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Advice To My Younger Self
Mujtaba Pracha
Senior Project Manager
Confiz Ltd.
Time Machine – Where am I going?
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My Story
 Everyone in our generation wanted to be a
Doctor or an Engineer.
 Hated Maths!!
 Early exposure to Computers (Commodore 64)
 Did not understand Computers apart from games
My Story
Hate
Math's
?
Pre
Medical
YES
Hate
Math's
?
Did Not
Make it?
Choose Computer
Science
NO
Study
Hard
Study
Hard
Advice
Don’t Hate Maths !
Advice
Don’t Make decisions on your
weaknesses!
How many people are here by
accident? Don’t rush into a career choice.
 How many people here wanted to do something
different in their lives but are still here?
 Were you pressured by peers, family or had no
other choice in mind?
Advice
Do What you want to do not What you have
to do !?
Make the right Friends
 I was a loner and a nerd in College (Take it from
me this habit takes very long to die, If not
addressed in due time)
 Choose people who are clever, smarter and
kinder then you.
 Everyday will be a learning experience.
 Subconsciously you will start to get better and be
more challenged.
Advice
Be a part of a Group Culture !
Time Management
Time Management
Waiting for the Panic Monster
Time Management
Advice
Do Not Procrastinate!
Try out different things
 Try your hand at different skills, technologies
 Experience a variety of emotions and
experiences in your life
 Its ok to mess up things.
 Build a talent stack based on the things you tried
out.
Advice
Fail at things in Life!
Be Open Minded
 Very relevant for the times we are living in.
 When I was your age I thought I had figured out
everything and was always right in my mind.
 As you age you know less.
 Allow other people the space to figure things out
and make their own decisions.
Advice
Do a Mental Floss Once in a while!
Share your Knowledge
 Its an attitude of gratitude to share what you
have understood.
 The difference between Knowledge and Wisdom
is the experience of sharing.
Advice
Give Adive to your Jnrs down the road!
Advice
You will learn somethings only by
experiencing it yourself and that is OK !
References
 Waitbywhy blog at http://waitbutwhy.com/
 Google.com
Thank You for participating!
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