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Better than yesterday, worse than tomorrow. @cisemetrics

Joined January 2013
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@SQLBrethen
Wálé
3 years
I had no business being in America. I was a street hawker in Badagry from a relatively poor family. Without that lottery win, I’ll probably still be roaming Badagry, Okoko, and Ojo as a hawker. I commend those who succeed in Nigeria, in America success is a bit easier.
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@SQLBrethen
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3 years
I don’t talk about my progression enough. From a cleaner who cleans up vomits on the staircase, and pickup trash in the parking lot in freezing temperatures whilst earning $8.25/hr to a senior role at a fortune 50 company on a six figure pay in less than 4 years. That’s mad.
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2 years
She’d insert “Jesus” in everything. If I told her I drove home, she’d say no, Jesus did. I passed a cert, no, Jesus did. She’d send me prayers at 5 am in the morning to recite. I swear she made me hate Jesus for like a month, cos I thought he was stealing my shine.
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Diji The Great.
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~ What was that incident that made you stop your “Talking stage” with someone? Share your story 🤔 😂
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@SQLBrethen
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2 years
"One of my students just secured a $140k per year salary after completing my 6 months course with no prior tech experience. "
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6 years
@KyleKashuv @aedison Like we say in Africa: “The fall of a dry leaf is a warning to the green ones” The failure of socialism in other nations is a warning.
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@SQLBrethen
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2 years
Most people don’t understand the economics of discipline. Poor people have very little room for accommodating risk, and an ill-disciplined kid is one of those risks. There’s a reason why beating kids is predominantly in developing countries.
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What's your honest opinion about beating kids ?
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@SQLBrethen
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3 years
@yewiedewie @senor_hachi Is the company a mosque? Ansur-deen Corporation
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@SQLBrethen
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1 year
I transitioned from a janitor mopping vomits and cleaning toilets at a university straight to Google. 🙂
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Brag about yourself
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@SQLBrethen
Wálé
6 years
@amnesty @IMKristenBell Jesus it’s time, come and get me, I���m done with earth😂😂
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@SQLBrethen
Wálé
3 years
- Finished building my mother’s house! - New job - Got my brother a job in tech (a big deal for me) - Got me a luxury apartment - Renovated father’s house (didn’t live long enough to enjoy it, RIP Dad) - 5 certifications. - Sponsored 18 people this year (school fees, certs)
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3 years
Mother’s house in Lagos almost complete. No better achievement in life for me. 🙏🏿
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@SQLBrethen
Wálé
5 years
@Hafez_AlMedlej @WhyAlwaysLukaku Buy us and we promise to implement Sharia laws at Old Trafford.
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Wálé
2 years
My woman is officially becoming a doctor today. I couldn’t have been more proud of her. Her dedication and resilience over the last eight years are inspiring.
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Wálé
2 years
Finally got to see it in person..so fucking proud!! Still need to ginger it up for her in some areas but this is great start
@SQLBrethen
Wálé
3 years
Mother’s house in Lagos almost complete. No better achievement in life for me. 🙏🏿
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@SQLBrethen
Wálé
4 years
@XclusiveChi @MamaolowoA @TeiaOK You literally just proved her point.
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Wálé
4 years
@XclusiveChi @MamaolowoA @TeiaOK Lines like “men are trash” or in this case “useless” are never literal. You insecure bunch make figurative terms literal via your misdirected anger, and insults. Hope y’all heal.
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6 years
@yagunnersya111 @GunmanLacazette Pogba is a rare baller. Strong as Lukaku but feet like a ballerina. Generational talent. Guendouzi could never 😂😂😂
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I’m a Muslim, but not gonna lie, we need to start having some dialogues. I’ve never seen any religion claim more bodies than Islam since my first day on this planet. How many “bad eggs” do we need to blame until we admit that it’s a much bigger issue?
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2 years
Customers’ money mysteriously goes missing from Nigerian banks. And yet every day, someone will tweet that Nigeria has one of the best banking systems in the world. Does security or insurance not matter in a banking system, or is it just about fast bank transfers for you lot?
