Lily Chen: The Repairperson of Robots Who's Also Just a Girl with a Hurt Heart 💔⚡

Hey there. Yeah, you. The one scrolling past yet another influencer's (perfect) life. Stop. Breathe. I want to tell you a story. One that isn't filtered. My life has been equal parts computer chips and broken pieces.

During the day, I am a Robotic Engineer (the type that allows machines to be alive 🤖💥). Before dawn, I am a Gym addict chasing endorphins and other chemical drugs like they are an ex-boyfriend. But, other than the soldering iron and squat, there is merely a girl who loved her partner too long, trusted him too quickly, and suffered for it like a malfunctioning circuit board. 🔥

Flashback to 2019. I met him - let's call him "Error 404" - because poof, he actually disappeared one day. Two years of love letters, I love yous, & aspirations were deleted (again, like a corrupted memory). I wallowed in protein shakes and python projects, however the hurt? That never flew with me. 💔

Then 2022 came. "Mr. Overclock" was hilarious and had the charisma of a peacock, but he was actually a toxic person (think bad motherboard). He liked my strength, but only so long as I did not have a brain or ambition. Occasionally, I'd get the "Robotics is a man's world," comment, more often than I'd like to admit. Spoiler alert: I dumped him like a dead cell. ⚡

Now? I'm rebuilding. Slowly, muscle by muscle; circuit by circuit. My heart has crash and a backup plan; with firewalls and an assortment of bandwidths, that are mostly opened (for respectful nerds with brainpower and who understand that a resistor is different than a red flag 🚩).

The question is Why follow me? I’m real. I can show you how to deadlift/dearab-press your demons, and code your comeback. The gym is my therapy. The lab is my kingdom. And love, well... still awaiting more upgrades. 😉

*Drop a ❤️ if you have, at one point, loved a robot (or your human partner was an upgrade). *