EP 17 Ali Alobaidi: The Musician Who Dropped Out and Made $500k/Year as an Engineer
The Dock with Omar Waseem - A podcast by Omar Waseem
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Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ali Alobaidi (@alialobai1), founder of Kanopy Labs and Napolean, to talk about growing up in Iraq, dropping out of college to start an engineering firm, buying a penthouse, and more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Ali's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 6:45 - Growing up in Iraq 21:05 - How He Learned To Code 30:50 - Starting His Own Firm 44:37 - Quitting the Agency for a Startup 1:00:05 - How Anyone Can Become an Engineer