Engineer, teacher, self-learner—one person's 16-year struggle to master AI and mathematics led to building the learning platform he wished existed all along.
I spent years jumping between edX courses, YouTube tutorials, and Stack Overflow threads—enrolling in Python and machine learning courses alongside my teaching job at KUET. But tracking progress was impossible. If one topic was better explained on one channel, another was better somewhere else. Nothing connected.
Despite being first in my class, I started to feel hollow. I could solve problems mechanically but lacked the intuition behind concepts. I understood everything on the surface, but the real knowledge—the kind that lets you create and innovate—was missing. Years of learning, and I couldn't build anything real.
Heard about artificial intelligence at a conference during my final year at KUET. Something clicked—the idea that machines could learn captivated me and planted a seed that would grow for 16 years.
Heard about artificial intelligence at a conference during my final year at KUET. Something clicked—the idea that machines could learn captivated me and planted a seed that would grow for 16 years.
Graduated top of the EEE department and joined KUET as a lecturer—a rare honor reserved for the department topper. Started digging into AI, enrolled in my MSc, but discovered there were no AI-related courses available.
Graduated top of the EEE department and joined KUET as a lecturer—a rare honor reserved for the department topper. Started digging into AI, enrolled in my MSc, but discovered there were no AI-related courses available.
Enrolled in edX courses on Python and machine learning alongside teaching. Watched countless YouTube videos. But tracking progress was impossible—content was scattered across channels, and nothing connected.
Enrolled in edX courses on Python and machine learning alongside teaching. Watched countless YouTube videos. But tracking progress was impossible—content was scattered across channels, and nothing connected.
Preparing for GRE exposed a devastating truth: despite being first in class, my mathematical intuition was shallow. I had solved problems without truly understanding them. Rebuilding math from scratch changed how I think forever.
Preparing for GRE exposed a devastating truth: despite being first in class, my mathematical intuition was shallow. I had solved problems without truly understanding them. Rebuilding math from scratch changed how I think forever.
After years rebuilding math foundations, returned to AI—only to hit another wall. My EEE background gave me C, but AI demanded Python. Hundreds of tutorials watched, but building anything real felt impossible.
After years rebuilding math foundations, returned to AI—only to hit another wall. My EEE background gave me C, but AI demanded Python. Hundreds of tutorials watched, but building anything real felt impossible.
Won a fully-funded PhD in Computing in the USA. Everything was processed, flights were booked. Then COVID struck worldwide—the dream was cancelled. I returned to teaching at KUET.
Won a fully-funded PhD in Computing in the USA. Everything was processed, flights were booked. Then COVID struck worldwide—the dream was cancelled. I returned to teaching at KUET.
Locked down during COVID, I realized years of learning hadn’t built real skills. I couldn’t track anything. The idea crystallized: build a platform where self-learners can create courses, learn systematically, and share knowledge.
Locked down during COVID, I realized years of learning hadn’t built real skills. I couldn’t track anything. The idea crystallized: build a platform where self-learners can create courses, learn systematically, and share knowledge.
Left Bangladesh after 12 years for a PhD in the US. Built TaxoMind alongside research, coursework, and TA duties—an exhausting but exhilarating journey. AI coding tools became the game-changer.
Left Bangladesh after 12 years for a PhD in the US. Built TaxoMind alongside research, coursework, and TA duties—an exhausting but exhilarating journey. AI coding tools became the game-changer.
Sixteen years of struggle, teaching, and coding converged into a single platform—powered by AI and Bloom’s Taxonomy to guide self-learners through real mastery.
Sixteen years of struggle, teaching, and coding converged into a single platform—powered by AI and Bloom’s Taxonomy to guide self-learners through real mastery.
In my teaching career at KUET, I gave many seminars on Bloom's Taxonomy—a framework published in 1956 that maps human cognition into six levels: Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, and Create.
It explained everything I'd lived through. Most online courses only train you to remember and understand. They never guide you to apply, analyze, or create. That's why I felt hollow for years—I was trapped at the bottom of the pyramid, and no platform even knew it.
The Key Insight
What if a platform could evaluate your cognitive level in real-time and guide you through all six stages—adapting to where you actually are, not where a pre-recorded video assumes you are?
Web engineering was completely new territory. I came from an EEE background with just C. No single YouTube tutorial covered the full stack—I pieced it together from dozens of project-based courses, coding alongside my PhD research, coursework, and TA duties.
The game changed when AI coding tools arrived—especially Claude Code from Anthropic. What once took weeks could be built in days. Sixteen years of engineering, mathematics, and teaching converged into a single platform.
An intelligent companion that evaluates your cognitive level in real-time, guiding you through every stage of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Personalized roadmaps that evolve as you learn, ensuring you never plateau or wander without direction.
See exactly where you stand across all six cognitive levels. No vanity metrics—just real progress you can feel.
I wanted to build a platform where students can create their own courses, learn from them systematically, and share that knowledge with others who have the same hunger to grow. College never makes you skilled—it helps you evolve if you learn how to learn. Building real skill takes focus, discipline, and years.
TaxoMind is the intelligent companion I wished I had. As a self-learner, as an engineer, and as a teacher—my ambition has always been caring and sharing for others. For learning, for growing, and for evolving. In this distracted world, you need discipline to reach the next level.