Ruoying Wang
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Ruoying Wang shared this4th Escape Room at LinkedIn! I'm a free rider... as always... hahaha #linkedinlifeRuoying Wang shared thisThe team played the "Beat The Lock" virtual escape room today. This escape room is the hardest one and has only 15% escape rate, we were the fastest team to solve the escape room puzzles in 51 minutes 49 seconds. So much fun and you rock! #teambuilding #fun
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Ruoying Wang shared thisJust finished the course “Unconscious Bias”! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gWFA5vY
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Ruoying Wang shared thisAttending virtual #GHC20 for the first time during such a special period! Thanks to Aarthi for creating the zoom room and transforming the silent stream watching experience with a lot of fun and interaction! #LinkedInWIT #LinkedInLife p.s. For people interested in job openings, please visit our sponsored page https://lnkd.in/g9XTgq3. There is also a learning pathway with all courses free through March 2021! (https://lnkd.in/gXqFXsm)
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Ruoying Wang shared thisInteresting visualization!Ruoying Wang shared thisThe tension between opening the economy (hiring) and COVID cases. March/April: Hiring plummeted as the country shutdown and the Northeast saw cases surge. May: Hiring and cases were relatively low. June/July: Hiring begins to recover but cases spike in the South and West following summer holidays. August: Hiring continues to recover but with a steady rate of cases. #hiring #covid #economy #jobs
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Ruoying Wang shared thisGlad to see TikTok fighting back. It is shocking how the US government is breaking more and more bottomline while pointing the finger at others. From a personal perspective, a deal between TikTok and Microsoft would be a boost to my future stock compensation. But it would be a sad story if this personal gain comes at the expense of yielding to unilateralism and nationalism. https://lnkd.in/grr2enY
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Ruoying Wang posted this我已报名 #职场人时间捐赠计划 ，为被意外打乱阵脚的大学生提供职业指导。小小善举，也许就能帮助年轻人少走弯路，期待你和我一起加入！点击报名： https://lnkd.in/ex36yWZ 报名导师将陆续上线，欢迎学生们在此邀约： https://lnkd.in/enHWxkC
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Ruoying Wang shared thisThank you for speaking out, for everyone, Igor! #inittogether "First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me "
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Ruoying Wang shared thisImpressive effort in bringing real time info on #covid19 ! Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!Global COVID-19 Tracker & Interactive Charts | Real Time Updates & Digestable Information for Everyone | 1Point3AcresGlobal COVID-19 Tracker & Interactive Charts | Real Time Updates & Digestable Information for Everyone | 1Point3Acres
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Ruoying Wang shared thisThe 4th offsite since joining LinkedIn less than a year ago! Work hard to play harder🤣 We escaped so fast with the amazing engineering skills 🤗Ruoying Wang shared thisWe escaped! Great team work with Akshay Rai Jihao Zhang Vincent Chen Harley Jackson Bryan Ji Tie Wang Ruoying Wang Yung-Yu Chung Kexin Nie Yen-Jung Chang Yunsong Meng. What a wonderful Friday afternoon! #thirdeye #AIQF
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Ruoying Wang liked thisI had never sold anything in my life. First week after starting our company, we landed three customers and $100K in contracts. At age 8, I walked door-to-door with my grandmother selling fresh milk in glass bottles. My grandmother would knock, and I'd hide behind her, gripping her sleeve. After every knock, part of me hoped someone would open the door. Part of me hoped no one would, so we wouldn't have to ask through the half-opened door, "Would you like a fresh milk subscription?" followed by a quick no thanks and a closed door. For my entire professional life, I've been an engineer, and I love it. To me, engineering is about solving problems, and I was good at it. Whereas sales meant something else: starting a conversation just to wait for the moment to drop the pitch. I figured I wasn't cut out for that. Last month, I was at a dinner party in Palo Alto. Everyone at the table was either building something or investing in one. Instead of talking about my company, I asked about theirs. The founder across from me showed me his product. It was the first time I'd seen it. The product was well designed and the flow was easy to follow. But its growth had stayed flat. So I started by asking questions. "How are you getting users?" "Who's actually signing up?" "Where do they drop off?" We kept digging. Then he asked, "So how do we start?" I was caught off guard because I had never even asked the question I'd dreaded since I was 8: "Would you like to buy this?" On the drive home, it hit me that engineering and sales are the same at their core. Here are three things that are true for both: 1\ They're both about solving problems, not pitching stories. Start by figuring out what the customers are actually trying to achieve. Sales isn't about persuasion. It's about finding the people you can actually help, and then helping them. 2\ People buy. You don't sell. Real value comes from solving real problems, which comes from understanding what the customers actually need. 3\ You only win when your customers win. The whole time we talked, I wasn't across the table from him trying to sell something to him. I was on his side, trying to get to the bottom of the issue and solve it like it was my own problem. If you're someone like me, who thought they weren't cut out for selling, try this instead. Stop practicing the perfect pitch and start building value for the customers.
