Alaa Asaad's Recent LinkedIn Posts

𝗣𝗢𝗩: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 😂 A job applicant got rejected… and replied with: “𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻.” Most people read a rejection…

My biggest "𝗮𝗵𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁" in coding wasn't learning a fancy algorithm. It was watching a senior developer Google "𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 ?" I thought I was behind because I kept searching for syntax. Turns out... 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯. The difference between a beginner and a pro?…

𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲: some job listings should come with an expiration date. Like milk🥛 I found a posting today that's been "𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲" since before COVID was a thing we talked about. Same role. Same buzzwords. Same "𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵-𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵." Still accepting applications. Still, appa…

𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲: some job listings should come with an expiration date. Like milk🥛 I found a posting today that's been "𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲" since before COVID was a thing we talked about. Same role. Same buzzwords. Same "𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵-𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵." Still accepting applications. Still, appa…

My biggest "𝗮𝗵𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁" in coding wasn't learning a fancy algorithm. It was watching a senior developer Google "𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 ?" I thought I was behind because I kept searching for syntax. Turns out... 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯. The difference between a beginner and a pro?…

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲, 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱.✨  Yesterday at DevFest2025 Beirut by Google Developer Groups - GDG Coast Lebanon at Lebanese American University, I was in the middle of it all; 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆,…