ICCV Daily 2021 - Tuesday

me before I fall in. " I didn’t mean to compare myself to Linus, but I’m also more of the second type of person. I work hard, and I’m very interested in learning more. I try to do well with the task at hand, and then opportunities will come. You sound very confident! It has worked well for me so far! I plan to continue this pattern. Tell us about the University of Wuhan. Wuhan is like my second hometown. I spent high school and college in Wuhan. Wuhan is famous for having a lot of universities. Wuhan University is a general university. It has all different majors in different domains. It has a very diverse background. People came here from all different cities of China. It’s a really diverse environment with a lot of activities going on. For me, I was more into studying. I was preparing for my English exam. I was going to the lab to get some experience to prepare myself for studying abroad. From that perspective, I didn’t really participate much in my university. How did you start working at Microsoft and Facebook? In my PhD, I was trying to work very hard in my research. There are certainly difficulties in the PhD process. I am generally trying to expand my knowledge and dive deep into problems. When I graduated, I started interviewing. It went very smoothly. I received offers at interviews on-site. Actually, that’s the first time I felt like, “ Oh wow, I’m doing well! ” There were times when I was looking for an internship, but I didn’t get the meetings. In the end, when I was looking for jobs, it got easier. Then I joined Microsoft remotely from the Bay Area due to family reasons. The team members were all in Redmond in Seattle. I joined them because I really enjoyed the interview process, having an interaction with the team and the manager and I really enjoyed my time there. I didn’t plan to move, and I don’t like to travel frequently. So after two years, I changed to Facebook and stayed in the Bay Area, although I haven’t been to the office yet due to the COVID situation. So you work for Facebook, but you have not been to Menlo Park yet? “…they assume and call me Mr. Yin…” 23 DAILY ICCV Tuesday Xi Yin