About Me

I am Ahmed Waleed.

I am a Software Engineer working on web in JavaScript and React ecosystem. I have almost 5 years of experience and currently working at Emumba as a Lead Frontend Software Engineer.

What do I love to do in my free time?

I live in Islambad, Pakistan - a peaceful city along the foothills of Margallah mountains. On weekends, you will find me hiking in the Margallah trails ⛰. I am fond of watching thriller shows and movies on Netflix 📺. I have been a techie for as long as I can remember so often I use spare time to learn more about tech and improve my skills.

How do I manage all of this with Family, work and house chores? I haven't figured it out so I am a work in progress. I am often prioritizing things to be more organized yet everything feels messy.

Purpose of the blog

In one word, self-therapy.

I believe today we have a lot of people generating tech content on various platforms especially in the JavaScript space. This makes it very difficult to differentiate between the original and the marketing tailored content. Also, I feel much of content is created to glorify success or in pursuit of success and glory instead of highlighting the everyday hustle.

Unmoderated consumption of such content can boost fear of missing out, fatigue and imposter syndrome in engineers and I have sufferred from this, a lot 😱.

This blog is my self-therapy to cut off the content consumption, focus more on being original, spend more quality time thinking, and creating content that is real. This doesn t mean I am going to shut the drapes on the world, instead I will focus on original media such as books and a few original blogs so that it is easier to curate, consume better quality content, and most importantly, sleep better.

I am not writing to share expert opinions 😼. Just like you, I face new challenges everyday even after years of experience, Stackoverflow is still a life savior for me and I still find myself learning from people I work with everyday. So, I want to write about the problems I face and the thought process that goes behind solving them 🧠 and be real about the imperfections we are okay to live with because we made it work.

If you are an Engineer starting out, I hope it helps you see the struggle many of us go through to make it work and it helps you focus on your problems. 🚀