2025-11-05-tether-why-interested-video-script
Tuesday, November 5th, 2025
Why I'm Interested in Working at Tether - Video Script
Hey Paolo and the Tether team. My name is Gary Sheng and I want to use this video to make something very clear:
I'm not just trying to work for a successful stablecoin company. I'm trying to work for a company that wants to and is capable of doing what it takes to build the future of civilization.
What excites me about Tether is that you understand something most crypto companies don't: the intersection of crypto and societal development. Your governance partnerships with cities, your serious investment in tokenization of real-world assets—it just shows how much you get that this kind of experimentation is what actually moves the needle for society.
Let's be honest: a company has to be massively capitalized to build partnerships with cities. That's why there are almost no companies like Tether that I would want to work for. Most crypto companies are building financial instruments at best. But you're already in the process of building an institution that can meaningfully fund a new kind of civilization.
This civilizational innovation stuff has been an obsession of mine for at least three years now. I played a meaningful role in Vitalik Buterin's early pop-up city experiments. I believe crypto-integrated cities will be the next Silicon Valleys. So when I saw what Tether is doing in Da Nang, I immediately thought: this is it. This is the company that's actually doing what I've been talking about for years.
Thinking a little further down the line: I'm super well-connected in entertainment spaces, culture spaces, and even some urban development spaces. To have a very tech-advanced city that also has great cultural gravitational pull and is very healthy—you can imagine creating an amazing center of gravity. But that's a little further down the line.
Regarding the role of Technical Documentation Lead specifically: I'm wired to care deeply about documentation, as I mentioned in my cover letter and the answers below this video. I started my career at Google Cloud, writing features and helping write the documentation for those features. Over the years, I've developed this framework I call "truth management" about how organizations document and share their operational knowledge, both internally and externally.
The reason I'm so passionate about something as nerdy as documentation is because I believe great documentation—transparent documentation—is what enables ambitious visions to scale, especially when you have remote teams and remote customers.
I want to lead your documentation efforts. I want to help Tether's vision reach the developers, city leaders, and builders who will use Tether's tools and products to create the future. I can totally see myself first making an impact in this documentation area, really nailing it, and then taking on more and more responsibility for the company to help achieve its super ambitious goals.
A quick note: I don't see documentation as just a stepping stone. I see documentation as foundational to the success of the company. I can see myself getting involved in documentation stuff even five years from now, ten years from now if I were at the company for that long, because it's so important to keep companies aligned.
I've consulted for billionaires who, despite their amazing visions, were unwilling to invest in documentation. This led to major failures even as they invested billions of dollars into their projects. Documentation really matters.
Overall, this company and role are the intersection of everything I care about: crypto, cities, documentation, and ultimately building the future of human flourishing.
That's why I'm interested in working at Tether. Thank you for considering my application.