Forwarded from Birhan Nega
Some people say Friday afternoon is like Saturday, but for developers Saturday is Friday.
Has it ever worked that way?
I don’t think it does. Instead, if you feel like they’re serious, like their post and then DM them. Don’t jump straight into “I want a job.” Start with something personal… I mean, if they’re pretty, maybe a good pick-up line (nah, don’t ever do that, I’m joking 😄). If they recently achieved something, congratulate them or whatever — just something that’s not cliché but still personal. That helps you build a connection first, and then the job or whatever opportunity can follow.
This might not be a perfect formula, but I believe it leads to better outcomes. If you have other ideas, drop them in the comments below.
I don’t think it does. Instead, if you feel like they’re serious, like their post and then DM them. Don’t jump straight into “I want a job.” Start with something personal… I mean, if they’re pretty, maybe a good pick-up line (nah, don’t ever do that, I’m joking 😄). If they recently achieved something, congratulate them or whatever — just something that’s not cliché but still personal. That helps you build a connection first, and then the job or whatever opportunity can follow.
This might not be a perfect formula, but I believe it leads to better outcomes. If you have other ideas, drop them in the comments below.
my year wrapped
as the gregorian year is coming to an end, we are all seeing these platforms like youtube, spotify, github and the rest giving us our year unwrapped. simple queries on data but somehow fun to share and surprisingly powerful in showing how our year actually went. we plan so many goals at the start of the year but forget that a year is just a collection of days. we expect goals to magically happen while we barely look back at how each day stacked up. thinking about that made me reflect on my own year too.
when I say my year, I do not even mean 2025. I mean from my last birthday to this birthday. I am lucky I was born in december so it is not that far from the actual calendar. and yes, even though I already celebrated, I am still accepting gifts for the next 5 business days. so you are still safe:) anyways, while joking aside, looking at my year from birthday to birthday actually helped me see things more clearly.
I am really grateful for how my year went. my youtube 2025 recap says my personality is the self improver. I am not sure if I actually improved but I will take the compliment. and while I was thinking about all the good things, something bigger hit me about how I see life in general.
I used to think life was like a movie. problems first then a clean good ending. once you start becoming successful, you just keep going up forever. but that is not true. life is really up and down. and I mean the kind of down where you feel desperate and you do not even believe you will rise again. that feeling creates fear and makes you avoid taking risks. thinking about that made me realize how much my perspective changed this year.
now I think you have to risk it a little. try things. grab opportunities. you never know where it leads. I might change this opinion next year honestly. maybe next year at this time I might be more broke or maybe I will be travelling the world or maybe I will be here writing the same thing again. inshallah, the travelling part happens. I really want to travel. I already made some small trips this year but next year hopefully will be a lot more. like a quadrillion times more.
if you somehow read to this point, the whole message of this writing is basically me ranting and saying do not think your current situation defines your whole life. your days change way more than you think. and if you had a detailed log of your days just like youtube tracks your watch history, your year unwrapped would surprise you. it would look nothing like last year’s.
as the gregorian year is coming to an end, we are all seeing these platforms like youtube, spotify, github and the rest giving us our year unwrapped. simple queries on data but somehow fun to share and surprisingly powerful in showing how our year actually went. we plan so many goals at the start of the year but forget that a year is just a collection of days. we expect goals to magically happen while we barely look back at how each day stacked up. thinking about that made me reflect on my own year too.
when I say my year, I do not even mean 2025. I mean from my last birthday to this birthday. I am lucky I was born in december so it is not that far from the actual calendar. and yes, even though I already celebrated, I am still accepting gifts for the next 5 business days. so you are still safe:) anyways, while joking aside, looking at my year from birthday to birthday actually helped me see things more clearly.
I am really grateful for how my year went. my youtube 2025 recap says my personality is the self improver. I am not sure if I actually improved but I will take the compliment. and while I was thinking about all the good things, something bigger hit me about how I see life in general.
