Notes from the Grassfields
Share your story
I'm writing a series about what it actually takes to build software from Cameroon. The opportunities, the obstacles, and the ridicule we rarely say out loud. If you've lived any of it, your story can help someone else feel less alone, and shape what I write next.
Getting paid
Wrestled with wire transfers, crypto, or fees eating your money? Tell me how you actually get paid.
The ridicule tax
Been doubted, lowballed, or told a Cameroonian dev can't really do this? What happened, and how did you respond?
Internet you can't trust
Outages, power cuts, the 2017 to 2018 shutdown. How has unreliable connection shaped how you work?
Breaking in
Landing that first remote role or international client. What opened the door, or slammed it?
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