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Crypto is the only option at the moment. Along with Payoneer, nothing else works for Iraqis.

Coming up with an idea for a product/service has always been the reason that stopped me from starting my own business!

Changing locations is not an option for me, because I take care of my elderly mother. However, I am actually planning on taking a job that's unrelated to tech; let's see how it goes.

I thought about that, and still do!

Unfortunately, I can't find a problem to solve, and believe me, I tried! Everything I come up with has been solved already with a better set of features.

As an Iraqi going to a developed country is very difficult without a job offer and a company willing to sponsor you. It's basically a hit or miss.

Wow! That page has the best styling ever! No fuff, no SPA, no colors, nothing! Just text and straight to the point!

I'm really happy and productive with Django, DRF, React, React Router, and React Query.

Mostly I just use Django alone with nothing on top, not even a frontend framework.

Location: Kirkuk, Iraq Remote: Preferred Willing to Relocate: No Technologies: JavaScript, NodeJS, React, ExpressJS, Django, Python Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1epyMsf_XHuoqDc6ap_mpO9nkVAM... Email: saadsawash{dot}mh{at}gmail{dot}com

I was actually thinking of trying React Native, but for some reason local people prefer Flutter for some reason, any noticable differences between the two? Or should I just go with RN & Expo?

That sounds hopeful, thanks!

Both of them don’t support Iraq, unfortunately.

The networks are already overloaded, introducing a VPN into the mix might even make them unusable for some people!

Unfortunately, this is a tragic situation.

Job is done if the job is done

This really resonates with me!

I haven't received any holidays so far!

To be fair I haven't asked for one.

I live in a developing country, meaning, finding a local Software Engineering job that pays well is impossible. This leaves me with remote work, and most companies don't want to hire an employee from my country.

Finding my current employer was actually a great hit of luck TBH!

I usually look for a phone that has proper LineageOS support and a strong xda community of third party ROMs, Kernels and what not.

I usually go to LineageOS's download page, and browse through the phone list for a not so old phone that has builds for the newest version. Afterwards I check its xda page, read the specs for the phone, check reviews on YouTube and finally decide.

I used to like Pixel phones, but sometimes even the Google experience is too much for me.

These things are a matter of personal preference, take the community's opinions then decide on your own based on your use cases.

Iraq.

Your reply really helped. Thank you.

I see, and were you pleased with the quality of the final work produced by them?

Most companies are being turned off when mentioning my country.

all designs are draw with LTR in mind

I agree. Take a look at Figma, it's a fantastic tool, but it doesn't even support writing in RTL languages without using a plugin!

Thanks for the suggestion.

What's the best way to learn "PROPER" Python? I am doing exercises a lot but not learning anything new, because my current knowledge mostly solves problems. Any tips / recommendations?

Each programming language has its purpose.

C code is performant and that is a fact. Python code is not.

When building mission critical systems why don't programmers just use C itself instead of coding in another programming language and having it transpiled for them? Why introduce such tools all the time?

I am against this because the tools programmers use are becoming too bloated compared to 10-20 years ago.

Want to build an Android App? Use Java/Kotlin.

Want to build an iOS App? Use Swift.

Want to build a Web App? Use a Single JS Framework (Why millions of frameworks?)

Want to build a Windows Desktop App? Use C#.NET Either with WinForms or WPF.

I really see tools and technologies coming up all the time to solve a problem that most of the time doesn't exist.