Desi Career Podcast
Desi Career Podcast
Ehmad Zubair
003 - The problems with Pakistani Graduates | Ahsan Tahir from NUST
57 minutes Posted Mar 6, 2021 at 10:58 am.
​ Intro
​ How were you as a student? 
​ What created your passion in Software Engineering? 
​ Lessons from student life 
​ How is NUST for Software Engineering and Computer Science? 
​ Problem with Pakistani Graduates 
​ How to build a career 
​ AAA (Attitude, Aptitude, Action) 
​ The secret of making money 
​ What's lacking in Pakistani engineers and how students can fix it 
​ Opportunity in Pakistan 
​ How did Walee.pk start?
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Ahsan graduated as a Software Engineer from NUST H-12 in 2014. He did his bachelors from SEECS (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences).  Currently, he is the CEO of [Walee.pk](http://walee.pk​). Walee is Pakistan's largest influencer network and is on its way to become the first home grown unicorn. In this episode, Ahsan talks about his journey from way back when he was in the university to where he was come today.   He talks about how students should utilize their time to compete against computer scientists worldwide. He also talks about what is lacking in the engineering talent in Pakistan and how students can make up for these gaps on their own. Hope you learn amazing things from this.  #software​ #nust​ #fast​ #seecs​ #computerscience​ #walee​ #influencersofpakistan
Chapters: 
0:00​ - Intro
1:35​ - How were you as a student? 
8:30​ - What created your passion in Software Engineering? 
12:03​ - Lessons from student life 
16:11​ - How is NUST for Software Engineering and Computer Science? 
19:28​ - Problem with Pakistani Graduates 
20:42​ - How to build a career 
25:20​ - AAA (Attitude, Aptitude, Action) 
33:33​ - The secret of making money 
35:30​ - What's lacking in Pakistani engineers and how students can fix it 
42:12​ - Opportunity in Pakistan 
46:40​ - How did Walee.pk start?