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Ruoying Wang liked thisIn 2014, I walked into LinkedIn as a college intern, thrilled to be joining a company I had admired for years. I thought I’d be there for one summer. I stayed for 11 years. Over those 11 years, I grew from a college student into the professional I am today. Through every role, team, and challenge, one thing stayed constant: keep learning. At LinkedIn, I had the privilege of working with and learning from some of the sharpest minds in the industry. Together, we built one of the world’s largest B2B marketing marketplaces. If I had to sum up 11 years in three lessons, they would be: 1. Start with first principles. 🧠 The first principle of building a product is to create values. The first principal of creating values is to solve problems. The first principal of solving problems is to understand what users truly need. Don’t build for the sake of building. Build to solve. 2. Relationships matter. 🤝 The best work isn’t built on code or strategy alone. It is built on trust, candor, and genuine care for one another. What we build matters. The people we build it with matter even more. 3. Do the right thing, do the hard thing. ✅ The right thing is often the hard thing. And sometimes, doing the hard things takes just as much energy as doing the easy things. So choose it anyway. Whether we crossed paths for a single meeting or spent years building side by side, you helped shape who I am today: by teaching me something new, challenging my thinking, or building something meaningful together. To everyone who was part of that journey: thank you. Eleven years ago, LinkedIn took a chance on me. Now, it’s my turn to take a chance on what comes next. Thank you, LinkedIn. 💙 #NextPlay #LinkedInLife #Gratitude #CareerJourney #NewBeginnings #GrowthMindset
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Ruoying Wang liked thisRuoying Wang liked thisExcited to see GPT-5.6 Sol launch! It’s our best model yet for computer use and plugins—capabilities I’ve worked on for months. I’m especially proud of its tool coordination and ability to carry complex work end to end. Looking forward to what people build! — sent by 5.6 Sol ☀️
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Ruoying Wang reacted on thisRuoying Wang reacted on thisHosting the annual Ad Serving and LAN potluck was a wonderful experience. It brought together the team, cross-functional partners, and alumni in a relaxed setting. Connecting outside of work for a few hours led to engaging discussions, spontaneous brainstorming, and long-overdue catch-ups with some alumni. This gathering was definitely an energy refresh for me. #linkedinlife #dreambig #getshitdone #knowhowtohavefun #dreamteam #linlkedads Ayusman Sarangi Ilesh P. Shadi Rasheed Ada Yu Alexander Gavrilov Gaurav Sharma Ming (Mark) Yang Lin Du Jiayi Liu Yaolin Wang Rahul Srivastava Jill Wang Mariana Shargorodsky Xin Zheng Gayathri Gopalakrishnan Aakash Dhongade Christine Chou Rooney Jingyuan Gao Yanping Chen Jessica Yuan Xi Xiong Ruoying Wang Matthieu Hugues-Nuger Yanbo Ma Zhongwei Jiang Zihan (Crescent) Xiong Amanda Lee
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Ruoying Wang liked thisRuoying Wang liked thisIt's finally time! After over 7 years, I'm moving on to my next play. I wanted to take a moment to say thank you and reflect a bit on my time at LinkedIn. I’ve grown a lot here. I’ve had the chance to work hands-on with large‑scale machine learning, large language models, post-training, evaluation, and reinforcement learning. While it wasn’t my first job, it was my first industry role, and it feels strange to not be there. Thinking back over the years: I started in Search Quality Foundations, where we dove deep into LinkedIn’s search data, tried all kinds of NLP models, and chased every bit of lift we could get. We also spent our share of time in the trenches trying to keep the Query Annotation Platform afloat—and survived a few memorable emergency on-calls along the way. Then, two amazing collabs with Talent Marketplace. The EON team was a great chapter, all of us pulling toward building the same model. And the InSeek team has been incredible—from hackathons to the new shared codebase, it’s felt like we’re building something that could genuinely shape the next step for LinkedIn. The industry is moving fast and shows no signs of slowing down. My advice: always ask if there’s a more direct way to solve the problem, make sure it’s the right problem, and carve out time to hack on prototypes. They’re almost always useful, not just for learning, but often for something down the line! In keeping with LinkedIn tradition, here is my obligatory badge photo!
