Nadimul Abrar grew up with a madrasa background in Feni. He went on to graduate from BUET and then worked at Google for nearly three years. He later quit Google to return to Bangladesh and work on a new blockchain startup. It is an unusual career path, and this episode follows it from the start.
In this episode Ahmed Fahad talks with Nadimul about each stage: his childhood and madrasa life, his years at BUET, what he did after graduating, and what he earned as a freelancer. They spend a long stretch on core skills, on his experience at Google and on how Google's interview process works. Fahad also asks whether the Bangladeshi dream is simply to leave Bangladesh. The last part of the conversation turns to blockchain, crypto and Ethereum, and it ends with Nadimul's favourite quote.
What the conversation covers
- Childhood and life at a madrasa
- Student life at BUET
- What came after BUET
- Earnings as a freelancer
- Core skills
- His experience working at Google
- How the Google interview process works
- Whether the Bangladeshi dream is to leave Bangladesh
- What blockchain is, and an introduction to crypto and Ethereum
- His favourite quote
The conversation is in Bangla.