I USED TO co-run a software company. My cofounder is Lebanese, so we built a team in Beirut with an office right on the Levantine Sea. Great software engineers over there, excellent front-end talent. But Lebanon has been going through it. And not just in the normal "wedged between factions in an eternal global crisis zone" way. First the financial system collapsed (no problem, the team said), then the pandemic hit hard (we're doing OK), then Beirut was partially destroyed in a port explosion (a terrible day, but we'll get through it). Then we learned that people were powering their houses with DIY solar or diesel generators (don t mention it) and getting internet through mobile hot spots (almost always works fine). We rented spare apartments for folks having trouble getting home (not necessary, but thanks) and figured out how to pay people when the banks were melting (appreciate it). On January 6, 2021, they Slacked the US team, "Your coup is ridiculous."
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