Aizat Faiz

Aizat Faiz

Aizat Faiz
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Enjoys making an impact in people's lives through technology. Skillsets: Go Lang, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, GraphQL, Relay

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Cover for E5: Aizat Faiz - Engineer Manager at Xfers / Ex-Technical Lead at Facebook - The story of failing high school programming but hacking his way into Facebook
E5: Aizat Faiz - Engineer Manager at Xfers / Ex-Technical Lead at Facebook - The story of failing high school programming but hacking his way into Facebook

by  The EOA Pod

Aizat Faiz, the story of a child of a global diplomat, who failed high school programming [00:14:51] , and never graduated from university [00:21:42], hacked his way into open source communities [00:25:37] , and eventually hacked his way into facebook’s most prestigious team, the growth team. The little known story of a Malaysian startup acquisition that ended contribution to hundreds of millions of Facebook’s user growth[00:32:43] . What is the Facebook growth team[00:40:56] ? Time at Facebook; Making enough money to live for for more than 20 years without having to work[00:41:56] . The tales of struggle and burnout in Silicon Valley’s hustle culture, and rising from the ashes [01:00:43] . Key lessons from Facebook; the importance of data for startups [00:56:05] and so much more. This is an episode you don’t want to miss.

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