A lot of thing happened last decade in my personal life. Trying to remember most memorable things below.

2010

  • Quit my freelance job and decided to go back to school, tripped to South Korea to study Masters in Chosun University.

2011

  • Got married …
  • Stopped using facebook, it took a while to do it but yeah I did it!
  • Had great time with my wife in Korea, wonderful memories.

2012

  • Finished masters, one thing I’ve learned the hard way is reading C/C++ codebase while implementing my research work in ns-2
  • Went back to Dhaka, Bangladesh and started programming job again, this time joined at Codemate

2013

  • Career move! switched into NewsCred, first-hand experience with Python(programming language) and AWS cloud, I’ve learned a lot this year.
  • Became father! Almighty Allah blessed us a baby boy (Affan Ibne-Shaikhul Islam) on 11th of September! My wife had a hard time in labor room, I missed them very much as they were in USA while I am still in Bangladesh.

2014

  • Got US visa! my wife applied for me tbh, they came to Bangladesh and it was great feeling to meet with my then just one year old son.
  • Came to Atlanta, USA with my wife and son.

2015

  • Joined NewsCred headquarter in NYC. My first job in the USA! special thanks to my peers in NewsCred dhaka office to give positive feedback in my hiring.
  • Moved into Atlanta! joined at Logfire

2016

  • Career move! joined at Mailchimp
  • Became father again! this time a baby girl (Amreen Bine Shaikhul Islam)
  • Went to Bangladesh to visit my parents, they met with Amreen first time when she was at 8 months old. Amreen have had hard time adjusting weather.

2017

  • Can’t remember anything special.

2018

  • I’ve started Online Masters at Georgia Tech
  • Affan started pre-school at Dresden Elementary school.
  • My father passed away (May Allah forgive him and give him highest level in Paradise)…

2019

  • A year without my Father…

Shaikhul