ilianam

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Manara (YC W21) is hiring(manara.breezy.hr)
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by ilianam 4y ago
Thanks so much for the shout out! We believe that the concept of "undiscovered talent" should be eliminated globally - and that this region in particular has been overlooked for too long. In Palestine for example, 52% of computer
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Manara (YC W21) hiring full-stack engineers and designer (remote)(manara.tech)
1 points by ilianam 5y ago
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Manara (YC W21) is hiring a head of marketing(ycombinator.com)
1 points by ilianam 5y ago
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by ilianam 6y ago
Yup! In Palestine 52% of CS students are women. In Tunisia 62%. In Qatar 80%. This is one of the main reasons Laila and I decided to launch Manara. :) Our 5th cohort (the one after Dalia's... they're just starting to hunt for inte
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by ilianam 6y ago
How did you bomb that first internship? I wonder if there's a useful lesson to share here with Dalia and our broader community.
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by ilianam 6y ago
Moving to the United States is almost impossible for junior engineers from the Middle East. They can relocate to Europe quite easily though. Dalia is going to relocate to Germany or Poland. They can come to the USA for an internship quite e
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by ilianam 6y ago
Love this! I'm Manara's co-founder and CEO. One of the things we hear from people like Dalia is how much they LOVE getting mock interviews & mentorship from people who work at Google, Netflix, Amazon, Wayfair, Spotify, Twitter
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by ilianam 6y ago
Thanks so much for sharing this perspective! I'm Manara's Co-Founder and CEO. I wish that we could tackle all these communities at once because you're right - there's undiscovered talent in many underserved communities a
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by ilianam 6y ago
Manara's Polish-American co-founder catching up late here to say I never tried that ice cream, but I do recommend eating knafeh in the West Bank and fattet hummus in Gaza! The food in in West Bank vs Gaza is quite different... I think
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by ilianam 6y ago
Hi all, jumping in here as the CEO and co-founder of Manara just to say that all the Palestinians that Repl.it interviewed came from Manara (I think). We have in place a very intense vetting system and a training program to teach these CS g
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by ilianam 6y ago
Love your handle :)
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by ilianam 6y ago
Laila has been in back-to-back calls since she posted this (thanks to everyone who filled out the form & booked a meeting with her!) so I'll share what I know on this topic. The high proportion of women studying STEM is definitely
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by ilianam 6y ago
Gotcha. Sounds like an interesting life. :)
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by ilianam 6y ago
Thanks for sharing that. It is indeed really hard - and as startup founders, we understand! Just wanted to clarify that many of our engineers do want to work on startups with interesting missions… what matters most ultimately to them (and t
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by ilianam 6y ago
This is reassuring, thank you! Also probably clarifies why we hadn't heard of him. :)
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by ilianam 6y ago
This is reassuring, thank you!
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by ilianam 6y ago
Oh got it, didn't realize you were in Dubai. Makes sense now! We've been happy to see a growing community of strong tech companies & startups there (e.g., Noon, Careem, Ziina) and were surprised to find how much they value our
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by ilianam 6y ago
What do you mean about going full gigs? Does that mean that the contracts that their engineers are working on now are no longer full-time engagements? We'd love to learn anything we can from their journey. We know that growing can be c
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by ilianam 6y ago
That's interesting. I'm half Polish and I know that there is a perspective that women do really well in science/STEM, but I don't think I've seen them participate at equal rates as men. And when I talk to tech compa
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by ilianam 6y ago
Thanks so much for sharing that! Glad you're having such a great experience on our volunteer team. We couldn't do this without people like you.
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by ilianam 6y ago
Thanks so much for your interest in helping! The best way to get involved is to visit https://www.manara.tech/get-involved . Can you also share that link with your friends in North America who would be interested? Really app
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by ilianam 6y ago
Thank you so much! We'd love to connect more to the Tunisian software engineering community. Will send you an email.
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by ilianam 6y ago
Yes, there’s a growing trend of connecting tech companies to untraditional talent, including in emerging markets. This is for good reasons: talent is everywhere, there’s a growing need for it in the tech sector, remote work and/or relo
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by ilianam 6y ago
Thanks for flagging them - hadn't heard of them previously.
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by ilianam 6y ago
This is what Manara candidates often have experienced too, even when they're excellent. It can be very hard to get the attention of tech companies if you're applying from a country they don't usually work with, especially as
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by ilianam 6y ago
Interesting. I didn't think of it this way previously, but after hearing your description, I'll interpret it a positive sign of their culture / forward-thinkingness.
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by ilianam 6y ago
We're also wondering if some other countries like Australia might be an option
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by ilianam 6y ago
Hi! What other societies have you seen with a high percentage of women developers?
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by ilianam 6y ago
And yes, we'll need to think more about the SEO strategy! What terms do you think people would use to search for us? When we explored this before choosing the name (and we were unaware of the association so we didn't even notice t

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