sup, im bereket. i took a pretty unconventional path to get where i am today.
a lil bit about me
- • 16 yrs old
- • i'm 6'4
- • ethopian 🇪🇹, born in kenya 🇰🇪, raised in canada 🇨🇦
- • currently living in toronto, canada
- • started coding when i was 10 years old 💻
- • dropped out of high school in grade 10
- • 26k+ followers on twitter
- • black belt in taekwondo 🥋
philosophy
- • cracked beats polished
- • chaos breeds clarity
- • demos over decks
where i've worked
- • co-founder, cto @ butler (raised $1.2m)
- • swe intern @ shopify
- • founding engineer @ tunnel (neo '23)
- • founding engineer @ aviato
- • co-founder @ buildergroop (7k+ members)
what ive done
- • had 2 successful startup exits
- • 1m+ mau across all my apps
- • product hunt maker of the year (runner up) '21
- • won many international hackathons (nasa, etc)
- • programming captain @ frc 6070 (robotics)
on the news
- • https://www.businessinsider.com/12-year-old-developer-bereket-semagn-startup-projects-product-hunt-2021-7
- • https://www.producthunt.com/newsletters/archive/7981
- • https://www.producthunt.com/stories/announcing-the-golden-kitty-awards-2021-winners
- • https://spaceq.ca/canadians-are-global-finalists-in-the-space-apps-challenge/
how to reach me
- • twitter (x)