[Post 1047] Business Student To Home Barber: My DIY Barbershop Journey | On The Red Dot


Summary

Nicholas Fheng, a business graduate from SMU, once pictured himself in a stable corporate career. Instead, after a series of failed job applications and an unfulfilling stint in tech, he leans into an unlikely side skill—barbering. What began as cutting friends’ hair in his bedroom becomes a full-fledged home-based barbershop. With a young marriage, a BTO on the horizon, and societal pressure questioning the “ROI” of his degree, Nicholas confronts the cost, uncertainty, and quiet courage of choosing craft over convention.

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