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Notes on education, building Uptech, work in Pakistan, and my own life. Most of it started as Facebook posts. I wrote it as it came, and I have left the words as they were.

A stranger paid my toll. For the next 4 km, I didn’t overtake him.

Family & Life

2 Oct 2026

A stranger paid my toll. For the next 4 km, I didn’t overtake him.

I am on my way from Karachi to Hyderabad right now, writing this from the road. As usual, I had no cash in my wallet.…

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Nine days ago I told nine people their jobs might not survive the month.

Uptech Journey

5 Sep 2026

Nine days ago I told nine people their jobs might not survive the month.

A few of you asked me the same thing after that post. Different words, same question. "Okay Umar, but is the institute actually working, or…

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I told nine people who trusted me with years of their life that next month might be…

Uptech Journey

27 Aug 2026

I told nine people who trusted me with years of their life that next month might be…

I told nine people who trusted me with years of their life that next month might be their last with us. And the hardest part…

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Uptech Journey

18 Aug 2026

6 years of Uptech.

At every anniversary, the cake is cut by our office boy or one of the juniors. There was never a policy behind it. It just…

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My barber asked me to pay his son’s school admission fee.

Education & Careers

15 Aug 2026

My barber asked me to pay his son’s school admission fee.

My barber asked me to pay his son’s school admission fee. I said "let me look at my pocket." The truth is, I had already…

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After 10 years in software, I am pivoting. And the reason is not money.

Education & Careers

27 Jul 2026

After 10 years in software, I am pivoting. And the reason is not money.

You have read my posts about the services business dying. Clients needing us less every month. AI disrupting the entire model. All of that is…

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Education & Careers

22 Jul 2026

There are no jobs in Pakistan.

Really? Because I have been trying to fill ONE job for 2 months. And I can’t. We need a janitor at our college in PWD.…

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All my life I laughed at billboard advertising.

Uptech Journey

17 Jul 2026

All my life I laughed at billboard advertising.

All my life I laughed at billboard advertising. 2 weeks ago I tried to book one and every single billboard I wanted was already taken.…

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95% of the time I sit in a requirements meeting, I win the project.

Founder Notes

13 Jul 2026

95% of the time I sit in a requirements meeting, I win the project.

My coach Muhammad Yousaf thinks it’s communication. It’s actually a trick I’ve never told anyone. It’s not communication. It’s one strategy. Just ONE. I walk…

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