(08-04-2024, 10:08 PM)Huliwang Wrote: I thought you were a police officer before. How come software engineer now? I
I served my NS as a PNSF, 27th intake. I was a first responder and I've seen plenty of action.
I studied computers when I was 23. The first time the teacher taught us programming, I thought, "Surely it can't be that easy". I can see the matrix. But no, I'm not Neo. There are many like me.
I lost my job in 2000 because I was big-headed, and hot-headed, and resigned from my cushy job at a large MNC. I could not find another job ever since because, at that time, the Indians were coming in, in droves.
Quitting that job turned out to be the best decision of my life but I had to go through a tough time, no income with 5 kids, and then a 6th came along in 2006. I lost my flat in 2009. In between all that, I came across a niche I didn't know was a niche at first. I started writing an application, so huge that you won't believe one man did it. It went live in March 2010. Currently, around 200 people log into that application daily to do their work.
Alhamdulillah robbul'alamin.
Thank you for being interested in my life.