Li Yanhong: Going straight out of life

Life is a long road. Every one of us is a road owner. Without maps or road signs, we can only find our way forward in the dark. "What should a university learn", "going abroad, studying or working", "how to find your own ideals in life", "How to Deal with setbacks in fate", and "can you go straight" ...... There are too many forks in youth, and those failed experiences once again put out the enthusiasm for advancing.

In fact, successful young idols have never been as obscure as we are, have been tempered by fate, and have been confused and frustrated: to maintain a livelihood after graduation, baidu founder Li Yanhong has also worked as a questionnaire investigator to distribute the questionnaire on the Cold Street. In order to realize his dream of going abroad, he has also been in Beijing for more than half a year as a "black household "......

In October 25, Li Yanhong entered the Chinese Science and Technology University and said that he had a simple success in the sunshine, making himself dare, happy, and good at creating value for the world, his spirit of "life can go straight" has been widely circulated in Chinese universities.

What should a university learn?

The University is the golden age of life learning. It is the best time for a person to shape his character and cultivate his abilities. It is one of the most precious and memorable times in his life. However, in a wonderful college life, how should I choose my homework, exams, internships, and part-time jobs? What should I learn? It has always been a problem that has plagued the majority of college students.

Li Yanhong: It's not easy to know what you will do after four years of graduation and what direction you will choose. When we think about it, every major in the National People's Congress may be very different from the industry he is currently engaged in. Even if his university major is exactly the same as his current industry, however, there are very few things that can be used in universities.

Students who have just entered the university campus must have a sense of judgment. The ability to establish an independent judgment is your endless wealth for the rest of your life. You only have to figure out what you are suitable, what are you good at? What do you like? You will be happy in the future.

Where is the stage for science and engineering students?

There are many choices in life. For science and engineering students, whether they should conduct in-depth research and research in professional theory, devote themselves to technology, or should they enter the market as soon as possible, and apply technology to practice to make achievements, it has always been their biggest problem. Where is the stage for science and engineering students?

Li Yanhong: as a science and engineering student, the first thing we need to know is that technology and science are two different things. For example, to learn physics and to engage in the Internet, the two are in different directions. Physics may mainly focus on making papers, the Internet has to do a lot of things and can enter the practical stage and be used by many people. To do this, the most important one here is, you need to know what problem you should solve, rather than how to solve it.

How can you know what problems to solve? This is closer to the market, so in your school, I suggest you contact the outside world more and learn more about the market. It is best to go to the enterprise for an internship and learn what problems they are solving. I think there are no major obstacles to the Ability of College Students to solve problems. The key is to find the problems to solve.

Going abroad, studying or working?

China is changing, the Internet is rapidly integrating with traditional industries, and business rules are being thoroughly changed. When faced with doubts about going abroad, studying, or working, let your own life discard unnecessary detours and Dodge, so that your inner desires drive the real self. If there are shortcuts in life, this is the shortest path.

Li Yanhong: Now this generation of people is much happier than we were at that time. When I graduated from college, my computer conditions, computer conditions, and business conditions were very limited, people who want to do things in the technical field have no choice but to go abroad. There are many options available now: Study Abroad, study abroad, and work. People must do what they like and are good at. You must first determine what you like and are good? If you like to study, you will come to the United States to study abroad. It is a good way to become a professor in the future. If I want to make something like this for many people in the future, I think it is a good choice to enter the company as soon as possible.

At the beginning of 1990s, there were many opportunities for the Internet in the United States. Now, this opportunity has been transferred to China. China's Internet penetration rate is only 30%. in the next five, ten, or even fifteen years, china's Internet will continue to grow rapidly. China already has more than 0.4 billion Internet users and is the world's largest Internet market, which is very attractive. If you want to find your position in this opportunity, whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student, you should seek opportunities in the industry as early as possible.

Every person's path is different, and every person's path is wonderful. I hope everyone can use your own judgment to find the path that best suits you.

How to find the ideal direction?

In the best time of life, it is wonderful to be able to engage in the most loving career and create value for the world while you are growing. However, you must find the ideal you stick to and rely on the power of the ideal to gradually approach success. What is your ideal? Where should I work? These questions of life are still a question mark for many college students.

