ts-living-room-|-tt客厅/id1794018107—✨TT客厅是一档中英双语的视频播客，以自我探索与成长为切入点，展开与不同背景朋友的真实对话。话题涵盖个人经历、职业路径与文化观察等广泛议题，在轻松真诚的交流中连接彼此，搭建一个分享和产生共鸣的空间。欢迎大家一键三连最新的片段。✨T’s Living Room is a bilingual video podcast in Chinese and English, using self-exploration and personal growth as a starting point for authentic conversations with people from diverse backgrounds. Covering a wide range of topics—from personal journeys and career paths to cultural reflections—the podcast creates a relaxed and sincere space for sharing, connection, and mutual resonance.