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Countercurrent

Notes on the technical, the human, and changing things

countercurrent /koun′tər-kûr″ənt, -kŭr″-/ · noun · A current that flows against the prevailing one.

by Nasser Mohieddin Abukhdeir

Recent Notes

Skills for a countercurrent engineering career

July 19, 2026 · 5 min read

I am an MIT reject, but it was likely one of the best things that ever happened to me. Instead, I was accepted into the engineering program at CMU,1 where you were admitted into two different degree …

Why I chose a countercurrent career

July 18, 2026 · 5 min read

My career started off in a relatively orthodox way. Coming from a family with modest means, I did not want to take risks early in my career. When I started my undergraduate degree at CMU1 I made sure …