I've spent 6 years writing code that actually works — and just as long explaining it to people who weren't sure it would. I build things, I break them, I fix them, and sometimes I write about it.
A bit about me
I'm Amenawon — everyone shortens it to Mena, which I appreciate. I'm a software engineer with an MSc in AI and about six years of actually shipping things that people use day-to-day.
My sweet spot is the messy middle ground between engineering and communication. I love writing code, but I love even more when someone who was confused about something finally gets it — whether that's through a well-structured codebase, a good code review, or a blog post at midnight.
Outside work: I mentor engineers for free on ADPList, I think about AI more than is probably healthy, and I've definitely spent a Saturday debugging something that turned out to be a missing semicolon.
Some real, some mocked — all the kind of thing I actually enjoy building.
Our team was drowning in spreadsheets. I built something that reads the data, spots the patterns, and tells you what matters. No more Monday morning report panic.
Tired of every engineer having their own way of doing everything. Built shared tooling, standardised pipelines, and made deploying something you actually look forward to. Sort of.
Built the kind of platform I wish existed when I was starting out — somewhere engineers can find mentors, share resources, and not feel like they're figuring it all out alone.
When the old setup started sweating at 10k requests, I rebuilt the routing layer from scratch. It now handles a lot more without breaking a sweat. Very satisfying.
I write on Medium when something clicks and I want to make sure someone else gets that click too. No thought leadership, no hot takes — just things I actually think about.
Someone took time for me early in my career and it changed everything. So I do the same — no charge, no catch, through ADPList.
Whether you're trying to get your first engineering job, figure out what "senior" actually means, or just want someone to look at your CV and tell you honestly how it reads — book a slot.
I won't sugarcoat things, but I also won't be brutal about it. Think of it as an honest chat with someone who's been where you are.
Genuinely free. No upsell, no newsletter signup.
If you've got a project you'd like help with, a role you think I'd be a good fit for, or you just want to talk tech — my inbox is genuinely open.
No pitch deck required. Just say hi.
menaesezobor@gmail.com