Senior Vice President Systems Limited Kashif Manzoor | 224 | TBT

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In conversation with tonight’s guest, Kashif Manzoor. What was his journey like? Why and how did he end up running away from Cadet College? How did he come to be a part of UET? How did he land in the field of computer science? How did he decide which university to attend? How did his four years at GIK go? What did he do post-graduation? What was the first job he had? What was his experience in China like? What was his role in Techlogix? Learning Chinese and what was it like to conduct interviews and make hiring decisions there? How big was the company? Completing the Master’s degree, Rejoining Techlogix and why did he leave it? Switching to ORACLE and how did it go? How did he end up at Confiz Limited? What brought him to Systems Limited? What’s going on in the IT world and at Systems Limited? Are new opportunities going to be created? Will we be able to maintain our growth and improve our work culture? IT sector growth Vs. startup growth? Are IT services essential for the growth of startups? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode.

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00:00 Tonight’s guest: Kashif Manzoor
00:27 Kashif’s Journey!
02:25 Running away from Cadet College
06:57 How did he come to be a part of UET?
08:52 How did he land in the field of computer science?
09:55 Deciding which university to attend
13:56 How did his four years at GIK go?
16:45 What did he do post-graduation?
17:42 What was the first job he had?
21:08 Why did he leave the job?
21:21 Joining Techlogix
21:51 What was his experience in China like?
23:41 Kashif’s role in Techlogix
23:52 Learning Chinese
25:43 What was it like to conduct interviews and make hiring decisions there?
27:15 How big was the company?
27:46 Completing the Master’s degree
30:55 Rejoining Techlogix
31:05 Why did he leave?
32:18 Switching to ORACLE and how did it go?
35:21 How did he end up at Confiz Limited?
38:27 What brought him to Systems Limited?
42:42 What’s going on in the IT world and at Systems Limited?
53:05 Are new opportunities going to be created?
36:34 Will we be able to maintain our growth and improve our work culture?
1:06:39 IT sector growth Vs. startup growth
1:12:20 Are IT services essential for the growth of startups?
1:15:47 How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050?

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