Hamza Bhatti

video creator linked to Bhai Log Digital

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Hamza Bhatti is a video creator who says he started off as a vlogger and works in rural development. He graduated with a BBA in marketing in 2015. He says Bhai Log Digital has become an account focused on Photoshop and Premiere tutorials, and that he won a worldwide vlogging competition on Pakistan's behalf.

Early life and background

Bhatti says that being an army brat gave him exposure through moving around. He says he shifted between almost 12 to 15 schools. He says he has been to Quetta, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Muzaffarabad. [1]

He says he moved to Rawalpindi while he was doing his matriculation, and that he has spent about 12 to 15 years there. He says he is moving from Rawalpindi to Islamabad. He describes Islamabad as a bureaucratic city, where people served for 40 years and received a pension and a title. [1]

Education

Bhatti studied computer before moving to pre-engineering in FSC, where he spent two years. He says peer pressure pushed him into pre-engineering, which he now sees as a wrong decision. He says his marks were not high enough to get him into engineering. [1]

He says his father was doing an MBA at the time, and he read through his father's books. He says he was always fascinated by Nike and Adidas. He graduated with a BBA in marketing in 2015, and he says a BBA was probably the best decision of his life. [1]

Career

Bhatti says the biggest mistake was that it was far too early for him to go to Dubai. He returned from Dubai after three months, saying his urge to go there had been fulfilled. He says he kept switching jobs while trying to find what he liked doing. He says he went from a job at Jazz to other jobs, and he worked as a quality executive at Ufone. [1]

He made a montage video in Skardu, set to music, that got 30,000 views in three days. He says he eventually realised he needed to be on the creative side and found a very small agency. He says he brought his brother, a fresh computer science graduate, along and proposed that they start something. He says the idea was that if he could do the work for others, he could do it for himself. He says Bhai Log Digital has become an account focused on Photoshop and Premiere tutorials. [1]

Vlogging competition and later work

Bhatti describes a worldwide vlogging competition that focused on rural development, and says he won it on Pakistan's behalf. He says that of 20 people, 19 got visas and he was the only one whose plans fell through. He says he wrote to many places about getting a chance to represent Pakistan, but there was no response. He says a video he made went viral overnight and now has about 5 million views. [1]

He says someone he knew who worked in the EU told him that, as he now had something concrete, he should consider a vacancy that had come up. He says he pitched the idea of involving embassies in a Ramadan Iftar table campaign, and that Sweden and the other European states were brought on board. He says he would work from home while holding a job, and that he got a job with the World Bank through an online video. [1]

He says he had been on Dawn and other outlets before he appeared on CNN. He says he started off as a vlogger and that he works in rural development. He says he can make videos, edit them and write scripts. [1]

Views on careers and hiring

Bhatti says he had negative career counselling growing up. He says parents have a very big role in their children's career choices, and that children are often not told that they need to try. He says the main thing parents can do is give their children freedom to try. [1]

He says he does not regard scope as a meaningful test of a career, and that a path that suits one person may not suit another. He says a person's experience cannot be the same as someone else's. He says comparison finishes a person off, and advises people to stop comparing themselves with others. [1]

He says a person with a BBA still needs experience in any case. He says having all the degrees in the world does not by itself get a candidate hired. He says experience is always king, in Pakistan and across the world. [1]

Views on work and opportunity

Bhatti says the difference between people is that one executes while another only sits and thinks. He says the key is making things and putting yourself out there, rather than only planning them. He says he learned to just go at it, because one is greater than zero. [1]

He suggests people watch foreign content to find ideas for their own work. He says the market will always be open for all types of ideas, and that the content industry can never be saturated. He says he is seeing small businesses across many sectors move online. [1]

He says this is prime time, and he believes the next 10 years will bring many opportunities. He says the biggest opportunity in Pakistan is that few people actually try. He says few people actually cash in on opportunities. [1]

Views on Pakistan

Bhatti says uncertainty about Pakistan's future bothers him a lot. He expects Pakistan to improve gradually and eventually get there. He says it is not just about the rulers, but about the people themselves. He says that if digitalisation were accepted as it is in other countries, and tourism developed in the same way, the country would hopefully be a better place. [1]

He says visiting Sindh opened his eyes for the first time. He says some children study up to fifth class but have no school beyond it. He says that of every 100 young people he meets, about 90 are still confused. He says having hope is very important. [1]

Personal life

Bhatti says he is married. He says he was lucky that his parents told him to go ahead and do it. [1]

Timeline

2015
Graduated with a BBA in marketing.[1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2021-04-30 Career choices, content creation, and the cost of comparison Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

Who is Hamza Bhatti?

