Usman Asif: CEO Devsinc, FAST, 1500+ Employees, Startups and Programming

[_NOBODY_]

Usman Asif: CEO Devsinc, FAST, 1500+ Employees, Startups and Programming | 318 | TBT​

00:00 Introduction
01:42 Early life & Education
14:43 First job
15:55 Working at Census
19:26 Working at Confiz
21:40 Starting a business
23:19 Marriage
26:26 Service business
28:40 Devsinc’s first success
34:44 Moving to the US
38:13 Life in Seattle
42:32 Back to Pakistan
44:39 Trip to California
46:35 Startups in San Francisco
48:15 Making 7.2 million dollars
51:43 Startup vs. Service business
01:00:46 Market demand
01:08:56 Work ethics: On-site vs. Remote
01:13:15 Privilege
01:18:56 Devsinc: Scalability & Business Model
01:30:18 Soft skills
01:32:42 Problem solving
01:39:43 Pakistan in 2050
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[Asimzranger]

will watch it later but any Pakistani doing well especially abroad is an asset to Pakistan.
more power to them

 

[ghazi52]

Great struggle by him, very straightforward personality. Salute to him and his mother,
Hope he will get what he wants.

 

[Steppe Wolff]

From what I have heard from batch mates in FAST, it's not a good firm to work in.

 

[_NOBODY_]

From what I have heard from batch mates in FAST, it's not a good firm to work in.

Can you kindly explain why they feel that way?

 

[Steppe Wolff]

Can you kindly explain why they feel that way?

A short snippet which describes the mood of FASTIANs about Devsinc.

 

[VCheng]

Usman Asif: CEO Devsinc, FAST, 1500+ Employees, Startups and Programming | 318 | TBT

Making a two hour video on Youtube, anybody can do that these days it seems, and not say much.

 

[_NOBODY_]

Making a two hour video on Youtube, anybody can do that these days it seems, and not say much.

True, I would have liked Asif to talk a lot more about his business. Devsinc generates north of 50$ million a year so I really wanted to hear more about the company.

 

[AA_]

A short snippet which describes the mood of FASTIANs about Devsinc.

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“Haram stuff” 🙄

 

[VCheng]

True, I would have liked Asif to talk a lot more about his business. Devsinc generates north of 50$ million a year so I really wanted to hear more about the company.

These types of videos are more along the lines of "look at me and what I did" to make them feel good, without telling anything useful about the actual "how", or what connections exist behind the story to make the "success" possible in the first place.

 

[Steppe Wolff]

“Haram stuff” 🙄

I don't know exactly about that, one thing I can say is that Devsinc's reputation isn't good especially in our FAST University ( which is the premier IT Uni in Pak ). Many students who have did summer internships there were actively discouraging people from applying there again.

 

[_NOBODY_]

These types of videos are more along the lines of "look at me and what I did" to make them feel good, without telling anything useful about the actual "how", or what connections exist behind the story to make the "success" possible in the first place.

Muzamil should have kept the podcast under his control like he usually does. This podcast is a joke compared to the one that he did with the founder of Netsol, Salim Ghauri, which was one of his best podcasts ever. Unlike Asif, not only did Salim explain his entire journey but he also explained in great detail the challenges that he faced with leading Netsol and how he overcame them. You will enjoy that podcast even if you aren't a CS guy.

 

[AA_]

I don't know exactly about that, one thing I can say is that Devsinc's reputation isn't good especially in our FAST University ( which is the premier IT Uni in Pak ). Many students who have did summer internships there were actively discouraging people from applying there again.

Are you a university student? I’m overly impressed with the Non-LUMs universities in Pakistan. I’ve hired many folks for feeelance work and the professionalism displayed by them, not to mention knowledge was amazing. I encourage every Gora I meet to hire folks in Pakistan. They’re qualified and inexpensive compared to Indians.

 

[Steppe Wolff]

Are you a university student?

I am a CS undergrad student studying in FAST NU.

 

[AA_]

I am a CS undergrad student studying in FAST NU.

Good luck!