KKF
December 7, 2010, 5:30am
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Re: How did you end up in the career that you are in?
**thank you so very much bro for ur kind words of encouragement and support. i think that God was there for me when i faultered. All Praise to to Allah Almighty.
i congratulate you on ur successes and achievements and u did what u wanted and loved to do. ur illustrous career shows that for a human being sky is the limite. keep soaring and stay aloft bro. May Allah BLESS u and bring sucessess in ur endeavours. aameen**
Yours is a remarkable story Khalil bhai… one that can inspire those who are confined by their conditions as well as those who might be sullen over their past failures. Your story epitomizes “where there’s a will, there’s a way”.
Now, back to the thread’s topic… I suppose for me, academia was sort of in the lineage, and despite no formal plans to be an academic, I ended up being one. Dad was a researcher and trainer in the armed forces… mom’s side of the family ran a school. I started with a degree in Computer Science because I really enjoyed working with technology, but also had an aptitude for business, so at the back of my mind, I always wanted to complete my MBA. It just so happened that any job I held since my teenage years always flung me into roles that involved some type of training aspect, and I rather enjoyed it. In the last two years of my undergraduate studies, I completed a bunch of technology certifications and started working as a technology trainer and instructor in various community colleges and vocational institutes. Then, during the MBA, I was entrusted by my professors to offer seminars on specific subjects and this sparked my interest further. Following my MBA and a couple of years of industry experience, I realized that I needed more variety in projects, continued opportunities for learning, and greater independence in defining my own career path based on my interests… so I made up my mind to pursue a Ph.D. Since starting on that journey, I’ve been doing research and teaching while I take breaks every now and then to do some consulting work to keep in step with the industry. I completed my Ph.D. a few months back and am getting started on new research programs.
