Hi, I am David Huang.

My story spans from Taipei, where I grew up, to New York City, which I currently call home.

By day, I lead Strategic Planning at YouTube. You could say my team handles the company's strategic 'plumbing'—making sure that at the scale of YouTube, our people and dollars are invested in exactly the right places. Previously at Google Ads, I started in data science on the sales strategy team to figure out what works for ad sales at scale, then moved to a deal desk to restructure ad revenue sharing deals with major technology platforms.

Outside of the office, I like living ‘deliberately’—a fancy way of describing my interest in optimizing for quality of life - from the mundane to the luxurious. I enjoy perfecting my coffee set-up, identifying a backpack for maximum versatility, or nailing down the ultimate two-watch collection. It's often practical and frequently absurd. In my Notebook, I apply that same 'deliberate' lens to everything from the quest for the perfect backpack to the story of becoming who I am today.