Jarod Zhang
Founder at 数字游民部落
Inner Mongolia, China
Summary
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Top SchoolJarod Zhang is a founder and former oilfield engineer turned content entrepreneur who has spent a decade blending technical field experience with lifestyle design to promote location-independent careers. After five years running wireline operations with Schlumberger and regional marketing in the Middle East, he pivoted to build Jarodise.com, a leading Chinese-language resource for aspiring digital nomads that pairs inspirational case studies with practical escape strategies. His background in petroleum geosciences (MSc, University of Alberta) and hands-on field roles gives him credibility translating complex technical careers into remote-friendly opportunities. Based in Inner Mongolia, he combines global field experience with grassroots content creation and community-building, and unusually for a founder he still emphasizes on-the-ground travel and culturally localized guidance for Chinese professionals.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Integrated Petroleum Geosciences, 3.6/4, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Integrated Petroleum Geosciences, 3.6/4 at University of AlbertaBachelor's Degree, Petroleum Geosciences, Bachelor's Degree, Petroleum Geosciences at China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
Chinese, English
Github Skills (88)
trello10
markdown10
clojure10
knowledge-management10
knowledge-graph10
graph10
org-mode10
clojurescript10
collaboration9
obsidian9
chatbot8
google-keep8
journal8
privacy8
agent8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
jarodise/List99
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
Contributions:24 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
jarodise/Dracula-for-Obsidian.md
Jun 2020 - Apr 2021
A dark theme for Obsidian.md
Contributions:49 commits, 4 PRs, 79 pushes in 10 months
obsidian-mddark-themeobsidian-pluginobsidiandark
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