June 2010
●Got my first guitar — start of music career
Hello, I'm Shayan.
Hello!
Product builder
EntrepreneurBeliever in God
Hyper-optimistIntrovert with social skillsRetired music producerWatch dealerCar guyHalf-baked creative agency owner
Non-parental dad-jokerEx-YoutuberThink-piece writerTraveller (via wife)Cheap deals discovererWeekly volleyball playerRecreational kayaker
Hello!
- Product builder
- Entrepreneur
- Believer in God
- Hyper-optimist
- Introvert with social skills
- Retired music producer
- Watch dealer
- Vibecoder
- Car guy
- Half-baked creative agency owner
- Non-parental dad-joker
- Ex-Youtuber
- Think-piece writer
- Traveller (via wife)
- Cheap deals discoverer
- Weekly volleyball player
- Recreational kayaker
- 19951995
- June 1995Suddenly, I was born…
- 20102010
- September 2010Made my first cover song
- 20122012
- June 2012Moved to Canada from Pakistan
- 20132013
- April 2013●Made my first $40 profit selling my MIDI keyboard on Kijiji
- 20142014
- June 2014Graduated high school
- 20152015
- June 2015●First cover video on YouTube
- July 2015●First Itekaaf (spiritual retreat in a mosque)
- 20162016
- August 2016Attended a music festival, solo (VELD)
- September 2016First original song and music video
- December 2016Collaboration with Sickick
- 20172017
- February 2017First solo pilgrimage to Mecca
- July 2017Met future wife
- December 2017Collaboration with Lilly Singh (Superwoman)
I was credited as the producer for Lilly Singh's cover of Drake songs for a Halloween theme video. Unfortunately, she took that video down :(
- 20182018
- January 2018My second song dropped!
- April 2018Music collaboration with Ali Gatie
- June 2018Graduated university
- June 2018Fourth consecutive Itekaaf
- June 2018Retired from music
More on this some day!
- July 2018Started a YouTube channel
Videos are currently unlisted. Will share it here eventually!
- September 2018Became a Canadian citizen
- September 2018Got my first real job
- 20192019
- March 2019Got my first big-boy-corporate-downtown job
- 20202020
- January 2020Paid off all my student loans
- March 2020COVID times
- April 20208-week temporary layoff from MNP
- April 2020Enrolled into BrainStation for UX Design (same day as layoff)
- June 2020Bought my first car: a Porsche Cayman 987.2
- September 2020First stint as a web designer with Adgro
- 20212021
- September 2021First job in tech as a product designer at Maropost
- 20222022
- February 2022Significant health event…
More on this some day!
- April 2022Started at Clio
- May 2022Got engaged!
- September 2022Second pilgrimage to Mecca
- 20232023
- May 2023Bought my first ever Swiss watch!
- July 2023Hosted a destination wedding in Istanbul, Turkey
- 20242024
- July 2024Travel to Barcelona
- October 2024Third pilgrimage to Mecca (with wife)
- 20252025
- April 2025Trip to Manchester United soccer game
- April 2025Wrote my first think piece on Muslim leadership
- June 2025Travel to France and Monaco
- August 2025Bought my first designer handbag to resell
- September 2025Launched Luxury Stock Market
- 20262026
- March 2026●Returned for Itekaaf after a 7 year hiatus
- NowSuper excited for the upcoming opportunities because of the new AI-first world!