From the desk of

Terry Tang

Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft AI, building Copilot. Before that, ads at LinkedIn and data science at Snap. I started at McKinsey (the napkin is from there).

this is my corkboard.
NOW · ONLINE
> shipping copilot online evaluations
> tidytab now on ios + android
> writing weekly on linkedin
> building fun stuff on the side
Terry at a cafe table in Saigon, flashing a peace sign over a cà phê
me enjoying my Cà phê in Saigon, 2024
· BOARDING PASS ·
MAI / Copilot
TO · SF
SEAT 4A · DEPARTED 2025
TERRY TANG / ✱ ✱ ✱ ✱
the rules:
1. keep building.
2. share freely.
3. have fun.
McKinsey, 2017, scrawled on a napkin:
“we’re here to serve.”
- my first manager
Chapter one

how I got here

four jobs so far.

  1. № 1 · 2017

    Consulting

    @ McKinsey
    McKinsey, 2017
    McKinsey break room

    First job. Most of what I learned was how to show up.

  2. № 2 · 2019

    First DS role

    @ Snap
    Snap, 2019
    Santa Monica

    First job on a consumer app. Turns out people hate horizontal scroll.

  3. № 3 · 2024

    Monetization

    @ LinkedIn
    LinkedIn, 2024
    Sunnyvale

    Ads, in other words. The metrics had dollar signs now.

  4. № 4 · 2025

    Copilot

    @ Microsoft AI
    Microsoft AI, 2025
    SF

    Shipping online evaluations for Copilot. Still writing every week.

still the rules: 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.

Terry Tang
Member of Technical Staff · Microsoft AI · May 2025
printed
We're not meant to build alone

It was 8 PM on a Thursday. I was 5 hours into debugging alone at a client's office.

[ … keep reading on LinkedIn ]
May 2025
“read this on the BART and cried a little.” - a reader
Chapter four

on the air

youtube.com/@TerryTang0330

now · updated Aug 22, 2026

what I’m up to

  • Shipping online evaluations for Copilot
  • Recording YouTube videos on tech careers and AI
  • Hosting Saturday dinners for the Haas MBA cohort & friends
  • Reading: 何为良好生活
  • Tinkering: something new every weekend
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