Semester One

Financial Technology

How money works investing, entrepreneurship.

Financial Literacy Entrepreneurship Work Ethic

Day One

01 / Background

Where I Started

2011

Bachelor of Commerce

Business first — accounting, finance, how companies actually work.

2013

Bachelor of Education

Then the decision to teach it instead of just do it.

Classrooms

Grades 3, 5 and 11

Elementary to senior high — and a stretch teaching in the United Kingdom.

Commerce
first.
Classroom
second.

Which means this course isn’t theory I read in a textbook. It’s the stuff I had to learn the expensive way.

02 / Track Record

What I’ve Built

Early

T‑Shirt BusinessDesign, inventory, margins — the first experiment.

2015-2016

Website DevelopmentBuilding for clients, quoting work, getting paid.

2017 – 2020

Ethereum MiningHardware, power costs, and a very volatile asset.

2021 – Present

Code NinjasLiveCo‑owner of two locations: Spruce Grove & North Edmonton.

Code Ninjas staff team photo in front of a lime green CREATE wall — Code Ninjas · Spruce Grove The team. Payroll, rent, marketing, hiring — every month, whether it’s busy or not.

03 / Off the Clock

When I’m Not Here

Badminton racket and shuttlecocks on a gymnasium floor

Korean army stew simmering in a metal pot

Two Starbucks mango dragonfruit refreshers

Also: running, weight lifting, and an indefensible Starbucks habit — ask me what that one costs per year.

04 / Hardware

The Rig

Triple curved monitor gaming desk with red ambient lighting and a racing chair

Open PC case interior showing RGB memory, liquid cooler and RTX graphics card

05 / The Course

So What Is Fintech?

01

Financial
Literacy

How money actually works. Saving, investing, what an asset is, and why some things go up while other things quietly go to zero.

Graded Pokemon trading cards in protective cases

Condition, scarcity, demandEverything is a market.

02

Entrepreneurship

What running a business really means — twelve months a year, not just when it’s fun.

Where the cash actually goes, and then planning and running your own.

Fintech 20 & 30

03

Work Ethic
& Attitude

The part no spreadsheet teaches. Showing up, doing the unglamorous work, and how you handle it when a plan doesn’t survive contact with reality.

This is the one that transfers to everything else.

Every Job You’ll Ever Have

Let’s Get Started

See You In Room 2303

Bring a notebook and a question about money you’ve always wanted answered. We’ll start there.

Can’t make class Google MeetLink posted before each session

Instagram @_michtangCourse updates and reminders

Find me outside school Code NinjasSpruce Grove & North Edmonton

Financial Technology 20 / 30 · Mr. Tang Room 2303