Pakistan’s First-Ever Google Developer Expert Ft. Saad Hamid | 245 | TBT

Join the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's coming: https://muzamilhasan.com/inner-circle Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building: https://muzamilhasan.com/thesis My website: https://muzamilhasan.com International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55... In tonight’s conversation with our special guest, Saad Hamid. What has Saad’s journey been like? What was living in Skardu like? How was communication back then? Saad’s opinion on why he thinks he was bullied? What was his educational journey like? Does GPA matter? What factors contributed to his success? Are your younger siblings usually inquisitive? How did he earn money at the time? Why did he sell it? Why did he join Jazz? What was his role in Jazz? What position did he move to next? Why did he switch jobs? How was his time in Invest2Innovate? How did he launch his own company and how did it go? What was DEMO about? Jadu and what it’s focused on? Launching a co-working space and why he left it? How did he end up at Google? What is his current role at Google? Everything about the Jadu career app and career progression? What does this app entail? What does their general aptitude test do? Will Jadu become a career companion app? IT exports and lack of developer talent? What’s the issue? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode. #thoughtbehindthings #muzamilhasan #technology 00:00 Tonight’s guest: Saad Hamid 00:36 Saad’s Journey! 02:30 How was living in Skardu like? 05:57 How was communication back then? 06:11 Saad’s opinion on why he was bullied? 07:31 The educational journey 10:48 Does GPA matter? 12:25 What factors contributed to his success? 15:56 Are younger siblings usually inquisitive? 20:11 Blogging and how he earned money at the time? 22:45 Why did he sell it? 25:02 Joining Bramerz 25:52 Why did he join Jazz? 26:44 What was his role at Jazz? 28:18 What position did he move to next? 30:09 Changing jobs 31:28 Why did he switch jobs? 32:57 Moving to Invest2Innovate 34:55 Launching his own company - DEMO 36:30 What was DEMO about? 37:08 Jadu and what it’s focused on? 38:04 Launching a co-working space and why he left it? 39:39 How did he end up at Google? 42:22 What is his current role at Google? 43:18 The Jadu career app and career progression 51:08 What does this app entail? 52:52 What does their general aptitude test do? 54:33 Will Jadu become a career companion app? 1:04:11 IT exports and lack of developer talent 1:14:27 What’s the issue? 1:18:49 How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Connect with us: •   / thoughtbehindthings   Saad’s LinkedIn:   / saadhamid   Jadu’s website: https://joinjadu.com/ One8nine Media:    / @smhz-one8nine   Support our podcast: https://anchor.fm/syed-muzamil-hasan-... You can also audio stream our podcast on the following platforms: • Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3z1cE7F • Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2S84VEd • Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3cgIkfI Instagram:   / muzamilhasan   LinkedIn:   / muzamilhasan