Jakub Ahmadyar An Anarchist Manager Who Comes to Win

JAKUB AHMADYAR, one of the founders of MyQ, is by no means a boring techie; talking to him is great fun. He’s sarcastic, witty, and self-deprecating, but he hates official interviews, self-promotion, and routine. "I wish I could cancel this conversation, and just put up a photo of someone photogenic in a suit with a tie whose views fit everyone and don't offend anyone," he chuckled. Although he likes to win, this time he lost.



Are you the father of MyQ?



Yes. I would like to try and find a dimension that would also lead to a marketing prospect, but I haven't found one yet. Hopefully it will come to me soon.


One thing is inspiration; Martin is very good at that. The second thing is realization, where it's about perseverance and precision. The visionary will set up some playing field, rules, and you will create your work upon it. It's not about someone telling you, “do what you want.” You wouldn’t know what to do.




This evolves over time. Ten years ago, it was different. In the beginning I was always discovering something new on a technical level, eventually become extremely proficient. To be honest, the things that arise today are variations of the same subject, and I don't enjoy it anymore. In fact, I have found that there is another huge universe of projects; a universe of customer implementations. The things I enjoy most about the job now is when we win and when someone commends us. This is especially true when we complete a big project, we get feedback that our system worked great.



How many people do you have on your team?

I don't have a team. That would mean being a manager and, in which case, I'd rather bite my hand. That's exactly the kind of routine I hate. If I had to head one, I would love to have people to whom if I said, “build me a perpetuum mobile”, under their own compulsion, would actually attempt to create it, inevitably returning in a week saying that it can’t be done. I like working with such people, there are a lot of them, but I can't talk about being in charge of them. I am pretty much an managerial anarchist.

Jakub Ahmadyar

Jakub Ahmadyar




Jakub is the cofounder of MyQ with a passion for dogs as well as hardware.

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