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@SQLBrethen
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2 years
@tolusaba Lmaoo… dimmer than atupa, brighter than abela
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@SQLBrethen
Wálé
5 years
@ibekilo @ZeeUnltd All because society arbitrarily gave us an age range to become a success or a failure 🤦🏾‍♂️
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@SQLBrethen
Wálé
3 years
What a journey! Fully completed now, iya Wale can enjoy. Now my turn inshallah
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@SQLBrethen
Wálé
3 years
Mother’s house in Lagos almost complete. No better achievement in life for me. 🙏🏿
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2 years
All that “take away their PS5” and “sit down and talk to them” are great options, but they’re only available to people within a specific economic spectrum. All that shit you see on social media/movies on disciplining kids doesn’t apply to some random poor bloke in Badagry.
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@SQLBrethen
Wálé
1 year
@itz_Alaybee He can dispute the result and have it scrubbed from Google here:
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1 year
@ThreadmanChaza No, if he doesn’t start, it says more about ETH than the player. Everyone with eyes knows how bad Garnacho and Antony have been for the last two games.
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2 years
If Hitler’s name were Adehitler, some Yorubas would vote for him using the justification of “he’s one of our own.”
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Wálé
3 years
I always try to personalize my professional relationships overtime. I move away from seeing people as figures i.e CEOs, engineers, doctors etc. rather as a man/woman with certain interests and drive. The world is so much richer when it's filled with people rather than figures.
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2 years
@tolusaba Half a day, on top my own money o, I can’t even stay at a job that long, and I get paid for that.
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Wálé
3 years
Just finished setting up some complex Tableau dashboards for this company on a one-time gig for $3.5k. Not many know this, but I actually hold two Tableau certifications from my data analyst days: Tableau Desktop Specialist and Tableau Server Certified Associate.
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Wálé
3 years
Really surprised Nigerians aren’t getting into ServiceNow development - so much remote job opportunities. If you’re good with JavaScript, it’s gets even easier to learn.
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3 years
A little backstory on my job as a cleaner. I started working at an off-campus student housing at the University of MD back in 2014. I chose to be a cleaner because it was one of the few opportunities where I could get a 40-hr (full-time) a week job.
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3 years
Only black man, and oga at the table. Three years ago now.
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2 years
@__cedes12 Poor parents have fewer resources and experience more barriers to keeping their children safe. So yes, it does almost seem like a necessity. Also, “physical beatings” is a blanket term, are talking about a slap or a full blown attack, these are two separate things.
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@SQLBrethen
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@Oliveresuana Peep pass accuracy. “Loses the ball” vs “ball retention monster”
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3 years
@abeljayms Hope it gets better for everyone of us.
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1 year
@JoeyAkan Reflecting the society does not equal glorifying a criminal.
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2 years
@asemota It actually think tribalism is a byproduct of lack of cognitive fluency. When people are incapable of processing complex information, they choose the “next best thing (easy).” Igbo vs Yoruba is a lot less complex than economics, it requires less cognitive fluency.
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@SQLBrethen
Wálé
6 years
@Charliehillis01 @AnfieldRd96 Anyone would reject Henderson return. 😂😂
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Wálé
3 years
No one talks about the recalibration of your status in the society from a majority to a minority when you move to live abroad. Baba nla reset button.
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5 years
@WillLUHG @LeminaM_13 Man hyping himself. Cojones for days.😭 Bring him in..
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3 years
First day @servicenow
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4 years
@MisterNigerD @da_sweetthin I was a janitor/cleaner for two years, worked in a warehouse for another 2 before getting into tech.
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3 years
Whatever your status is in life, don’t think you’re too insignificant to network with certain people. I was outside picking up trash in the parking lot as a janitor when I stopped to connect with a recruiter at Google on LinkedIn. Wrote her a letter, and the rest is history.
