https://vietwillnguyen.github.io/tags/professional/Recent content in Professional on Viet NguyenHugo -- gohugo.ioenFri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://vietwillnguyen.github.io/posts/engineer-to-founder/Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://vietwillnguyen.github.io/posts/engineer-to-founder/From Engineer to Founder: Lessons from Raising $120k Link to heading Recently, my team and I successfully raised $120k in pre-seed funding at a ~$1M valuation through the Antler VN8 Cohort for SENLA for logistics providers. This journey from embedded systems engineer to technical co-founder taught me several lessons worth sharing. Building Beyond Your Comfort Zone Link to heading Transitioning from embedded C++ development in aerospace to full-stack web applications for logistics wasn’t straightforward.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.