https://vietwillnguyen.github.io/tags/personal/Recent content in Personal on Viet NguyenHugo -- gohugo.ioenSun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://vietwillnguyen.github.io/posts/vietnam-hearts/Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://vietwillnguyen.github.io/posts/vietnam-hearts/How a Classroom in Vietnam Changed My Life Link to heading The First Day I Almost Quit Link to heading When I first walked into that classroom in Vietnam, I barely knew a word of Vietnamese and had never taught before. My first lesson was a disaster—kids talking over me, no one paying attention, and me not understanding a thing. I left that day seriously considering quitting. But as I was packing up, one of the kids tugged at my sleeve and asked,https://vietwillnguyen.github.io/posts/digital-license-plates/Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://vietwillnguyen.github.io/posts/digital-license-plates/It was probably the biggest professional challenge of my career, all as junior engineer. Link to heading In 2022, I took on a project that would define much of my year: building Remote ID for our drones. For those unfamiliar, Remote ID is the FAA’s new requirement—basically a digital license plate that broadcasts a drone’s identity and location in real-time. Without it, our entire fleet would be grounded. No worries… At that time I was still figuring out how a 401k worked.