Ben Cheung
Ben Cheung

Ben Cheung

Biochemist-turned-engineer. Builder since 15. Community founder.

#1 globally · Flash RTS · 201410K+ developer community founded100K+ words · published webnovel
TL;DR — Biochemist turned SWE. Shipped at Coinbase & Riot Games. Founded a 10K+ developer community. 500+ early-career & career-change 1:1s. Was #1 globally in a Flash RTS at 16. Wrote a 100K-word published webnovel.

Hi, I'm Ben. I co-founded Tech Career North (10,000+ developers), shipped at Coinbase and Riot Games, and completed a second degree in CS through the UBC BCS program. Now engineering at Manulife.

I've been building things since I was 15: communities, games, support orgs, a novel. I hit #1 globally in Stick Empires at 16, then launched OtakuNet, a 2,000+ member anime community I built as a teenager. That led me to Enjin in 2016, where I went from forum mod to founding Developer Relations & Community Lead, owning B2B onboarding, docs, and support through their web3 pivot. That pivot is also what pulled me into CS. I went back to school and completed a second degree in Computer Science at UBC.

If you're navigating that path, from something else into software, the writing here might be useful. Most of it comes from lived experience.

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Say hi: mrbenc88@gmail.com

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education
UWindsor
Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry
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UBC
Bachelor of Computer Science
life outside code
community building
reading/writing
swimming
chess
biking
investing

Work

Writing

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Side Quests

  • Tech Career North0 → 10K+ developer community · founder2025
  • UBC Course ExplorerReact prereq graph · 700+ users in 36hrs · endorsed by BCS director2020
  • noma.xyzprediction markets platform · actively shipping2026
  • OtakuNet2K+ anime community · built at 172014
  • Warlockedroguelike dungeon crawler · C++ / OpenGL2022
  • DropItPolygon NFT drop manager · EthGlobal RoadToWeb32022
  • Legacy sitemy old portfolio · circa 20212021

Highlights

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