这是一本关于 AI、产品、职业焦虑与中年重启的真实记录。

This is a true account of AI, product-making, career anxiety, and a midlife restart.

38 岁那年，作者离开家人，只身一人来到新加坡。

At 38, the author left his family behind and came to Singapore alone.

远离一线多年，早已不再亲手写代码。就在他以为人生轨迹已经定型的时候，公司被收购、家庭分离、年龄逼近，以及行业巨变，同时压了上来。

He had been away from the front lines for years and no longer wrote code himself. Just when he thought the course of his life had already been set, an acquisition, family separation, mounting age pressure, and sweeping industry upheaval all came crashing down at once.

“未来怎么办？”

“What now?”

这个问题，第一次变得如此具体，如此迫近。

For the first time, that question was no longer abstract. It had become immediate, concrete, and impossible to ignore.

2024 年 12 月 25 日，他决定从零开始学习 AI。

On December 25, 2024, he decided to start learning AI from zero.

从最基础的课程开始，从一个几乎陌生的世界重新出发。

He began with the most basic lessons, setting out again into a world that felt almost entirely unfamiliar.

他学得不快，也早已不再年轻。

He was not learning fast, and he was no longer young.

他还有机会吗？

Did he still have a chance?

他要向命运低头吗？

Was he supposed to surrender to fate?

留给他的，仿佛已经没有退路。

It seemed there was no way back left for him.