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⚡️ Yo Coders! Episode 9 drops this Friday at 1:30 PM (LT)!
We’re super excited to feature Dawit Minue, a passionate Software Engineer whose journey spans from building projects at Addis Software to contributing to payment solutions at Chapa and even collaborating with engineers from Bloomberg & Amazon. 🌍💻
💡 Highlights from Dawit’s journey:
• From struggling with loops in his first semester ➝ to building impactful projects in Bahir Dar & Addis Ababa.
• Achieved a 55% performance boost at Addis Software using Redis caching.
• Contributed to the Chapa SDK, supporting Ethiopia’s leading payment gateway.
• Built 14 projects during his Headstarter residency, including a deep-learning anomaly detection model.
• Learned global engineering practices by collaborating with teams from Bloomberg & Amazon.
• Advocates for mentorship & open-source as key drivers for Africa’s tech growth.
🎙 In this episode, Dawit shares:
• His origin story and the spark that got him into coding.
• How solving real-world problems gave him the “aha” moment to pursue software engineering.
• His perspective on scaling secure, high-performance systems in Ethiopia.
• The biggest lessons from working with world-class engineers.
• Advice for freshman engineers and those starting in open source.
📍 Join us on Telegram: @codebiruh
🔥 Don’t miss this inspiring session come learn, connect, and grow with us!
#Codebiruh #Podcast #SoftwareEngineering #TechJourney #Redis #Chapa #OpenSource #Mentorship #LearnAndGrow
We’re super excited to feature Dawit Minue, a passionate Software Engineer whose journey spans from building projects at Addis Software to contributing to payment solutions at Chapa and even collaborating with engineers from Bloomberg & Amazon. 🌍💻
💡 Highlights from Dawit’s journey:
• From struggling with loops in his first semester ➝ to building impactful projects in Bahir Dar & Addis Ababa.
• Achieved a 55% performance boost at Addis Software using Redis caching.
• Contributed to the Chapa SDK, supporting Ethiopia’s leading payment gateway.
• Built 14 projects during his Headstarter residency, including a deep-learning anomaly detection model.
• Learned global engineering practices by collaborating with teams from Bloomberg & Amazon.
• Advocates for mentorship & open-source as key drivers for Africa’s tech growth.
🎙 In this episode, Dawit shares:
• His origin story and the spark that got him into coding.
• How solving real-world problems gave him the “aha” moment to pursue software engineering.
• His perspective on scaling secure, high-performance systems in Ethiopia.
• The biggest lessons from working with world-class engineers.
• Advice for freshman engineers and those starting in open source.
📍 Join us on Telegram: @codebiruh
🔥 Don’t miss this inspiring session come learn, connect, and grow with us!
#Codebiruh #Podcast #SoftwareEngineering #TechJourney #Redis #Chapa #OpenSource #Mentorship #LearnAndGrow
🌱 Soft Skills for Techies 🌱
In today’s tech world, coding alone isn’t enough. To grow as a developer, engineer, or innovator, soft skills matter just as much as technical skills.
✨ Essential Lessons to Grow
- Communication: Explain your ideas clearly to teammates, clients, and non-tech people.
- Collaboration: Great projects are built in teams, not alone.
- Adaptability: Tech changes fast being flexible keeps you valuable.
- Problem-Solving Mindset: Beyond syntax, it’s about approaching challenges creatively.
- Leadership & Empathy: Understanding people makes you a better teammate and future leader.
💡 Remember: Your code may get replaced by AI, but your ability to lead, connect, and innovate never will.
👉 What’s the one soft skill you’re working on right now? Share with us!
#CodeBiruh #TechInsights #ProgrammingLife #SoftSkills #DeveloperGrowth #CareerTips #TechCommunity #LearnAndGrow
In today’s tech world, coding alone isn’t enough. To grow as a developer, engineer, or innovator, soft skills matter just as much as technical skills.
✨ Essential Lessons to Grow
- Communication: Explain your ideas clearly to teammates, clients, and non-tech people.
- Collaboration: Great projects are built in teams, not alone.
- Adaptability: Tech changes fast being flexible keeps you valuable.
- Problem-Solving Mindset: Beyond syntax, it’s about approaching challenges creatively.
- Leadership & Empathy: Understanding people makes you a better teammate and future leader.
💡 Remember: Your code may get replaced by AI, but your ability to lead, connect, and innovate never will.
👉 What’s the one soft skill you’re working on right now? Share with us!
#CodeBiruh #TechInsights #ProgrammingLife #SoftSkills #DeveloperGrowth #CareerTips #TechCommunity #LearnAndGrow
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🚨 Episode 9 is Finally Here! 🎙
Code Biruh Podcast
⏰ Dropping TODAY at 1:30 PM (LT)!
