Software engineerAddis Ababa, Ethiopia

Three and a half years of remote work for teams in the Netherlands and the US. $60,000+ on Upwork, starting from a $5 job. Never a month without shipping.

Work with me · not taking clients right now
Ephrem Mekuria
Addis Ababa, 2026
the climb → $5 one app review→ $100/mo 8-hour days→ $110/mo → +$120/mo second job, half-days→ fired from the first → $300/mo → $1,000/mo → $8/hr 40 hrs/week→ $12/hr → $15/hr same hours→ $60,000+ in about three years ·
Contracts, overlapping2023 → now
KGP2SS
DoWell Research
DennisMobile
Impakt · now

Two jobs at once for most of it. Briefly three. Full timeline →