Alright, I noticed a lot of you are interested in remote or international jobs. Even though I’ve stopped working for companies to focus on my own stuff, I’ll still be sharing some legit opportunities here. #RemoteJobs #InternationalJobs #JobOpportunities #FreelanceLife #CareerGoals #WorkFromAnywhere

The companies and opportunities I’ll share here will be the ones I’ve personally worked with. The first one I’m sharing today is UN jobs. I joined a company called UNOPS back in 2021, which is headquartered in Denmark. I was the youngest of all the over 5,000 employees at UNOPS, and I gained and learned so much from it. I also made a lot of mistakes there (lol, I was just 22 at the time). Anyway, you can apply to UNOPS jobs directly on their website at unops.org under the 'Careers' section, or you can find opportunities on UN Careers and Impactpool. Beterefe I’ll be happy to answer any questions you might have, and this is just the beginning! I’ve had so many other opportunities, and I’ll be sharing them all. Make sure to share this with anyone who might need it!

Here is the second opportunity for you guys. There is a recruitment and tech agency called hyper hire based in Korea. Although I haven’t spent much time at this company, I know they hire developers across various areas of expertise. You can check their linked in here. But what’s even better is to follow the recruiters who work there, they post job openings more frequently than the company page. I’ll leave that part up to you!
#RemoteJobs #InternationalJobs part2

Quick note: Most of the opportunities I find come from recruiters reaching out to me on LinkedIn even till this day. So yeah, it’s definitely worth investing some time in your LinkedIn profile, y’all.

Kinda wild how ChatGPT sometimes gets me more than the people around me. It’s improved so much that I’ve actually started asking it some really personal questions.

I just had a tough day, but as promised, I’m sharing another opportunity that might be helpful. There’s a company called Everse, based in Israel. I secured a role through them, although I willingly resigned. They often post MERN stack roles, along with other opportunities, on LinkedIn. A few Ethiopians I know work there, too, so you might find it worth checking out.

A few of you have asked for tips on creating a strong resume, applying for jobs, preparing, and navigating the interview process. I’ll be posting some helpful tips on that soon. In the meantime, feel free to share this channel with anyone who might find it useful. I know we have a culture of keeping a valuable information to just us but let's not do that here. The larger our community grows, the more insights and opportunities I can share.

You know what I just remembered? A fan of mine once told me he's learning at a university, and he said he's not sociable and has no friends so he couldn’t go far in school or anything. And instantly, I remembered my own college years. Even though I had a few friends, I wasn’t sociable at all especially with classmates.

And in Ethiopia, university is all about how much info you know about the teacher, memorizing handouts, guessing what might be on the test. For me, that was just stupid and ridiculous. So I couldn’t do well in school. But I knew that wouldn’t define me or my potential, so I didn’t waste a second trying to fit into the system or blend in.

Instead, I fell in love with programming. Gosh, I used to wake up excited just to learn the next thing or build something. Any project you can think of, I was that girl who coded for fun. I was good at it, and I knew I could make a great living from it. And it didn’t take long for me to do just that.

So my point is if you're struggling to fit in with school or with what people think is the “right” thing to do guess what? You don’t have to listen to any of their nonsense. Just figure out what you love or what you’re good at, whatever it is. You don’t need to play anyone else’s stupid game.

A quick interview tip:- build your confidence and speaking skill.

Another important one, do your research about the company and come prepared. I’m not even sure if I do it consciously, but I often find myself daydreaming about how the interview will go. That kind of mental rehearsal actually prepares me more than I realize. This is what it means to "see it in your mind first."

And just a side note, I’ve created a personal channel where I talk about anything and everything. It’s more of a personal space, so I don’t recommend everyone joining in. I’ve noticed that some people get triggered or find it doesn’t align with their beliefs or perspectives.

Here are some of the things I’ll be sharing there:

- Meditation (I’m on a journey to become more and more conscious)

- Personal development (which has kinda become my thing, lol)

- My affirmation and manifestation practices

- And generally, my views on people and the universe we live in

So yeah, if you're not into these topics, no worries, feel free to stick to this channel and get your tech tips, haha.

Many projects is equal to many opportunities.

Don't do clones please, do something helpful, especially targeting the job posts, companies and addressing it in your next project is a smart move.

Me on my way to do my third course 🚶🏻‍♀️what course would you be interested to take?

I never really liked freelancing because I don’t enjoy juggling multiple things, I’d much rather focus on one thing at a time. But at the same time, I love the idea of freelancing. The freedom of not having to build a traditional track record or climb some career ladder is appealing. I like that you can work for a month, then take the next one off. It gives you the space to be a little random, and I like that.

That being said, last year was incredibly tough. I went through some of the most traumatic moments of my life, failures, setbacks, and a lot of things at work just not going the way I expected. It left me with a fear of getting back into freelancing, and I ended up taking a long break from programming altogether.

But now, I’m choosing to face that fear and return to it. Even if I don’t enjoy the unnecessary competition, the constant need to write proposals, the low pay when you're just starting out, and the struggle of dealing with difficult clients and unrealistic expectations... I’m still going back.

Back to programming. Back to freelancing. Back to the thing I once loved.

And hopefully, I’ll share the journey here so that someone out there, going through something similar, can learn from it and feel a little less alone.

I often get asked, "What kind of portfolio project should I build?"
Honestly, it’s been a while since I worked on portfolio projects, I usually rely on my past experience when applying for jobs. But here’s what I believe: build something that solves a real problem for you.

For example, I’m currently creating a course, and there’s a lot that goes into it, writing the noscript, recording the audio, editing videos, adding motion graphics… it’s a whole process. So for my next project, I’m planning to build an AI tool to automate all of that.

The best portfolio project? One you’ll actually use. Find something that meets your own needs, and build that.

In tech, you don’t beat Asperger’s. You might win in words, but not in code, not in logic, not in obsession.

To the 355 people here, I hope you guys had a great day. I am curious though what sort of things do you want me to talk about next?

OpenAI has released new versions of Chat GPT-o3 and o4-mini, which can recognize images 😏

The video author asked the bot to guess the location based on a photo – and it began reasoning: searching for clues and gathering them together.

However, other testers found that after mistakes, the GPT-o3 model can act as if they never happened at all. For example, it might even say "I clicked the wrong button" or "there's a miner on my server."

AI learns the worst from humans 🤦

#technology

Happy Easter Everyone 🥳