Hamza Bhatti is a video creator who says he started off as a vlogger and works in rural development. He graduated with a BBA in marketing in 2015. He says Bhai Log Digital has become an account focused on Photoshop and Premiere tutorials.[1]

What does Hamza Bhatti do?

Hamza Bhatti says he works in rural development. He says he can make videos, edit them and write scripts. He also says he started off as a vlogger.[1]

Where did Hamza Bhatti study?

Hamza Bhatti studied computer before moving to pre-engineering in FSC, where he spent two years. He graduated with a BBA in marketing in 2015.[1]

Where did Hamza Bhatti grow up?

Hamza Bhatti says he moved to Rawalpindi while he was doing his matriculation, and that he has spent about 12 to 15 years there. He says he shifted between almost 12 to 15 schools. He also says he is moving from Rawalpindi to Islamabad.[1]

What is Bhai Log Digital?

Hamza Bhatti says Bhai Log Digital has become an account focused on Photoshop and Premiere tutorials. He says he brought his brother, a fresh computer science graduate, along and proposed that they start something.[1]

What competition did Hamza Bhatti win?

Hamza Bhatti describes a worldwide vlogging competition that focused on rural development. He says he won it on Pakistan's behalf.[1]

Where has Hamza Bhatti worked?

Hamza Bhatti worked as a quality executive at Ufone. He says he went from a job at Jazz to other jobs. He also says he got a job with the World Bank through an online video.[1]

