After graduating in the summer of 2017, I was freshly equipped with coding skills from Harvard’s CS50 course. It was around this time that Meta’s Messenger unve

After graduating in the summer of 2017, I was freshly equipped with coding skills from Harvard’s CS50 course. It was around this time that Meta’s Messenger unveiled their locations API, sparking an idea in me: What if you could book a driver directly from a Facebook page? To explore this concept, I developed a prototype using Flask and MongoDB. Although it was a basic model, it functioned and received positive feedback from everyone who saw it. Recognizing potential in this idea, I approached a burgeoning startup in my country that was launching a ride-hailing service. To my astonishment, they expressed interest and invited me to join as one of their first engineers. This role turned out to be one of my most enriching startup experiences. I dedicated over a year there before transitioning to another company. This startup, Yassir, later gained traction and support, securing backing from Y Combinator and raising over $150 million. My early work with them remains a pivotal point in my career, highlighting the power of innovation and the impact of new technology in the startup world