You call THAT a resumé?

January 30, 2007 5:25 PM

It's just a resumé for a 27 year old, who is still working on his Masters degree.He's written a little software. You may have heard of him (but you might have not). He posted the very first (18 sec.) video to YouTube. He makes the Bangladeshi people proud (a comment there provides some backstory). About a week after YouTube's sale to Google, ($1.6B) he provided some insights on how YouTube went from concept to hyper-growth in a presentation to his Alma Mater. His name is Jawed Karim.
posted by spock (27 comments total)

I can't think of a witty way to say one of those links is messed up.
posted by absalom at 5:29 PM on January 30, 2007

Which? They all seem fine to me.
posted by brundlefly at 5:32 PM on January 30, 2007

The presentation he gave on "concept to hyper-growth" should be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nssfmTo7SZg. spock regrets the error
posted by spock at 5:35 PM on January 30, 2007

Jesus Christ.

That resume... it hurts to read. In that "Why wasn't I born a genius?" kind of way.

Good on ya, kid.


It hurts even more because I'm only a year older than he is
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 5:58 PM on January 30, 2007

This guy should relax, he's making me look bad.
posted by synaesthetichaze at 5:58 PM on January 30, 2007

Slacker.
posted by tula at 5:58 PM on January 30, 2007

What a loser...I mean, I'm only 2 years behind and I'm making...*gasp* 32k!!!

He'd better watch out.
posted by rollbiz at 6:05 PM on January 30, 2007

What a loser...I mean, I'm only 2 years behind and I'm making...*gasp* 32k!!!

He'd better watch out.
posted by rollbiz at 6:05 PM on January 30, 2007

rollbiz, no one likes a braggart. Just so you know, and purely for the record, when I was 25 I was making, er, well, progress. I was making progress.

Good on this guy. Maybe a vacation would be good. Me, if I ever have big coin? I'm going out to my workshop to tinker and am never coming back in.
posted by maxwelton at 6:10 PM on January 30, 2007

He was profiled in the Times back when the Youtube sale went down. "With YouTube, Grad Student Hits Jackpot Again." TimesSelect only, I guess.
posted by grobstein at 6:20 PM on January 30, 2007

Pfffft, I've already started like six of those Youtubes.
posted by The Straightener at 6:21 PM on January 30, 2007

But what level is he in WoW?
posted by Justinian at 6:33 PM on January 30, 2007

YouTubeFilter.
posted by thebigdeadwaltz at 6:39 PM on January 30, 2007

Sweet! He wrote the Quake2 model viewer and he calls Bush a Fucktard.
Power, On!
posted by undule at 6:56 PM on January 30, 2007

He may be a genius — maybe even a nice guy — but he doesn't seem to know a whole lot about elephants.
posted by LeLiLo at 7:48 PM on January 30, 2007

Man, and I thought this was depressing.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:49 PM on January 30, 2007 [2 favorites]

the competition at 41 isnt too bad. gives one hope.
What is this "youtube"?
posted by phoffmann at 8:06 PM on January 30, 2007

Hey, Mark Twain published his first story when he was 30.

Don't fear the reaper.

Also, while he has a nice curriculum vitae, I was more impressed with this dude for some reason. YouTube got to where it is today through rampant video piracy, which isn't anything to brag about. His scaling of PayPal's transactional servicing by a couple orders of magnitude is a far more impressive technological feat.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 8:53 PM on January 30, 2007

Man, and I thought this was depressing.

It is.

Damn you.
posted by IshmaelGraves at 10:15 PM on January 30, 2007

Man, and I thought this was depressing.

By my age: Earl Vickers became the first person to translate the entire Bible into Pig Latin.

Well, this actually makes me feel good about myself.
posted by effwerd at 5:33 AM on January 31, 2007

He's Bangladeshi? Ha! Like my (Bangladeshi) parents need even more fodder for their "BANGLADESH RULES!" moments.

Cool, though.
posted by divabat at 7:49 AM on January 31, 2007

I just showed my mum Jawed's background story from Muhit, the family friend. Apparently she might have known them, or they might have known my mum (or at least seen them); she grew up in Shideshwari, where Jawed's dad is from, and my grandparents' house is next door to the house of Kalim Sharafi, the father of one of their mutual friends, where they used to hang out a lot.

Bangladesh does have quite a "small-world" factor, but this is starting to get spooky.
posted by divabat at 8:12 AM on January 31, 2007

I didn't really need more reasons to feel like a miserable underachiever this morning.
posted by nanojath at 8:57 AM on January 31, 2007

I'd hate to have peaked so soon.
posted by jungturk at 2:16 PM on January 31, 2007

yeah - at first I was thinking, "damn i need to DO something with my life." But upon further reflection, I think we all have things to be proud of. Hold him up as a symbol of what's possible in this world - not a benchmark on which to judge yourself.

HOORAY Jawed - job well done!
posted by Dr.James.Orin.Incandenza at 5:18 PM on January 31, 2007

Power, On!

Please tell me that was a Captain Power reference.
posted by poweredbybeard at 6:06 PM on January 31, 2007

Good on ya Karim!
posted by hadjiboy at 8:44 PM on January 31, 2007