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5 years
@MaddyYoung188 @1GAFC United won’t finish top 4 in Seria A
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10 months
@htomufc @markstatsbot “Give the ball to Rashy/Bruno” FC
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@SQLBrethen
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2 years
In my experience, hiring an someone just because they “built” the edit button on your fav app without further probing their contributions to that feature is a recipe for disaster. 1/5
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3 years
Bruh! I hit the ultimate jackpot with this job.
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5 years
@savannahmaroney @Im_Hussaiin To actually think we can stop the inevitability of climate change is the funniest thing ever 😂😂. Climate changes happened before us, it’s still happening with us, and will continue without us
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3 years
My mom always tells us that we’re not successful if one of us isn’t. We take this very seriously by constantly checking on each other’s journey, talking about our careers and how to be better. We owe each other success.
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Wálé
3 years
For those asking me about how to japa, honest to God, I don't know. My father (God rest his soul) played the lottery. If japa is what you really want, then I pray Allah subhana wa ta'ala grant it for you.
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5 years
@CanadianRom 19 yr Hazard won his team a league title in France lol. Take a sit bro lol
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2 years
Just found this pic of my grandma, she was so adamant about taking a picture with the policemen 😂😂. Bringing her to the US was one of the best things to ever happen lol, such a good vibe. Keep resting in peace Ramota.
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Wálé
5 years
@J26thacc @utdreport England let Rooney down at every opportunity. Good player in an awful team manager by awful mangers
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Wálé
2 years
Case in point:
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João Pedro Azevedo
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High-income parents teach their children independence, low-income parents teach obedience. The evidence in the graphs below is striking. An interesting theoretical model on how family values interact with social mobility.
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Wálé
6 years
@RealTalkMUFC I can see a lot of people failed to graduate from the Sense of Humor University 😂😂😂
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4 years
For any tech bros and tech mamas in Nigeria. Change location to “worldwide” and apply for roles here. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. @bigbrutha_ please forward. Thanks
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4 years
@zaharadeenali @Uncle_braun Nothings scares an insecure man than a well read woman.
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Wálé
6 years
@MartyMUFC1 @MikeLUHG Yes, Jose is the one with a pair of Puma boots missing the chances
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1 year
Or find a balance between contributing to the company's goals and taking care of your own needs and career development - I believe this is the right mentality for achieving job satisfaction and personal growth. Let’s pause this “you vs them” mentality.
@Didicodes
Edidiong Asikpo (Didi)
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The company will always do what’s best for the company. So always do what’s best for you 🫶
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Women should avoid dating/marrying down. The system is already rigged against y’all; avoid getting involved with insecure bums who are always looking to drag you down to their level.
@DAMIADENUGA
Dami’ Adenuga
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Marriage palava: I was successful, Now I am almost homeless. So sad 😭
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If you attended uni for a particular major i.e economics, medicine, mass comm, etc., but now find yourself in data analytics. I should tell you that just because you're not actively working in these fields doesn't mean what you've learned should go to waste.
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@Peteribeabuchi I agree. It is a stop-gap (and an ineffective) approach to parenting. But move an economically disadvantaged family unit up to middle class and you’ll see a difference in parental approach.
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4 years
@MrOdanz @percylaw @lucas4dominion Criminals thrive on societies understanding of their crimes. You’re trying to make sense of barbaric acts from a group of terrorist, how they came to be is irrelevant, their existence in itself is a crime. There’s nothing special to understand
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@_MainManMo @Vaas4life @edenftbl @debrxyne Lukaku over Firmino Hazard over Salah (one good season doesn’t change that.) KDB over Mane.
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@BernardoBread @BBCSport Except having more champions league titles than your club🙄
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2 years
My partner hates the fact that I take pics of random buildings and signages than I do of myself or her. So sharing some of my work from Vegas here
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Wálé
3 years
Because it sells hope, and hope is exactly what’s needed by someone who has nothing.
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Ishan Michaels
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Poverty makes people think they’re religious..
