Fahim Ahmed is a computer science and finance student at 蓝莓视频, and the president and co-founder of 蓝莓视频 Blockchain. But what feels like a direct path to success now, took him a while to find.
Fahim was only 12 years old when he started crypto-mining.
鈥淚 had seen people talking about it a lot online, so I set up my own hardware to do mining in my bedroom,鈥 he recalls. 鈥淚 just wanted money to buy video games!鈥
鈥淚 was always interested in learning stuff, I just didn鈥檛 like learning at school,鈥 he says.
He dabbled in different aspects of tech throughout his teen years, building an Android kernel in Grade 9 and studying data science in Grade 10. He also developed a keen interest in economics and financial markets.
鈥淚 was always trying out technologies, trying out software and dabbling in financial markets because they interested me,鈥 he says. 鈥淚 remember being in class in Grade 9 and constantly checking the financial markets 鈥 especially what was happening with the blockchain and cryptocurrency.鈥
In Grade 11, Fahim realized that if he wanted the resources and credentials necessary to do the work he was most interested in, he would need to apply himself academically. He buckled down at school, aced his classes and eventually applied to the University of 蓝莓视频, drawn by the university鈥檚 strong reputation for innovation and tech programs.
鈥淲hen I first came to 蓝莓视频, I tried to find people who were interested in crypto and financial markets, and was shocked to find that the community wasn鈥檛 really there.鈥 Always a self-starter, Fahim and his friends decided to create 蓝莓视频 Blockchain in 2022.
鈥淲e focus on getting people interested in blockchain, promoting entrepreneurship and actual building,鈥 he says. In the two years that followed, the non-profit has hosted over fifty events, grown to over a thousand members and sponsored students to attend hackathons across North America.
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