Hanlin Tang (鈥�04): Former Blue & Gold Editor-In-Chief is now a principal scientist at Intel Corporation.

Alumnus Hanlin Tang (鈥�04) was the Editor-of-chief of The Blue & Gold from 2002 to 2004. After graduating, Hanlin received his bachelor degree from Princeton, where he majored in physics, worked in department policy, and was part of a science newspaper publication. He then spent two years in RAND Corporation, a nonprofit organization where he worked in policy related problems. He is now a principal scientist at Intel AI Lab.

As his career is centered around science and policy, Hanlin recognizes his experience in The Blue & Gold as an important role in his life. 鈥淲riting plays a big role in shaping,鈥� Hanlin said. 鈥淢y writing is way more highly technical writing, which oftentimes is not as rewarding. So no matter where you end up in your career, I think continuing to write is very rewarding.鈥�

Hanlin often interlinks his The Blue & Gold to his current job, as he received a lot of experience in working with a group of people in his time as editor. 鈥淓arly on, I had the chance to kind of be an organized group of students,鈥� Hanlin said. 鈥淲here in all those years we all worked closely for hours to put out a paper every month.鈥�

Hanlin gives the publication credit for letting him understand the importance of meeting deadlines. 鈥淲hen I write research papers now,鈥� he said, 鈥減utting figures and graphics together while working with other people in a stressful environment [helped me] because back in high school, we usually have deadlines.鈥�

Even though he is a very busy person, Hanlin often reopens the door of his high school memories by reminiscing his time in the publication, where he also met his wife. 鈥淏ack when I was [in] the newspaper, I had a very close knit group of friends,鈥� Hanlin said. 鈥淎nd even though we still keep in touch today, it鈥檚 still not the same experience.鈥�

Reflecting back to his high school years, Hanlin admitted that he regrets quitting writing in general and advises The Blue & Gold staff reporters to continue writing even after graduation. 鈥淚 think some more content really helped students for their very true,鈥� Hanlin said. 鈥淲riting is a way of thinking鈥� I actually regretted it when I ended up in college. So no matter where you end up in your career, continue to write.鈥