In our second episode, I am joined by Serhat Çubukçuoğlu.
Serhat and I met in Dubai at our school's Global Master's of Arts Programme (GMAP) alumni event and struck up a friendship. Today, Serhat is well known for his frequent media appearances as an expert of the Eastern Mediterranean maritime, energy and security issues. However, not too long ago, Serhat was a computer programmer and an IT salesman. In our conversation, Serhat shares how he used the step-wise approach inherent to programming to gradually fill a toolbox in a completely different field.
Our conversation is rich in insights on how to move towards an environment that makes you thrive, how to recognise when you're in a community that makes you grow, and why the playing the piano can help drown out the noise of social media.
Recorded on 2 September 2021.
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