CZ Shares Early Life Experiences: From Working at McDonald's to Self-Sufficiency and Transitioning into Tech Entrepreneurship

Odaily News CZ reposted an interview video from a podcast on platform X. In it, he mentioned that one of his first jobs was working at McDonald's around the age of 14. At that time, the minimum wage in British Columbia, Canada, was 6 Canadian dollars per hour, but McDonald's paid only 5.5 Canadian dollars per hour due to a special exemption clause. He started learning programming in high school. When choosing a university, he hesitated between the University of Waterloo and McGill University, and was influenced by a friend's mother to choose McGill to study biology. However, he switched to computer science after one semester. He avoided student loans by working part-time during summer vacations and the school year. He received some small support from his father and sister early on but later became completely self-sufficient. After his twenties, he transitioned into business development.