u/mahdi036

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Hi I’m Mahdi, I was born in the USA and moved to Lebanon when I was 8 years old to live in dahye. Even though it was just 8 years I feel like it made it difficult to adapt to Lebanese culture. I currently work as a solutions engineer in Beirut while traveling on and off to Abu dhabi for work. For my interests I used to be a rock climbing coach, gym, trying new foods, musicals, and I used to be more into gaming/anime in my teens, but now not so much they still hold a special place in my heart though.

I’ve seen a lot of AMA posts on this subreddit, but most of them give no context to who they are or what they’ve experienced in life. So most of the questions are very basic and general like what are you hobbies and favorite tv show. I thought I’d change it up a bit to have more interesting and personal conversations.

Most of the hiking groups I’ve joined have been really nice but the age group is usually around 30. Does anyone know a hiking group where the demographic is around the younger side?

I’m an American/lebanese citizen living in Lebanon with a masters in computer and communications engineering, So I’ve been working as an associate solutions consultant for a company in Lebanon that installs and manages aveva pi system softwares to the gulf. I’ve been with them for a year and I feel like I’m not growing much and the salary/office life isn’t great. I was planning on leaving the company to find a remote job in automation engineering but before I said anything to my boss he told me he wants to send me to adnoc Dubai. This contract requires me to stay with them for a year, they want me to remain on site and manage pi systems there, apparently a third party Dubai company will hire me (on top of my Lebanese contract he said it’s called a rider or something like that) as technician but I’ll actually be managing pi system infrastructure. Do you think this experience will be good for me if I later plan to work as a proper engineer in Europe,USA or gulf? I’m also worried about the life style there because I will be living on site 2 hours away from the city. Any replies would be very greatly appreciated

I feel like in Lebanon I’m tied to my friends much more than other countries. My outings either consist of going out with friend to eat or do an activity, and if I’m alone I can work or workout but it a difficult to find something to do in my free time other than doom scrolling or watching something. Looking for solo activity or outings in Beirut