I used to think life was like a movie. problems first then a clean good ending. once you start becoming successful, you just keep going up forever. but that is not true. life is really up and down. and I mean the kind of down where you feel desperate and you do not even believe you will rise again. that feeling creates fear and makes you avoid taking risks. thinking about that made me realize how much my perspective changed this year.
now I think you have to risk it a little. try things. grab opportunities. you never know where it leads. I might change this opinion next year honestly. maybe next year at this time I might be more broke or maybe I will be travelling the world or maybe I will be here writing the same thing again. inshallah, the travelling part happens. I really want to travel. I already made some small trips this year but next year hopefully will be a lot more. like a quadrillion times more.
if you somehow read to this point, the whole message of this writing is basically me ranting and saying do not think your current situation defines your whole life. your days change way more than you think. and if you had a detailed log of your days just like youtube tracks your watch history, your year unwrapped would surprise you. it would look nothing like last year’s.
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AbduIntheLoop
missed devFest for consecutive years due to overlapping programs..but not this time. #gdgAddis
DevFest 2025
It was fun. Like really fun. Everything went so nicely.
If you don’t know what GDG DevFest is, it’s an annual gala where developers meet, learn, and network. It’s organized by Google Developers Group in countries where they have a presence, and today was the Addis edition.
As you’d expect from most tech events, there were the usual things. Sh*t snacks (sorry, but I have to mention both the good and the bad 🙂), tech T shirts, stickers, mugs, cups, all of it was there. But honestly, those weren’t the cool parts.
The programs were really great. Fintech, cloud infrastructure, building AI apps, and OSS were some of the workshop topics and talks I attended this year. I learned a lot. Like really really a lot.
Especially the OSS workshop by Kinfe. That one was the best. It really pushed me to start my open source journey. Apparently, one of the first steps Kinfe took was quitting his job every time he got deeply into open source. Thank God my boss has already decided to cut the staff by half (😭), so hell yeah, I guess I’m already making the first step.
Another reason I’m excited about OSS is to finally stop ending conversations with “May I meet you?” like Beka 😄. Dad jokes aside, open source is genuinely a great way to grow your knowledge, and I’m really looking forward to starting.
Another great part of the event was meeting and networking with people from the tech community. Honestly though, I made zero networking today. I went to DevFest alone, assuming I’d make new friends there, but I guess I still need to work on my communication skills. My introvert personality is not letting me start conversations 😭. Even worse, the AAU crowd was all there, basically my friends, so I ended up talking with them instead of building a new network. I’ll improve on that next year, Inshallah.
Overall, the event was really great. If you missed it, I’m genuinely sad for you. See you next year, maybe. Inshallah.
It was fun. Like really fun. Everything went so nicely.
If you don’t know what GDG DevFest is, it’s an annual gala where developers meet, learn, and network. It’s organized by Google Developers Group in countries where they have a presence, and today was the Addis edition.
As you’d expect from most tech events, there were the usual things. Sh*t snacks (sorry, but I have to mention both the good and the bad 🙂), tech T shirts, stickers, mugs, cups, all of it was there. But honestly, those weren’t the cool parts.
The programs were really great. Fintech, cloud infrastructure, building AI apps, and OSS were some of the workshop topics and talks I attended this year. I learned a lot. Like really really a lot.
Especially the OSS workshop by Kinfe. That one was the best. It really pushed me to start my open source journey. Apparently, one of the first steps Kinfe took was quitting his job every time he got deeply into open source. Thank God my boss has already decided to cut the staff by half (😭), so hell yeah, I guess I’m already making the first step.
Another reason I’m excited about OSS is to finally stop ending conversations with “May I meet you?” like Beka 😄. Dad jokes aside, open source is genuinely a great way to grow your knowledge, and I’m really looking forward to starting.
Another great part of the event was meeting and networking with people from the tech community. Honestly though, I made zero networking today. I went to DevFest alone, assuming I’d make new friends there, but I guess I still need to work on my communication skills. My introvert personality is not letting me start conversations 😭. Even worse, the AAU crowd was all there, basically my friends, so I ended up talking with them instead of building a new network. I’ll improve on that next year, Inshallah.
Overall, the event was really great. If you missed it, I’m genuinely sad for you. See you next year, maybe. Inshallah.
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Forwarded from Google Developer Group AAU (Hira)
🎓 AAU Blockchain Workshop — Web3 Ethiopia University Tour
The Web3 Ethiopia University Tour is landing at Addis Ababa University (AAU) 🌍
This workshop is designed to demystify blockchain and show students how Web3 can unlock global opportunities.
