Abdul Salim, a software engineer at Zoho, went through a dream trip from a blue-collar track after obtaining technical expertise in the development of apps. The outage of Class 10 documented his career growth of serving as a security guard to a well -known technical expert. The developer comes from a humble background and crosses several obstacles that have come his way, fearlessly building a bright future for himself. In a LinkedIn post, which became viral, he said: ‘In 2013, with just 1,000 rupees, I left my house, spent 800 on a train ticket. After hurling on the street for two months, he finally found a job at a security counter. ” Recognition of Zoho’s senior employee’s role in changing his destiny. He wrote: ‘One day, one of the senior employees of the business, asked my name, saying, Alim, I can see something in your eyes (sounds movie I know). He asked me about my studies and my computer knowledge. ‘ Abdul Salim claimed that the senior employee entrusted him and gave him motivation to learn and improve his skills, despite the small computer knowledge of HTML with which he came from the school days. ‘At school, I learned a little HTML. Then he asked me if I wanted to learn more, and that’s how my learning started, ‘he said. He spent time learning new concepts and technical details after completing 12 hours of security shift. The belief of the senior employee in Abdul brought results, which after eight months of training created a small app. The application he created took user imports and visualized it. The breakthrough in his career came when “the senior employee showed the app to his manager and he liked it. He asked if it was possible to interview me.” Trust that Abdul would qualify the interview, the senior employee said: “In Zoho you do not need a university degree, which is important here … skills.” While Abdul marked his 8th year at Zoho, he wrote: “I would like to thank Shibu Alexis (the senior employee) for all the knowledge and lessons and Zoho for allowing myself to prove myself.” When Abdul concluded, Abdul noted, “And on the final note, it is never too late to start learning.” The inspirational journey of a school result that never went to university left an indelible mark. Currently, Zoho has spread 30 offices across 24 countries with over 18,000 employees.
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