Wookash Podcast Wassim Alhajomar | When Medicine Meets Programming
Sep 27, 2025
Wassim Alhajomar, a software developer with a medical background, shares his unique journey from Syria to developing indie games. He discusses his experience balancing medical school and coding, including the creation of the game AV Racer and its innovative car physics. Wassim also dives into his work on image tooling, the challenges of debugging graphics, and switching from OpenGL to Direct3D. He reflects on the flaws in medical software and his desire to improve medtech, all while offering valuable advice for aspiring programmers.
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Biology As Systems And Algorithms
- Wassim sees biology as interconnected systems and enjoys its algorithmic nature.
- He compares organs to machines and finds studying their systematic behavior thrilling.
Learning Programming With A Friend
- Wassim learned programming after asking his friend Saeed to show him how games are made.
- He started with C, watched Handmade Hero, and spent weeks building small low-level projects together with Saeed.
Master Core Concepts Early
- Persist through early confusion: pointers and structs clicked after repeated practice.
- Study fundamentals deeply before layering abstractions so concepts become intuitive.