Faced with the possibility of dying, I spent the night looking at photos of my family on Google Photos, which helped me appreciate my life and memories.

On our first day at Google, we found out that all our plans were changed, and we were assigned to work on Google+ instead of Google Photos, which created a lot of conflict for me.

I believed strongly that Google Photos would be a billion-user product, so I continued to work on it despite being told not to, which led to conflicts with my bosses.

After my treatment, I realized that my job at Google had evolved away from building products for users, and I wanted to work with people who were innovating the future.

After being told to leave the team twice, I leveraged my connections in the industry to gain support for building Google Photos, and ultimately, we got the green light to proceed.

I didn't want my previous work on Bump to be a failure, so I fought to pursue the opportunity with Google Photos, refusing to take no for an answer.

After selling our company to Google, we planned to rebuild our photo roll idea with Google technology to create Google Photos, and I was optimistic about its success.

After waking up alive the next morning, I learned I had leukemia, but there were treatment options available, and I was determined to face the challenge head-on.

After my co-founder was diagnosed with cancer, I realized that being happy and healthy is more important than the company itself, and I now emphasize this to new team members.