From the desk of —

Terry Tang

Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft AI, building Copilot. Before that: LinkedIn, Snap, and a start at McKinsey that taught me the only thing I still believe about careers.

this is my corkboard.
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Terry Tang
me @ the MAI offsite, 2025
— BOARDING PASS —
MAI / Copilot
TO · THE FUTURE
SEAT 4A · DEPARTED 2025
TERRY TANG / ✱ ✱ ✱ ✱
McKinsey, 2017. — scrawled on a napkin:
“we’re here to serve.”
— my first manager
the rules:
1. keep building.   2. share freely.
3. have fun. 🎈
— Chapter One —

how I got here

four jobs, one through-line.
Ch. 1 · 2017
Consulting
@ McKinsey
the napkin
McKinsey break room
Learned that showing up is most of the job. Kept showing up.
Ch. 2 · 2019
First DS role
@ Snap
snap office pass
Santa Monica
Shipped consumer. Discovered users truly hate horizontal scroll.
Ch. 3 · 2024
Monetization
@ LinkedIn
linkedin badge
Sunnyvale
Professional network, ads ecosystem, zeroes on the end of metrics.
Ch. 4 · 2025
Copilot
@ Microsoft AI
mai welcome kit
SF
Front-row seat to AI changing everything. Sharing the ride.
the through-line: keep building · share freely · have fun
— Chapter Two —

the workshop

side projects in various states of repair.
— Chapter Three —

things I wrote

printed out and pinned up. comments and all.
Terry Tang
Member of Technical Staff · Microsoft AI · 2d · 🌎
printed
We're not meant to build alone

By 6 PM last Tuesday I was more drained than I'd been in months.

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— Chapter Four —

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what I’m up to

✓Building confidence in decision-making at Copilot
✓Recording a YouTube series on using AI to our benefit
✓Hosting Saturday dinners for the Haas MBA cohort & friends
✓Reading: What is a Good Life? (中文)
✓Tinkering: something new every weekend
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