Hello! · Make My Nut

Hello!

## What's your nickname?

Mikan (mee-kahn) it is the word for "orange" in Japanese. Since it is hard for Japanese people to say my last name, they shorten it to this. They all do it.

## Where are you from?

I am from America, the US. Where in America? I have lived all over the place while growing up. But mostly California.

For the last 10 years I have been living in Japan and only have a feeble grasp on the language. Just enough to survive and get by.

## Biggest strength?

Getting by. Dreaming.

## Biggest weakness?

Getting by. Dreaming.

## What do you do?

I work full time at an electronics recycling facility. I fell backwards into the job and didn't even know it was a real job. But with this job I will have worked through the complete circle of online commerce since I started working in tech support 20 years ago.

I sort through a couple of tons of discarded electronics every day, and sometimes haggle with people from around the world. There are networks that stretch around the world from the first world to the developing world; trading junk and creating value from junk and it is extremely interesting.

A few months ago I started auctioning off items online that are perfectly usable. I will start doing minor refurbishments as soon as I can convince my boss to let me buy some equipment.

I also teach English in my free time. I spent most of the last 10 years in Japan teaching English at public schools and to professionals at for-profit learning centers. I am working on a product in the bit of free time I have within my free time.

I also have a couple of kids and a wife.

## What's your goal inside this community?

I really like the idea of being my own boss and getting paid to work on a product and build a business. It is something I have been working towards all my life but I only realized it during the pandemic.

## What triggered you to sign up? (Was it an email, IG post, Skool post?)

I think I saw it on linked in. It was free and sounds too good to be true, but also it made sense. I also thought it would be awesome to work on something that could save the world.

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