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?…

Just got to my mountain house for the weekend, and the first thing I did was log into this. Friday, 7 PM. Most people are unplugging. I'm watching Sami Shameseldeen and Lara Wehbe run the 𝗦𝗘 × 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲... a live, 2-day build where they architect and ship a real, production-grade full-stack AI appl…

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,…

Lately, every time I congratulate someone on LinkedIn, I feel like I’m sneaking into a celebration with a small slice of cake. But I’m not showing off I promise. I just like showing up in the comments with a tiny “𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲.” My intention is simply to support and recognize others, because even a small comme…