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About

I started with code. The market taught me distribution. Building a business taught me to connect the two.

Ghassaan in Karachi

The not-so-linear path

I have always been interested in how things work. Now I'm equally interested in why people choose them.

I decided I wanted to become a developer in eighth grade and never really left computers behind. Years later, looking for work in a saturated market, I realized that knowing how to build was not enough. I also needed to understand how value becomes visible.

That led me into marketing. What looked like a detour became the other half of the work. Development taught me what happens beneath the click; media buying taught me what earns it. Operations taught me how to keep the promise after it.

Today I'm a final-year Computer Science student, a full-time performance marketer, and co-founder of My Lead Partner, a Karachi growth agency. I work where development, acquisition, and operations overlap.

The working set

Development

HTML / CSS / JavaScript / React / Next.js / Tailwind / Firebase / Python / SQL

Acquisition

Meta / TikTok / Pinterest / AppLovin / Funnel analysis / Campaign operations

Operations

Infrastructure / Delivery systems / ClickUp / Asana / Monday / Slack

Offline

Usually at a foosball table, or having tea with friends at the Quetta tea hotel in our neighborhood.

Karachi is still home.