#7 The journey of Ayoub Fakir

Tech✨Tak

Ayoub is a Data Engineer Freelancer and part-time Teacher at Paris 12 University.

He holds a Master's Degree in Distributed Systems, interested in both Functional Programming and Distributed Systems including Blockchain technologies.

In this episode, Ayoub talked about his experience during his studies and working in Tech and about the support of his mother during his jouney and how much that was empowering for him.

He shared about some challenges he had encountered and about his learning experience. He talked about his TED talk, Bitcoin experiences and about his business.

Listen to the full episode!

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00:00 - Introduction

00:01:54 - How he developed his passion about programming

00:04:41 -The lessons that has been learned from programming and could be applied to real life

00:06:07 - Education path and challenges he had faced

00:09:44 - The support of his mother

00:14:56 - His first job and challenges

00:20:14 - Advice for people who are looking for their first job

00:33:15 - The progress in Ayoub's career after his first job

00:36:09 - Luck vs Opportunity

00:39:00 - His experience as a teacher at the university

00:41:19 - How he manage to work in his projects and teach

00:44:33 - What pushed him to start his own business

00:48:25 - His experience with Bitcoin

00:52:41 - His TED talk experience

00:59:11 - The importance of being prepared

01:03:17 - How to deal with people who want to tear you down

01:10:52 - The culture of Feedback

01:15:52 - Advice

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