References

  1. Career choices, content creation, and the cost of comparison . Thought Behind Things , 2021-04-30.
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  1. He says being an army brat gave him exposure from moving around. being an army brat is something that you know the exposure that you get just because you are moving around
  2. He says he shifted between almost 12 to 15 schools. More than I guess I think I shifted almost 12 se 15 schools in
  3. He says he has been to Quetta, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Muzaffarabad. Yaar I have been to Quetta, been to Pindi, Lahore, Muzaffarabad, Badeen
  4. He says he moved to Rawalpindi while he was doing his matriculation. main matriculation mein apna kar raha tha jab I finally moved to Pindi
  5. He says he has spent about 12 to 15 years in Rawalpindi. been in Pindi for the past what I guess 12, 15 years
  6. He says he is now moving from Rawalpindi to Islamabad. now I am finally moving out from Pindi to Islamabad
  7. He studied computer before moving to pre-engineering in FSC. I FSC mein I was doing pre-engineering, usse pehle I was doing computer
  8. He says peer pressure pushed him into pre-engineering, which he now sees as a wrong decision. Jab FSC hits you, toh woh decision mera isliye ghalat tha because instead of pursuing computer studies further, I woh jo peer pressure hota hai ke bas bhai saare bachay pre-engineering karne ja rahe hain toh aap bhi ghus jao
  9. He spent two years in pre-engineering. Hum usmein ragde gaye, theek hai, do saal usmein ragde gaye
  10. He says his marks were not high enough to get him into engineering. Ek toh number itne the hi nahi ke main engineering mein ghusta
  11. He says his father was doing an MBA at the time, and he read through his father's books. at that time my father was doing an MBA, sahi hai? Toh woh apna unka kar rahe the. Toh unki na books, I got a chance to go through his books
  12. He says he was always fascinated by Nike and Adidas. I was always fascinated by Nike and Adidas
  13. He graduated with a BBA in marketing. so I graduated with a BBA in marketing
  14. He says a BBA was probably the best decision of his life. BBA was probably the best decision of my life
  15. He graduated in 2015. 2015 mein when I graduated
  16. He says a person with a BBA still needs experience in any case. Someone who has done a BBA, usko experience har surat mein zaroorat hoti hai
  17. He says having all the degrees in the world does not by itself get a candidate hired. You can have all, you have all the degrees in the world, lekin main aapko kyun hire karoon?
  18. He says experience is always king, in Pakistan and across the world. yahan Pakistan mein jo hai na, and not even I guess all over the world as well, experience is always king
  19. He says the biggest mistake was that it was far too early for him to go to Dubai. the biggest mistake was it was way too early for me to go to Dubai
  20. He returned from Dubai after three months, saying his urge to go there had been fulfilled. teen mahine baad bhai sahab hum wapas aa gaye Dubai ke kyunke ho gaya shauk pura
  21. He says he kept switching jobs while trying to find what he liked doing. So I was switching and I was really trying to find ke yaar Hamza tujhe pasand kya hai karna
  22. He says he went from a job at Jazz to other jobs. moving from job to job to job like I went from jazz to, us time toh Mobilink tha
  23. He worked as a quality executive at Ufone. I was working at Ufone at the time and I was a quality executive at the time
  24. He made a montage video in Skardu, set to music, that got 30,000 views in three days. I went to Skardu aur maine na ek montage bana ke peeche music laga ke chalo ji chhek diya. Acha that video got in just three days for me it was big because in just three days us time mein that video got 30,000 views
  25. He says he eventually realised he needed to be on the creative side and found a very small agency. I guess I eventually realized ke I need to be in that creative side aur I found a really really little agency F6
  26. He says he brought his brother, a fresh computer science graduate, along and proposed that they start something. got my brother along, woh bhi abhi fresh jo hai woh CS ka graduate tha, usne graduation karke nikla, maine kaha yaar let's start something
  27. He says the idea was that if he could do the work for others, he could do it for himself. if I can do it for others, why not do it for myself
  28. He says Bhai Log Digital has become an account focused on Photoshop and Premiere tutorials. Ab Bhai Log Digital has been transformed into a purely, you can say an account jo ke focus karta hai how to make Photoshop tutorials hain, different premiere tutorials hain
  29. He describes a worldwide vlogging competition that focused on rural development. The competition was a worldwide vlogging competition. Theek hai? So since the EU focuses on rural development
  30. He says he won that competition on Pakistan's behalf. woh competition hum Pakistan ki taraf se jeet gaye
  31. He says that of 20 people, 19 got visas and he was the only one whose plans fell through. Usmein se 20 mein se 19 logon ka visa laga and I was the only one jiska jiska scene bad ho gaya
  32. He says he wrote to many places about getting a chance to represent Pakistan, but there was no response. obviously I wrote har jagah yaar ke bhai is tarah Pakistan ko jaane ka mujhe obviously represent karne ka mauka mil raha hai and all but you know there was no response
  33. He says a video he made went viral overnight and now has about 5 million views. woh video maine banayi and overnight woh video aisi phati, aisi phati, now I guess it has 5 million views abhi
  34. He says someone he knew who worked in the EU told him that, as he now had something concrete, he should consider a vacancy that had come up. later on someone I knew who was working in the EU, he said ke acha yaar you know now you have something ek concrete cheez hai, you know why don't you ek aayi hui thi vacancy and all
  35. He says he pitched the idea of involving embassies in a Ramadan Iftar table campaign. abhi recently hum ek Ramzan Iftar table ki campaign kar rahe hain. This is the first time ever ke yeh idea maine unko pitch kiya ke yaar ke let's involve the embassies as well
  36. He says Sweden and the other European states were brought on board. So we got Sweden and all the European states on board
