[FRAMED]: Min Jiang, R&D Software Engineer, London

[FRAMED] exists to shine light on Framestore’s most fascinating cast of characters: its people. Presented with a probing list of questions and a demandingly short deadline, this feature puts the hopes, dreams, and desktops of our MVPs on the digital wall, for all to see. Welcome to [FRAMED].

What was your last brush with greatness?

My newly published paper, and getting highlighted for it in our monthly meeting

Your worst character fault?

Too afraid to fall over!

Your most shining quality?

I hold on, right to the end

If you had taken a different path, what would you be doing now?

Running a coffee shop (even though I don’t drink coffee)

You’re on the run from the law, where are you headed?

Mars

Who’s your fantasy cellmate?

Wentworth Miller from Prison Break

What’s your most valuable skill?

Writing C++ (which got me the job at Framestore!)

What’s your favorite movie/TV show?

Friends (those good old days)

Name your vice/pet peeve?

My internet is too slow

The DREAM project would entail:

Loads of difficult technical challenges

Your career highlight to date?

Seeing my name on the big screen for the first time

Give us a desk tour

Two screens, two keyboards, Google home, a lamp and a Chinese desk calendar

What do you need to work, on the daily?

Music and peace

Framestore is, to you, in three words:

Inspiration, teamwork, art

Best thing about your work environment? (at home!)?

Short commute (from bed to desk)

Framestore is great at:

Bringing characters alive

Fictional character you’d like to hang with?

Wall-E

If you ruled the world:

I’d send myself an Oscar every year!

Happiness looks like:

Cotton candy on the beach

If not here, then where?

Brazil

What do you think of too often?

My Mum’s cooking

Show us your workstation:

Min Jiang, you’ve been [Framed]!