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Renji Bijoy only discovered his coding skills by accident. While studying to become a medical student, he was forced to take a course in Java programming, and he discovered he was good at it. He took to it so much, in fact, when all his med school applications came back, he threw them all in the trash\\u2014both the thin rejection letters and the thick acceptance packets. 

What followed was an insatiable desire to advance. Though he excelled in his jobs, he continuously sought something more. \\u201cI never asked for more money, I only asked for more responsibility,\\u201d he says. Eventually, it became clear he needed to set out on his own, and that\\u2019s when Immersed was born\\u2014a tech startup that allows people with VR headsets to work in a virtual office space, with features only possible in an artificial world. 

On this edition of Founders Journey, Renji tells us about his early experiences as the child of immigrants, how he eventually found his way to leading a tech startup with $12 million in funding\\u2014and why playing Halo was integral to the process.