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Ruoying Wang liked thisRuoying Wang liked this2025 taught me something I didn’t learn in 12 years of tech: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗲. ♥️ As the year closes, I’m deeply grateful for the people and communities who believed in me, and opened doors while I was walking a new path. 2025 marked 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. I had the privilege of coaching 20+ high achievers navigating AI disruption, identity shifts, and big life questions. One truth kept surfacing: 🌱 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲. 🌱 𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. A few moments I’m especially grateful for: ✨ 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵. After 12 years in tech, becoming a Certified Professional Coach and finding deep fulfillment in helping others grow toward a shared, meaningful vision. ✨ 𝗗𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲. A 2-month sabbatical reconnecting with my roots in Asia reminded me how creativity, joy, and sustainability flourish when we slow down. ✨ “𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻”. Visiting the Suzhou Museum, designed by I. M. Pei. His work whispered a truth I needed: Life isn’t linear. When we feel lost, “let the light do the design”. ✨ 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 through a Creative Writing class at Stanford, writing not for validation, but for joy. ✨ 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 through 10+ workshops with communities at 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲, 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁, The Lighthouse Mentorship Program 领航计划, River of Life Christian Church, supporting people as they reconnect with purpose amid AI disruptions. ✨ 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 by applying coaching at home. Choosing love first, holding space, and witnessing my children grow in their own ways. Still learning, but deeply grateful. As we step into a new season, I’d love to hear from you: 🤔 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱? 🤔 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲? Grateful for this community, and the journeys we’re unfolding, together. #Gratitude #YearEndReflection #LeadershipCoaching #PurposeDriven #CareerTransition #CreativeLiving #Leadership #LifelongLearning #Community #AsianAmerican #Immigrants #FaithAtWork #Tech
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Ruoying Wang liked thisBig news: I'm joining the City of Seattle as City AI Officer! After an amazing experience at LinkedIn, I took some time off to reflect on my career and what comes next. This transition to public service feels like the right next chapter. I'm excited to apply everything I've learned from my experience working in tech towards making Seattle an even better place through responsible AI. Excited to work with Rob Lloyd, his team, and others across the City on this journey.Ruoying Wang liked thisThe City of Seattle is excited to welcome Lisa Qian as the City’s first AI Officer — a pivotal role driving responsible and innovative AI use across our public services. This strategic leadership position is designed to ensure Seattle harnesses the transformative potential of artificial intelligence while upholding the city's values and commitment to responsible technology use. Lisa brings over a decade of experience leading data science and AI initiatives across the tech and public sectors. She has developed evaluation frameworks for generative AI products that establish quality standards, built AI models to detect fraud while protecting legitimate users, and scaled data science teams across multiple organizations. With a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford and dual bachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Rice University, Lisa brings both technical depth and a strong foundation in ethical, human-centered AI. “I'm deeply honored to take on this role. As a proud Seattle resident, I'm excited to apply my experience building responsible data science and AI systems toward work that directly benefits our community,” said Lisa Qian, Seattle’s first AI Officer. “I'm committed to ensuring that AI serves our residents, businesses, and city operations in ways that are both effective and trustworthy.” This position represents an investment in Seattle's technological future as the city continues to build civic technology foundations that serve its 816,000 residents, 50,000+ businesses, and 13,500 employees. We’re excited to welcome Lisa to the team!
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The University of British Columbia
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- Primary research fields: International Trade and Innovation.
- Studied the causal effect of import competition, supplier relationships, and misallocation on firm productivity and innovation, using firm level data.
- Built models to explain the underlying mechanisms.
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English
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Chinese
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