Yousef's μBlog

(Updated: 2024-12-10)

# Now

This is a now page. I intend to maintain this page to summarize what's currently going on in my life and what I'm up to. You should make your own too!

# I'm in the USA!!

I am currently in San Ramon, CA, in case anyone who reads this is close by and willing to say hi! I've lived around the area for uni so it feels bittersweet to come back to "home sweet home" California.

In case you're wondering waht I'm doing here: I'm attending a business training trip with SAP Academy for Engineers (SAFE). It's been a blast so far, check out my blog posts where I report overviews every week.

## Job

I currently live in Kuwait. I work full time as a Senior Engineer (Solutions Architect) for a Telecommunications company, leading multiple projects such as:

I also work on the side as a Cybersecurity Analyst and Programmer for a confidential site :-).

## Hobbies

I love to learn and write (as you can tell). I always believe that the best way to learn something is to summarize it in your own words. That's why I decided to publish a blog to share the things I learn and build.

My biggest passion is football ⚽. One of my goals is to volunteer (or get hired) as a youth football coach. It would allow me to get more playtime while also giving back to the community and building the next generation(s) of stars.

## Side Gigs

I like to work on the side in my free time. For example, I'm currently helping my sister build her brand online for her personal training business, by creating a modern website with subscription models.

I also plan to launch a business for an app within the next year. It's essentially a ZocDoc clone for Kuwait and MENA region for safely and professionally book appointments for clinics, hospitals, practices, salons, healthcare, etc.

In my free time, I also like to participate in Open Source projects as you will see below in the projects I'm actively working on.

## Travel

Ever since I was young, I've loved exploring new places and different cultures. I grew up bilingual, went to uni in the USA, and constantly travel every chance I get. This year I travelled to:

# Actively Working On

Here are a few things I'm working on at the moment:

🏆 SAP Consultant Certification

Working on a SAP MDEP certification to become a SAP consultant

🟣 `o` CLI Notetaking Tool

An Obsidian command line wrapper I wrote to learn Golang and optimize my notetaking workflow

📨 Notmuch.nvim

A NeoVim (btw!) plugin for reading email offline in the editor