# @jonmchu on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C4gF4J1NEU4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/28814644-jonmchu-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-03-14T16:30:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jon M Chu (@JonMChu) — https://gondola.cc/JonMChu

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I grew up in the future: Silicon Valley, California before it was the center of the world. The Valley in the 1980’s brimmed with optimism and dreams of changing the status quo, a place where engineers reigned supreme and open source was gospel…And there I was folding napkins in my family’s Chinese restaurant dreaming of the day I could escape to Hollywood to make movies like Steven Spielberg. Little did I know that these worlds would collide in the most spectacular disruption of what seemed like an indestructible industry and that I would indeed be discovered by Steven Spielberg himself. I lived through these earth-shattering changes first hand, have had a front row seat to history and am still feeling my way through it. So I partnered with my friend Jeremy McCarter (Hamilton: The Revolution) to write about it. It’s a book I wish I had during  my formative years, filled with lessons on navigating not just the labyrinth of the industry, but the broader world around us. I’m so excited to be sharing with you soon. It’s Called VIEWFINDER: a memoir of seeing and being seen and it’s up for preorder now releasing in July. Your support means the world to me and I can’t wait to share more with you soon. #Viewfinder (link to order in my bio)

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