#20 🇵🇰 Building Better Lives Through Technology || Succeeding in Software Engineering - Taha Afzal (4K)

Today’s guest comes from Pakistan’s industrial and economic mecca know as Karachi. His drive to help people with computer science was the thread that run throughout this persons entire college journey. Stepping out of his comfort zone to make friends, taking challenging classes that involved the human brain, and wrestling moral dilemmas in photography class, were just a few of the side quests this person took to get their computer science & software engineering degree. This person is currently living out his adolescent dream of improving people’s lives with technology by engineering tablet-like devices to help farmers. Buckle up for a very informative conversation as we go Back to College with Taha. SHOW LINKS Follow Taha ⁠Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠gram Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zac⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Listen to the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters: 0:00 Trailer 1:15 Introduction 3:01 Welcome Taha 3:25 Working in Tech 4:26 Raven Industries 6:06 Stumbling accross Augie 7:52 First Time in Sioux Falls 9:07 Growing up in Pakistan 9:32 Highschool 11:22 Spark for computer science 12:34 Factors when deciding on college 13:30 Why the US? 14:31 Do Pakistanis studying in US? 16:08 First time on campus1 8:53 Acclimatising as an Introvert 20:11 Computer Science Classes 21:33 What is computer science? 22:59 Artificial Intelligence in Computer Science 28:31 Social Media Changes your Thinking 30:03 On Campus Leadership 32:11 The Hult Prize Competition 33:59 Ethics of Photography 37:41 The Poop Class 39:31 The HARD Classes 41:51 Taha's Letter Grade 44:23 Landing the first internship 46:32 Staying Connected with Friends 48:25 What Taha Would Do Differently 49:33 #1 Podcast Fan? 50:30 Advice for International Students