Hou was born in the United States to Taiwanese immigrant parents. If he'd followed the typical path, he would have done what his older brother (and his parents) did: graduate from university then get a steady job in computer engineering.
在美國出生的胡啟志，父母是第一代台灣移民，按照常軌，他應該要像哥哥一樣順利從大學畢業，找份（跟父母一樣的）電腦工程師的職業穩定度日。