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3 years
Moving into this apartment means so much to me man. Yes, it’s more expensive, but this is actually where I want to be, the environment, the people, the amenities et al. Everything just as I wanted.
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Wálé
4 years
@0x I’m a Nigerian in America, and by default I know nothing about struggling despite being a street hawker between Badagry, Okoko, and Ojo for 6 years.
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4 years
This is called the “accumulative advantage or disadvantage”. The reason why if Bill Gates or Steve Jobs were both born in Nigeria, there would be no Microsoft or Apple today. Being born in the system puts you in a massive deficit by default.
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David Hundeyin
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Lol just imagine Uber was founded in Yaba by xniyi or Edmund Olotu. A free mobile app offering taxi services in Lagos. 😅 MC Oluomo and co would have first gathered boys on Herbert Macaulay Way and beaten shege out of them... Then Gov Fasola would have banned it.
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6 years
@Jadenosteen @greatbygrace But please let running away be your first option if possible.
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Wálé
3 years
In my next thread or perhaps a Twitter Space session, I will be delving into how a cleaner landed an interview for an opportunity to work at Google(as a contractor). Thank you
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4 years
@MrOdanz @percylaw @lucas4dominion Terrorists were being killed and they turned violent in relatiation - that’s your explainer to Boko Haram? Then what about the girls they kidnapped? Did people also kidnap Boko Haram women first, hence why the retaliated?
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Wálé
4 years
@JoeyAkan There are no such thing as “whoever they don’t agree with” when the line of incitement of violence has been crossed.
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@SQLBrethen
Wálé
3 years
Yea, sometimes you have to be here on a weekend😭. People’s business and money depends on it.
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@SQLBrethen
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@TheElitePundit I’ll say this again; Jose vs Pogba/Martial saga shaped the power dynamics at this club. And we fans also had a part in that, pre-Jose, LVG was selling players, even academy players like Welbeck, he also almost booted DDG out to Madrid. It continued under Jose (Rooney was
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By the way, the first blood was drawn the day the Prophet died. Mfs was fighting over who should be the new face of Islam to the point where they started killing each other, the cue for Sunni vs Shia. In 2023, you can still trace any terrorist attack back back to that day.
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@SaIahesque Legend says after spending over 1.2B Liverpool are still trying to unlock the Prem.
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5 years
@OlusegunIfade @KingArthur9ja @AkebajeOlajide Lol crime is NOT smart, it’s a shortcut to success, it’s laziness. Get that right
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5 years
@SimeonV2 A player’s lack of fitness is now the manager’s fault? These YouTube and FIFA generation fans never ceases to amaze me.
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@AnfieldRd96 Another trophy for Liverpool: Nice Manager Cup Net Spend Cup
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Wálé
2 years
#NewProfilePic 😀 Looking scruffy but the madam likes me like that.
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@SQLBrethen
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3 years
I have an idea; why can’t we get the likes of @MTNNG , @9mobileng , @GloWorld et al to issue alerts whenever anyone is confirmed missing. These guys have access to all numbers the can issue a nationwide alert in no time. An alert with the image of the victim.
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3 years
How it started How it’s going
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3 years
“Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.” Lmaooo I love this quote
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3 years
Applying for non-tech roles proximal to your desired tech job is one of the easiest ways to transition from a non-tech background into tech.
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3 years
And while you’re taking chances on the undiscovered, please ensure that their deserved compensation remains discoverable.
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@Gideoomatic Bonucci is better than Barzagli
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4 years
@adisaolashile Dm me your acct number , I’ll gladly drop something.
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@DavidHundeyin I’d add as well
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@hireet001 @ayo_gabi Teachers should always be taken care of. Dm me your acct.
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3 years
Mother came to visit.. Happy to play photographer for my favorite model.
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Your biggest challenge when it comes to career advancement is not other people, it's your personal brand. You're never going to be a "senior" anything if people can’t imagine you in a more senior role because they’re used to thinking of you in a certain way.
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