📍 AAU, 5 kilo
🗓 Dec 20, 2025.
🧠 Bring your laptop (PC) for live building included
You’ll learn (no prior experience needed):
🔹 Blockchain basics
🔹 Web3 fundamentals
🔹 Real-world blockchain use cases
🔹 How to build and deploy a simple smart contract
🔹 Technical & non-technical roles in Web3
🔹 How to start building, contributing & earning globally
🎁 REWARDS & GIVEAWAYS
Bring your A-game for our interactive challenges! We’ll be hosting live activities where you can score exclusive Web3 Ethiopia gear and limited-edition swag drops throughout the event.
🤝🏾 Powered by Base
🤝🏾 Hosted by Web3 Ethiopia with GDG AAU.
🔔 Join our Telegrams for updates & announcements:
👉🏾Web3 Ethiopia
👉🏾GDG AAU
🎟 Register here: https://luma.com/9ovbos8q
⚠️ Register only if you are a student at AAU.
The Web3 Ethiopia University Tour is landing at Addis Ababa University (AAU) 🌍
This workshop is designed to demystify blockchain and show students how Web3 can unlock global opportunities.
📍 AAU, 5 kilo
🗓 Dec 20, 2025.
🧠 Bring your laptop (PC) for live building included
You’ll learn (no prior experience needed):
🔹 Blockchain basics
🔹 Web3 fundamentals
🔹 Real-world blockchain use cases
🔹 How to build and deploy a simple smart contract
🔹 Technical & non-technical roles in Web3
🔹 How to start building, contributing & earning globally
🎁 REWARDS & GIVEAWAYS
Bring your A-game for our interactive challenges! We’ll be hosting live activities where you can score exclusive Web3 Ethiopia gear and limited-edition swag drops throughout the event.
🤝🏾 Powered by Base
🤝🏾 Hosted by Web3 Ethiopia with GDG AAU.
🔔 Join our Telegrams for updates & announcements:
👉🏾Web3 Ethiopia
👉🏾GDG AAU
🎟 Register here: https://luma.com/9ovbos8q
⚠️ Register only if you are a student at AAU.
❤1
Google Developer Group AAU
Dec 20, 2025.
This must be a slip of pen. The event is on Monday dec 22. See y’all there.
Forwarded from Web3 Ethiopia
📢 AAU Blockchain Workshop — Date Update
The AAU stop of the Web3 Ethiopia University Tour has been rescheduled to December 29.
We’re excited to meet AAU students and dive into blockchain, Web3 fundamentals, and real opportunities very soon.
Stay updated on Web3 Ethiopia
The AAU stop of the Web3 Ethiopia University Tour has been rescheduled to December 29.
We’re excited to meet AAU students and dive into blockchain, Web3 fundamentals, and real opportunities very soon.
Stay updated on Web3 Ethiopia
i am really curious how people be comfortable sharing their personal stuff to chatgpt.
people are okay asking about their relationship, their ex, their business, their family, basically everything on chatgpt, while i am very controlled even to ask dumb questions that i would use incognito for if it was on google. even then, i would prefer to let you browse my social media accounts than show you my chatgpt history (and ofc my calculator history). i can’t imagine people knowing what dumb questions i am asking.
i really wanna know how comfortable you are with sharing your private stuff to chatgpt. FYI, chatgpt the web version has kind of an incognito mode feature called temporary chats that you can find on the top right corner.
people are okay asking about their relationship, their ex, their business, their family, basically everything on chatgpt, while i am very controlled even to ask dumb questions that i would use incognito for if it was on google. even then, i would prefer to let you browse my social media accounts than show you my chatgpt history (and ofc my calculator history). i can’t imagine people knowing what dumb questions i am asking.
i really wanna know how comfortable you are with sharing your private stuff to chatgpt. FYI, chatgpt the web version has kind of an incognito mode feature called temporary chats that you can find on the top right corner.
The kids who raised their hand when the teacher was about to leave grew up and became the people who say “one quick question” at the end of meetings.
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AbduIntheLoop
have you checked your chatGPT year-in-review ?
I am glad chatGPT knows me only for my work
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