Majid

Hi, my name is Majid, a self-confessed nerd and geek of all things tech. Got into computing when I was 7 with my trusty Amstrad CPC 464. This then developed into an unhealthy obsession with Amigas (the computer, not the girlfriends!). This continued until I hit 15 and discovered Heavy Metal and Girls. This was also around the time that Commodore went bust and the end of the Amiga story. It was also the year the PSOne came out (1995ish), something I completely missed out on.

Even though I was a nerd, my career isn’t in IT. I am a medical doctor and anaesthesiologist treating a large variety of patients but specialising in orthopaedic and paediatric patients. Understandably, this took a lot of my time in undergraduate qualifications, postgraduate qualifications, 56-72 hour shift work, etc. Also had a lot more family responsibilities, and so it was 2010 when I finally got some time/space/cognitive bandwidth to get back into tech. This started with Android smartphones and then moved to Linux the following year. This then led into writing for some tech websites and then into podcasting! Initially on mobile phones, then branched out into my own podcast. The Atypical Anaesthetist (now renamed as The Atypical Doctor Podcast) and now a regular on Mintcast and LinuxOTC. I still enjoy heavy metal and (after a few health scares) become a real gym enthusiast.

You can find me on Matrix as @atypicaldoctor, email at [email protected], Instagram as atypical.doctor, Spotify on the Atypical Doctor Podcast, and also on the Linux OTC podcast.