Mo Gawdat

I married a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful human being. She's no longer my wife, but she completely impacted my life when I graduated. She was not very comfortable living in Egypt. And so she was the one that urged me to start exploring the world a little more.

I married a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful human being. She's no longer my wife, but she completely impacted my life when I graduated. She was not very comfortable living in Egypt. And so she was the one that urged me to start exploring the world a little more.

What got me into tech is very early, actually. I started coding... On a Sinclair, you were born like 20 years later, right? And I coded on a Sinclair, a Commodore, and then of course on an IBM compatible at the time, that's what we called it. And what really flipped my life upside down, believe it or not, is my parents wanted to renovate our apartment.

What got me into tech is very early, actually. I started coding... On a Sinclair, you were born like 20 years later, right? And I coded on a Sinclair, a Commodore, and then of course on an IBM compatible at the time, that's what we called it. And what really flipped my life upside down, believe it or not, is my parents wanted to renovate our apartment.

And my brothers, my two elder brothers were teenagers at the time. I was probably nine or something. And my parents basically said, someone has to be at home to open the door for the workers and just make sure that their needs are met. Can you stay at home for two months in summer? I was like, I am a teenager. It's my summer vacation.

And my brothers, my two elder brothers were teenagers at the time. I was probably nine or something. And my parents basically said, someone has to be at home to open the door for the workers and just make sure that their needs are met. Can you stay at home for two months in summer? I was like, I am a teenager. It's my summer vacation.

At least you should buy me an IBM compatible PC so that I can actually learn to code. And so that was the deal I cut with my dad. I traded two months of my life. for an IBM compatible.

At least you should buy me an IBM compatible PC so that I can actually learn to code. And so that was the deal I cut with my dad. I traded two months of my life. for an IBM compatible.

And by the end of the two months, I remember vividly, I wrote a code that basically took musical notes and turned them into musical sheets for my guitar playing, because at the time you couldn't actually get tabs and so on. You had to buy books for that.

And by the end of the two months, I remember vividly, I wrote a code that basically took musical notes and turned them into musical sheets for my guitar playing, because at the time you couldn't actually get tabs and so on. You had to buy books for that.

And I became a very serious developer just with those two months, because basically I'd wake up in the morning and I have eight hours of nothing but reading the manuals. And it improved my English, it improved my understanding of logic and algorithms and so on. So that was really, really an interesting turning point. And another turning point, of course, is I love my dad so much.

And I became a very serious developer just with those two months, because basically I'd wake up in the morning and I have eight hours of nothing but reading the manuals. And it improved my English, it improved my understanding of logic and algorithms and so on. So that was really, really an interesting turning point. And another turning point, of course, is I love my dad so much.

And my mom, of course, but my dad was a distinguished engineer, he was probably one of the top civil engineers in his generation in Egypt, because he was responsible for the road and traffic system. And so my elder brothers both did not choose civil engineering. And my dad came to me when it was time to apply for universities. And he said, would you be a civil engineer for me?

And my mom, of course, but my dad was a distinguished engineer, he was probably one of the top civil engineers in his generation in Egypt, because he was responsible for the road and traffic system. And so my elder brothers both did not choose civil engineering. And my dad came to me when it was time to apply for universities. And he said, would you be a civil engineer for me?

At least one of my kids should follow my trail. And I was like, yeah, no problem. And I basically became a Because he wanted me to. But I was a horrendous geek. I basically just finished whatever my uni wanted me to do in half an hour a day and then spent the rest of the day in front of a computer. But then I graduated and I decided I wanted to be a carpenter. And again, because of my parents.

At least one of my kids should follow my trail. And I was like, yeah, no problem. And I basically became a Because he wanted me to. But I was a horrendous geek. I basically just finished whatever my uni wanted me to do in half an hour a day and then spent the rest of the day in front of a computer. But then I graduated and I decided I wanted to be a carpenter. And again, because of my parents.

And so they bought me all the books, all the tools, but I became a really, really, really, I love it so much until today. I still build projects almost every week. So I basically didn't understand money or capitalism or success or anything other than I understood I wanted to marry Nibel. My first wife, which we were together six years by then. And she was like, it's time.

And so they bought me all the books, all the tools, but I became a really, really, really, I love it so much until today. I still build projects almost every week. So I basically didn't understand money or capitalism or success or anything other than I understood I wanted to marry Nibel. My first wife, which we were together six years by then. And she was like, it's time.

And so in my culture at the time, you'd had to propose to her father. And of course her father wouldn't give her to me if I was a carpenter. So I needed to find a job, right? Remember, I finished as a civil engineer, but my graduation project, they gave us a very complex road network. And instead of doing it the way they did, I wrote code, basically, which solved the entire network.

And so in my culture at the time, you'd had to propose to her father. And of course her father wouldn't give her to me if I was a carpenter. So I needed to find a job, right? Remember, I finished as a civil engineer, but my graduation project, they gave us a very complex road network. And instead of doing it the way they did, I wrote code, basically, which solved the entire network.