Software engineer quit a $250,000 job to open a matcha cafe in Manhattan: 'I wanted purpose and meaning'
- Posted on June 4, 2026
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Software engineer quit a $250,000 job to open a matcha cafe in Manhattan: 'I wanted purpose and meaning'
Michelle Yeung walked away from a lucrative software engineering career to open a matcha cafe on Manhattan's Lower East Side.