  37. He says he would work from home while holding a job. jab main I was working at Era Data toh I would work from home
  38. He says he got a job with the World Bank through an online video. I was working for the World Bank woh bhi mujhe ek online video se hi naukri mili thi
  39. He says he had been on Dawn and other outlets before he appeared on CNN. I was on CNN theek hai usse pehle I had been on Dawn I had been on Express
  40. He says he started off as a vlogger. I remember ki I started off as a vlogger
  41. He says he works in rural development. cuz I work in the rural development
  42. He says he can make videos, edit them and write scripts. main videos bana leta hun edit bhi kar leta hun scripting bhi kar leta hun
  43. He says he is married. ab now that I am married
  44. He says he is seeing small businesses across many sectors move online. I am looking at these small businesses gaadiyan dhone ke se lekar um khane ke innovation se lekar matlab everything everything people are just going online
  45. He says the difference between people is that one executes while another only sits and thinks. ek banda chuki execute kar raha hai aur ek banda sirf baith ke soch raha hai
  46. He says the key is making things and putting yourself out there, rather than only planning them. it's all about really making and putting yourself out there instead of saying acha yaar main sochta hun ki main yeh cheez banata hun
  47. He says he learned to just go at it, because one is greater than zero. usse maine yeh seekhi yaar ki you know what just going at it you know one is greater than zero
  48. He suggests people watch foreign content to find ideas for their own work. jab bahar ka content dekho kyunki usme aapko na thode ideas milenge aap kahoge yaar oh yeh cheez bhi ho sakti hai
  49. He says the market will always be open for all types of ideas. the market will always be open for all types of ideas
  50. He says the content industry can never be saturated. Not at all the industry could never be saturated
  51. He says comparison finishes a person off, and advises people to stop comparing themselves with others. apne aap ko compare karna chhod do sabse bada woh kehte comparison jo hai na woh aapko khatam khatam kar deta hai
  52. He says he does not regard scope as a meaningful test of a career. scope is something jo I I I don't even consider this as a word
  53. He says a path that suits one person may not suit another. woh zaroori nahi ki Hamza Bhatti wohi path leke jo hai na aage jaaye
  54. He says a person's experience cannot be the same as someone else's. jo experience aapka tha woh mera same kabhi bhi nahi ho sakta
  55. He says he had negative career counselling growing up. I think I really actually had negative career counseling
  56. He says parents have a very big role in their children's career choices. Mere khayal se sabse zyada badi cheez yeh hai ke parents ka bahut bada role hota hai
  57. He says children are often not told that they need to try. Kabhi yeh nahi bataya jaata yaar ke you know you need to try
  58. He says the main thing parents can do is give their children freedom to try. parents can really do is to give give your kids freedom
  59. He says Islamabad is a bureaucratic city, where people served for 40 years and received a pension and a title. bureaucratic city hai, you know the way that city city has evolved, logon ki naukriyan lagi thi, logon ne 40 saal serve kiya, logon ko pension mili aur aur us pe ek title hota tha
  60. He says he was lucky that his parents told him to go ahead and do it. I was lucky enough ke parents ne kaha haan yaar tum kar lo
  61. He says podcasts build long-term listeners. jo impact podcasts lekar aati hain woh ek long term listener banati hain
  62. He says the mentorship he received came from listening to podcasts. maine jitni bhi apni mentorship ki that was from listening to these guys podcast se sun sun ke maine kitna zyada jo seekha hai
  63. He says mentorship has been missing from his generation. this has been missing from our generation ek bahut badi cheez jo ki I feel like ki people still don't know ki what having a mentor is like
  64. He says people should spend time figuring out what they like before looking for a mentor. spend some time figuring out yourself theek hai thoda sa time lo figure out yourself
  65. He describes mentors as people who have been there, done that, and made it to the top. woh log jo ki who have been there done that made it to the top
  66. He says people abroad pay thousands of dollars for a mentor. people bahar ke agar aap bahar jaaye toh people pay thousands of dollars for a mentor
  67. He says this is prime time, and he believes the next 10 years will bring many opportunities. So this is prime time believe me and for the next 10 years I feel like this mera personal belief hai ke they are going to be a lot of opportunities
  68. He says the biggest opportunity in Pakistan is that few people actually try. Hamare yahan na bahut kam log hain jo actually try kar rahe hain
  69. He says few people actually cash in on opportunities. opportunities pe actually cash in karne wale bahut kam log hain
  70. He says uncertainty about Pakistan's future bothers him a lot. the one thing that bothers me a lot is this uncertainty being in Pakistan
  71. He expects Pakistan to improve gradually and eventually get there. jo bhi situation and all hai slowly and but gradually, theek hai? We would eventually get there
  72. He says it is not just about the rulers, but about the people themselves. it's not just about the rulers yaar. It's about us
  73. He says that if digitalisation were accepted as it is in other countries, and tourism developed in the same way, the country would hopefully be a better place. we would hopefully be a better place as compared to what where we are right now. I think digitalization agar hum accept kar lein jis tarah bahar mulkon mein ho rahi hai and tourism ko hum us tarah le jayein
  74. He says visiting Sindh opened his eyes for the first time. jab main Sindh gaya na Muzamil, main na my eyes opened for the first time in my life
  75. He says some children study up to fifth class but have no school beyond it. ab 5th class tak padh rahe hain lekin ab unke aage school hi nahi
  76. He says that of every 100 young people he meets, about 90 are still confused. Yaar 100 mein se 90 abhi tak confused hain but 10 bacha aapko nazar aayega
  77. He says having hope is very important. unless we have that hope hona is very important