Why do I get such kind of ads 😁

after query new project. Sell your codebase and get paid.

> https://atrium.afterquery.com/r/53URGR

I met Abu Sekinah IRL today. We spent the day together and talked about business, development, Merkato, travel, and everything else. He is honestly incredible and has a lot of experience. There are many things to learn from him ahead.

continuing with the great Ethiopian walk, I walked for almost 17KMs today.

the route: merkato -> piyassa -> churchil street -> tikur anbessa -> legehar -> estifanos -> bambis -> urael -> haya hulet -> megenagna.

were u also walking? What route? Share it in the comment section

Every time I pass by Haya Hulet, I am reminded of the very first full-time, onsite, six-days-a-week job I did for 8,000 birr a month. Now, Alhamdulillah, I am full-time at home and make 0 birr a month.

እና ምን ልላቹ ፈልጌ ነው ሊነጋ ሲል ቁርስ ብሉ ።

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aside from the joke, check out the reply given. We are good until AI reaches that level of intelligence.

I am thinking of writing a "LinkedIn according to me" version of this. I am not an expert on LinkedIn, but I have been there for almost four years now as user(not influencer). I also got a couple of jobs through the platform before.

Share what you want to know about LinkedIn here, and I will consider it for my post. Also, if you have experience with LinkedIn, please share it in the comments section or anonymously if you prefer.

I am visiting one of my graduated ላጤ friends. They are the one who is experiencing real life. On a side note, I can attest that he has good cooking skills and could be great for a husband role :)

The walk continues, joined by the one and only football analyst @abmoh4219. I walked 13 kilometers today.

The route: Alembank -> Betel Mendida -> Torhayloch -> Lideta -> Mexico -> Legehar -> Stadium -> Flamingo.

Who's beaten this record today?

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Indeed, Mom was right. It’s always this damn phone.

I failed my interview with Toptal, and I wanted to share my journey with you, as always. I don’t think I should only share my successes—I should also share my failures.

During my preparation process, I spent about a week researching, but I couldn’t find as many resources as I hoped. The only person I could ask was someone on LinkedIn who had recently been accepted.

To begin with, Toptal is a platform similar to Upwork, but it’s more exclusive. Only senior-level freelancers are accepted, and the pay is generally much better. You can listen to previous chapi’s interview to learn more about the 💰 pay:)

There are around five screening steps.

The first step is simply submitting your application. If you’re accepted, you’ll move on to the second step, which is an introductory interview. This is basically a video call where they assess your English communication skills.

The third step is an online coding challenge, similar to HackerRank, but it’s hosted on Codility. There are usually three DSA questions, very similar to LeetCode problems. You’ll have around 145 minutes to solve all three questions. Your screen, microphone, and camera will all be recorded, so it’s a controlled environment, but there won’t be a senior engineer directly watching or interacting with you.

If you pass that round, you’ll move on to the fourth step, which is the live coding interview with a senior engineer. This is the round where I failed.

I went into it thinking it would be like a FAANG interview, so I spent most of my preparation doing LeetCode and practicing interview-style explanations. During the interview, I was explaining my thought process, talking about time complexity, space complexity, and approaching it like a typical FAANG interview.

Looking back, I don’t think that was the right approach.

You only get around 35 minutes, and you’re given one main question with four tasks inside it. So, in reality, you have to complete all four tasks within that time. That doesn’t leave much room for spending several minutes analyzing complexity.

The questions also aren’t as algorithm-heavy as LeetCode. In my interview, I was simply asked to load a JSON file, manipulate the data, and produce the required output. There weren’t even hidden test cases.

So my advice would be: just focus on solving the problem. The prompts are very straightforward. Don’t spend too much time worrying about time complexity, space complexity, or over-explaining every decision unless it’s actually needed. Finish the tasks first.

That’s as far as I can talk about because I didn’t make it to the next round.

If I had passed, the final step would have been a take-home project. After completing it, you would have another interview with a senior engineer to discuss your solution. If you pass that as well, congratulations—you’ve joined a platform that’s generally considered better than Upwork.

I’m sharing this journey not because I’m an expert, but because I know how difficult it is to find information about this process. I barely found any resources while preparing, so I hope this gives someone at least a small hint about what to expect.

And if any of you have been accepted into Toptal before, please share your experience in the comments. It would help a lot of people preparing for the interview. It would help me as well as I have another chance to hop into this round again but after some months. I know the NDA prohibits from sharing the actual question but I don’t think sharing experiences violates the NDA.

Thank you, and have a great day!

Are you a student in Addis Ababa with a passion for eCommerce, technology, and innovation?

Applications are open for the Venture Meda Hackathon 2026. Participants will work in teams to develop technology solutions for real e-commerce challenges, with mentorship and seed funding available for selected teams.

Application deadline: July 31, 2026
Hackathon: August 21-22, 2026

link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfznUkiD7mR6lRr-Xl2Rot7Sql9fUkrubR4uNxA5DqIGLqETQ/viewform

I see many more iPhone 17s than iPhone 16s and 15s in people's hands these days, so it must be normal to have one for most.

How long will it take you to buy an iPhone 17 with your current income? The iPhone 17 costs around 250,000 ETB.

POV : When you can afford the tour but not the tour guide -> https://youtu.be/SU2zkru55pw?si=jjNE-kR_I_W5SY0_&t=385

I admire the guide's confidence. I wish I had Bro's confidence.

Brana software solutions is hiring Junior Fullstack developer.

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what you will work with:
- .NET, Next.js, Azure
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Giveaway Alert !! 🎉

It's been a while since we hit 500 subscribers, and I wanted to do a giveaway for the first time. But I am mean, I will only be giving it away to a few of my loyal subscribers :)

How do I choose the loyal ones? Who are the loyal ones?

Stay tuned. I will post the details later :)

the wait is over. play a game to win a shared pool of 500 ሮያል ከረሜላዎች. 🎉 😁

we play a game, and the game itself chooses who the loyals are.

you know the spot the lie game, right? an AI has generated multiple statements based on my channel posts before. on every slide, you will be shown 3 statements, and you have to choose the lie.

play the game here: https://amiloyaltoabduintheloops.online

you have to be a member of this channel to play the game. so make sure to use the telegram account that is a member of this channel.

@abduInTheLoop

which one are you?😅