Meet Dawit Minue a Software Engineer whose journey takes him from struggling with loops in his first semester ➝ to boosting performance by 55% at Addis Software, building payment solutions at Chapa, and even collaborating with engineers from Bloomberg & Amazon. 🌍💻
🔥 His story is full of grit, growth, and game-changing lessons for every aspiring coder.
✨ Highlights:
• 14+ impactful projects during his residency
• Real-world problem solving in Addis & Bahir Dar
• Mentorship & open-source advocacy for Africa’s tech future
💬 “Coding isn’t just writing lines of code, it’s building solutions that matter.”
📍 Don’t miss it join us on Telegram: @codebiruh
#CodeBiruh #Podcast #TechJourney #Redis #Chapa #OpenSource #LearnAndGrow
Code Biruh Podcast
⏰ Dropping TODAY at 1:30 PM (LT)!
Meet Dawit Minue a Software Engineer whose journey takes him from struggling with loops in his first semester ➝ to boosting performance by 55% at Addis Software, building payment solutions at Chapa, and even collaborating with engineers from Bloomberg & Amazon. 🌍💻
🔥 His story is full of grit, growth, and game-changing lessons for every aspiring coder.
✨ Highlights:
• 14+ impactful projects during his residency
• Real-world problem solving in Addis & Bahir Dar
• Mentorship & open-source advocacy for Africa’s tech future
💬 “Coding isn’t just writing lines of code, it’s building solutions that matter.”
📍 Don’t miss it join us on Telegram: @codebiruh
#CodeBiruh #Podcast #TechJourney #Redis #Chapa #OpenSource #LearnAndGrow
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🌟 Good evening, everyone! 🌆
Welcome to today’s session. We’re excited to have a special guest with us Dawit Minue, a passionate software engineer and community builder. From his early curiosity in coding to contributing at Addis Software and Chapa, Dawit has worked on impactful projects that blend innovation and real-world problem-solving.
We encourage you all to stay tuned and engage in the conversation, as we look forward to learning from his journey, experiences, and vision. 🚀
Let’s get started!
Welcome to today’s session. We’re excited to have a special guest with us Dawit Minue, a passionate software engineer and community builder. From his early curiosity in coding to contributing at Addis Software and Chapa, Dawit has worked on impactful projects that blend innovation and real-world problem-solving.
We encourage you all to stay tuned and engage in the conversation, as we look forward to learning from his journey, experiences, and vision. 🚀
Let’s get started!
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Interviewer
We'd love to hear your origin story. What was the first spark that got you excited about coding, and how has that initial passion evolved through your various roles at companies like Addis Software and Chapa?
We'd love to hear your origin story. What was the first spark that got you excited about coding, and how has that initial passion evolved through your various roles at companies like Addis Software and Chapa?
Interviewee
My journey into coding started after joining the Software Engineering Department. I wanted to understand how the applications I used every day were actually built. At first, I wasn’t paying much attention to coding, and loops seemed complex when I saw them for the first time. But after a while, I started to like it and fell in love with building impactful projects meeting clients in Bahir Dar and Addis Ababa. The first time I wrote a small program and saw it run, I felt an incredible sense of empowerment, like I could build something out of nothing. Over time, that spark grew into a career, from creating scalable systems at Addis Software to contributing to high-impact financial platforms at Chapa.
My journey into coding started after joining the Software Engineering Department. I wanted to understand how the applications I used every day were actually built. At first, I wasn’t paying much attention to coding, and loops seemed complex when I saw them for the first time. But after a while, I started to like it and fell in love with building impactful projects meeting clients in Bahir Dar and Addis Ababa. The first time I wrote a small program and saw it run, I felt an incredible sense of empowerment, like I could build something out of nothing. Over time, that spark grew into a career, from creating scalable systems at Addis Software to contributing to high-impact financial platforms at Chapa.
Interviewer
Looking back, was there a single project or 'aha' moment in your career that truly solidified your path as a software engineer?
Looking back, was there a single project or 'aha' moment in your career that truly solidified your path as a software engineer?
Interviewee
The moment I realized software engineering was truly my path came during a project where I solved a tough optimization problem and immediately saw the impact on users. It wasn’t just about writing code anymore it was about creating solutions that made people’s lives easier. Solving a big problem using technology and seeing someone use the result is the best feeling you’ll get.
The moment I realized software engineering was truly my path came during a project where I solved a tough optimization problem and immediately saw the impact on users. It wasn’t just about writing code anymore it was about creating solutions that made people’s lives easier. Solving a big problem using technology and seeing someone use the result is the best feeling you’ll get.
Interviewer
At Addis Software, you achieved an impressive 55% performance boost using Redis caching. Could you walk us through that? What did the system look like before, what was the key bottleneck, and why was Redis the right tool for the job?
At Addis Software, you achieved an impressive 55% performance boost using Redis caching. Could you walk us through that? What did the system look like before, what was the key bottleneck, and why was Redis the right tool for the job?