Li Yanhong: When I was a child, I didn't think so many things. For example, when I wrote my essay in elementary school, I wrote your ideal life in the future, that is, being a scientist or engineer. I didn't think so much at the time, when I was in a middle school, I thought that I could just take a good university. When I went to college, I thought that I could go abroad. I really started to think about what path I would like to take in my life, after arriving in the U. S., I had an internship experience that made me realize what I like.

After a study in the United States, I like things from the bottom of my heart. What I like is that if I can do something to make millions of people in the world, if tens of millions or hundreds of millions of people can use it, this is the happiest thing I feel. So at that time, I realized what kind of path I should take, gradually start looking for your own direction. At that time, although I received a full scholarship in the United States, I also passed the doctorate qualification examination in a short time, and finally gave up my doctorate degree and entered the industry, I joined a Wall Street Company and started my dream journey.

When we choose to do what we like, we need to make choices in our own real hearts, not that you think the society expects you to do this, but that your parents expect you to do this, my friend expects you to do this. Only in this way can you enjoy your work more and more happily. When you encounter difficulties and setbacks, you will not be defeated and enjoy the whole process.

In the face of setbacks, should I bow down or raise my head?

People want to have more happiness and less pain in their lives, but they are destined to be tested and honed. Frustration is a challenge and a test. Successful people can often turn setbacks into wealth, the key issue is how you face it.

Li Yanhong: I graduated in the summer of, and later I went abroad in 1991. This was half a year in the middle. It was actually a low tide in my life. I was studying information science, that is, information management. It is not easy to apply for a job abroad. Although I kept talking to others about my going abroad, I had no idea at all. I applied for more than 20 schools, but until I graduated from February July, I have not yet received a full scholarship from a school, and I have not gotten a full scholarship yet. After graduation, if the school's collective account does not have an organization to go back to its original place, then I had already obtained a passport to go abroad. If I had to go back to my original place, my passport would have been extinct. After I took my registered account out of my school household register, I started to mix it in Beijing in my pocket.

At that time, there were fewer opportunities than today, and many organizations would not want me at that time, because I could not lie in saying that I could do it for a long time. I could only tell people that I want to go abroad. Finally, I found a small company where my senior friend launched an advertising Performance Survey. At that time, my job was to conduct an advertising Performance Survey. In fact, I printed a lot of surveys, door-to-door: Give the questionnaire to others. If you are willing to fill out the questionnaire, I will send you a pen. After a while, I will take the questionnaire back and count the answer. Work is boring, and I don't know what will happen in the future. In the middle of the process, I actually signed a certificate and received a lot of Admission Notices. No scholarship was rejected, I have no tendency to migrate, but I have never given up on green cards. Now I am Chinese.

During that time, I did some simple and repetitive work in a small company every day. However, during the process, I found that this problem was quite interesting. I sent a questionnaire from the very beginning, from statistical analysis to questionnaire design, how can I ask what the advertising effect is? It is still difficult to get the exact results. Many years later, when I think back, this experience is very helpful for the later creation of Baidu and the creation of search engines.

There are different stages in your life. In many cases, you may feel frustrated and look back at the path you have taken. You will find that the vast world is hard to imagine. As a caring person, you can always accumulate some wealth for yourself and accumulate some successful capital for yourself,

Can life go straight?

The straight line is the shortest between two points. However, there is often not a straight line between ideal and reality. Some people will detour, some will blame others, and some will choose to look back and move forward, in the current reality of facing the heavy pressure of life, can life really go straight?

Li Yanhong. But I think the root cause is that people must do what they like and are good. Strictly speaking, search engines were not a hot industry in China more than a decade ago. At that time, people would not think that the path to search engines was a straight line, but now, when searching has become such a big industry and a tool that everyone can't do without in their daily lives, everyone thinks that I am on the right path.

In fact, when I was in middle school, I went to the library to read newspapers from various places with my friends after class every day. At that time, there was no Internet and I had to rely on newspapers to obtain information, I thought it was amazing to get so much information. At that time, I began to be interested in information management. Later, journals became a major in information management, and many concepts were established in college. Later, I began to prepare to go abroad, but the United States did not have a corresponding major. It was a relatively biased discipline, so it was not the kind of straight line that most people saw in their minds, but because I like what I like and what I do, I keep moving in this direction.

This kind of straight line is the line in your own eyes. When you look for it, you can do it without leeching. This is also a creed that I truly believe.