Omar studied for a Social Sciences degree before he discovered his passion about computers.

He had a part-time job in a lab during his studies, where he learned a lot.

He then decided to continue in that direction.

Attending trainings and workshops, joining a community and participating to teach about different systems and automation, Omar is now a System Engineer at Xing in Germany.

Xing profile of Omar: https://www.xing.com/profile/Mohamed_Zaian

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Notes: 

[2:20] The education path

[2:50] Learning about computers in the institute

[5:25] Learning journey about different systems and automation

[6:26] The progress in Omar's career after college

[8:20] Teaching experience

[8:45] Joining Egyptian GNU/Linux Users Group

[10:37] DevOps tasks and programming

[11:46] His experience to get the jobs in Germany

[15:54] The obstacles Omar has faced

[19:15] The inspiration from Omar's student

[21:24] Advice

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Jakub discovered his passion for programming since he was 10 y.o. He encountered different challenges and had to make decisions that changed his educational path, this helped him to grow professionally.

He gave advice on how to ask for promotion and how time management is important and more helpful tips that he has learned along the way.

Subscribe to Jakub's Youtube Channel

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Notes: 

[1:08] The education path

[4:22] Starting his programming journey

[11:31] Finding a mentor helps to grow faster

[25:55] Applying for his first job

[27:47] The obstacles Jakub faced at the beginning

[37:45] Lucky vs opportunist

[42:31] The progress in Jakub's career after his first job

[49:06 ] The obstacles and the challenges Jakub has faced

[1:04:43] The educational content: Scala talks, blog posts and youtube tutorials

[1:28:28] Advice

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In this podcast we're going to meet people who are working in tech companies. They will share with us about their journey.

Listening to different stories can inspire you to figure out a direction in your career or if you are already working, this will motivate you to keep going and to notice the different opportunities in your field.