Interviewee
Before implementing Redis caching, the system suffered from frequent database calls that slowed performance. It could take more than a minute to get a response because it depended on another system and numerous backend computations. The bottleneck was clear repeated queries that didn’t need to hit the database every time. By introducing Redis as a caching layer, we reduced redundant requests, lowered latency, and ultimately improved performance, which made a big difference for end users.
Before implementing Redis caching, the system suffered from frequent database calls that slowed performance. It could take more than a minute to get a response because it depended on another system and numerous backend computations. The bottleneck was clear repeated queries that didn’t need to hit the database every time. By introducing Redis as a caching layer, we reduced redundant requests, lowered latency, and ultimately improved performance, which made a big difference for end users.
Interviewer
Working on a payment gateway like Chapa, handling billions of ETB, is no small feat. What were the top three engineering challenges when building and scaling a system where security, reliability, and speed are absolutely critical?
Working on a payment gateway like Chapa, handling billions of ETB, is no small feat. What were the top three engineering challenges when building and scaling a system where security, reliability, and speed are absolutely critical?
Interviewee
Actually, I don’t contribute to the Chapa system’s development code, but I have contributed to the SDK development of the Chapa Payment. In general the three biggest challenges are ensuring security at scale, maintaining high availability during peak loads, and optimizing transactions for speed without compromising accuracy. Each of these requires rigorous testing, solid infrastructure decisions, and a constant focus on user trust.
Actually, I don’t contribute to the Chapa system’s development code, but I have contributed to the SDK development of the Chapa Payment. In general the three biggest challenges are ensuring security at scale, maintaining high availability during peak loads, and optimizing transactions for speed without compromising accuracy. Each of these requires rigorous testing, solid infrastructure decisions, and a constant focus on user trust.
Interviewer
You built an incredible 14 projects during your Headstarter residency Which one was the most technically demanding or personally rewarding? We'd love to hear about a specific challenge you faced in a project, perhaps with the RAG pipeline or a recommendation system, and how you solved it.
You built an incredible 14 projects during your Headstarter residency Which one was the most technically demanding or personally rewarding? We'd love to hear about a specific challenge you faced in a project, perhaps with the RAG pipeline or a recommendation system, and how you solved it.
Interviewee
Out of the 14 projects, one of the most technically demanding was building a market anomaly detection and prediction model using deep learning. I've used Bloomberg's market data to train the model, and it was difficult to know which algorithm to use and also prepare and filter the data for training. I've solved it by comparing the algorithm performance and doing thread-off among the algorithms, doing SMOTE analysis on the data, and optimizing it by clearing some columns that are not needed.
Out of the 14 projects, one of the most technically demanding was building a market anomaly detection and prediction model using deep learning. I've used Bloomberg's market data to train the model, and it was difficult to know which algorithm to use and also prepare and filter the data for training. I've solved it by comparing the algorithm performance and doing thread-off among the algorithms, doing SMOTE analysis on the data, and optimizing it by clearing some columns that are not needed.
Interviewer
You've worked with engineers from top-tier companies like Bloomberg and Amazon at Intrepid Prime. What was the biggest cultural or technical difference you noticed, and what's one key lesson you learned from collaborating at that level?
You've worked with engineers from top-tier companies like Bloomberg and Amazon at Intrepid Prime. What was the biggest cultural or technical difference you noticed, and what's one key lesson you learned from collaborating at that level?
Interviewee
The biggest difference I noticed was the emphasis on code quality and scalability from day one. They’re always collaborative and open, even with busy schedules and many tasks. That mindset inspires me and helps me do more loving projects with them. They don’t have egos and understand that everything starts from the first small step. Saying you don’t know something but will research it and come back with findings is normal when working with them. Engineers at that level don’t just think about solving the problem in front of them; they anticipate how the system will evolve in the future. A key lesson I learned is to design with growth in mind don’t just write code for today, but architect it to withstand tomorrow’s challenges.
The biggest difference I noticed was the emphasis on code quality and scalability from day one. They’re always collaborative and open, even with busy schedules and many tasks. That mindset inspires me and helps me do more loving projects with them. They don’t have egos and understand that everything starts from the first small step. Saying you don’t know something but will research it and come back with findings is normal when working with them. Engineers at that level don’t just think about solving the problem in front of them; they anticipate how the system will evolve in the future. A key lesson I learned is to design with growth in mind don’t just write code for today, but architect it to withstand tomorrow’s challenges.
Interviewer
I saw you lead a team at Addis Software during a critical period. How did you approach that responsibility? What's your philosophy on keeping a team motivated and focused under pressure?
I saw you lead a team at Addis Software during a critical period. How did you approach that responsibility? What's your philosophy on keeping a team motivated and focused under pressure?