Working in the cleaning job was informative; I learned how cleaning companies operate and identified inefficiencies in their booking and scheduling processes.

We realized we needed to learn how to clean properly before bringing professional cleaners onto our platform, so I decided to get a job at a cleaning company to gain firsthand experience.

After a week of working in cleaning, I noticed I was spending too much time in traffic, so I started sleeping in my car to save time before my cleaning gigs.

After a few weeks, I quit the cleaning job because I wasn't learning anything new, but it gave us confidence that we were on the right track with our platform.

Cleaning is much harder than it seems; during our first job, we struggled with a large post-construction home, realizing that cleaning requires significant effort and skill. It took us five days to clean the house, which was a terrible experience for the customer because I had to return the next day and apologize for the lack of progress.

I was surprised to find that many people in San Francisco were working for or starting companies that they truly believed in, contrasting with my experiences abroad where non-profit work felt slow and bureaucratic.

I took pride in my job at the car wash, which helped me improve my English and eventually led to a job at a yogurt shop where I slept in the attic to save money.

I eventually moved to California to work at Google, where I was in online sales and operations, while continuing to explore side projects.

After quitting my job at Amazon, I moved to San Francisco where I found a co-founder and began working on various startup ideas without being picky about the market.