Let me tell you a story about something thats mentioned in this podcast idk if you would believe me or not but its just i was shocked .....

Back in around 2012 Ethiopian Calendar, I was home running a tiny tech YouTube channel called Anexo Tech. I had 137 subscribers, all from those sub-for-sub groups where everyone fakes growth just to feel seen. No WiFi at home back then. I used this flash-drive-looking modem thing, CDMA or whatever it was called, where you insert a SIM card, recharge it with mobile cards, and pray the internet holds long enough to upload a video.

While uploads were crawling, I used to explore YouTube, and I was obsessed with Tech Talk with Solomon. I watched every single episode the moment it dropped. One day, while watching, I heard him mention 1888EC. I immediately searched it up. The site looked insanely clean and professional to me at the time. I explored every page slowly, like it was something from another world.

At the bottom, there was a contact section. I thought, why not try. At that time, I was already messing with HTML, CSS, and a bit of JavaScript on an ancient laptop that crashed more than it worked. I sent him a long, honest email saying I live in a rural area, I love technology, I’m learning web dev, and asking for help. Deep down, I was lowkey expecting money or a brand-new laptop, like a naive kid dreaming big.

Of course, no reply ever came. Years later, in one of Meripodcast YouTube videos, at minute 57:48 Link, he mentions a message sent from Jimma. That was me. Hearing that hit different. To this day, I wish I could meet him and tell him that, without even knowing it, he was part of the reason I kept going, and that I became exactly the kind of person his book was written for.

Solomon Kassa Just texted me guys 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️

Hellll yeahhhh 🔥🔥🔥🔥 got the chance to be testimony on his 2nd boook 🫡

👀🫵ሙሽራዉ መቷል 🤙 Welcome ብለናል

This is awesome.

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