Salahodeen Abdul-Kafi left tech for BBQ. His restaurant is profitable, but he hasn't paid himself and is living off savings.
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I left my $450,000 tech job to open a halal BBQ restaurant in Texas. It made over $2 million in its first year.
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Jessica Orwig
Salahodeen Abdul-Kafi left a 14-year career in tech to open Kafi BBQ, a halal Texas barbecue restaurant in Irving, Texas.
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