I realized I hated computer engineering, so I joined my father in the food business. We fight every day, but I don't regret it.

Ethan Tan joined his father's hawker business and branched out.

Aditi Bharade

• While studying computer engineering, Ethan Tan realised he hated it and the idea of a corporate job.
• He joined his dad in the hawker business and learned how to maintain a father-son relationship outside work.
• Now, he runs his own prawn noodle stall and has big dreams of expanding to more outlets.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ethan Tan, a 24-year-old prawn noodle hawker from Singapore.