I always speak highly of my colleagues. You should meet them—Incredibly brilliant folks 🫶
Recently, we've been rebuilding the
#OpenDataEditor
to be a fresh, intuitive desktop app for non-technical users.
That gifted child discourse is so important.
OAU tearing off that delusion early was such a blessing in disguise.
I recall having no answers when my late Uncle asked—you've always been a smart kid, I thought you'd keep going that way. what's happening?
A recruiter from Facebook reaching out in 2019, made me leave my $1k Video Editing role to venture into Product design
Unemployment sat me down for 6 months. That was my "Get rich or die trying" era. I was locked in
The last invoice in my first Product design contract was $10k
Using the 5 second rule, I critique 14 portfolios and talk about why I stayed or would have clicked away.
✅ = would of stayed longer than 5 secs
❌ = likely bail after 5 secs
Gained admission in 2013, to study Computer Engineering in OAU. My name is on the convocation list today 😅
In Part 2, after assessing where I was coming from, I told myself with my Design skills, I can take a shot at having a better life. Something had to give
God did me well
Jesse really took a chance on me. Responding with my linktree portfolio to his "Junior Product designer" tweet in 2021 literally changed my my life.
One minute I'm burning the last 50k naira of my savings, the next I'm getting paid $3500 for some UI animation.
God bless that
I had a freelance product designer interview at Apple yesterday
That felt so validating. So my Portfolio can make a UX manager at Apple hit me up? I am so encouraged.
This design p, we go make am
The May iteration of my CV & Portfolio landed me 6 interview invitations for Mid-level & senior UX/Product design roles
Thankful. Looking forward to what June brings ✨
It just hits you that there's a new set of rules to thrive in the real world, and you can't keep riding on being talented.
Probably the first time I faced the fact that I probably wasn't special, and actually needed to work hard
Every once in a while the smartness shows but you don't want to be the guy who showed so much promise, but never lived up to it.
The pain, and disappointment from failing early indeed became wisdom
“This design you’re doing, we are not seeing any results, and you’re failing in school. Please stop & face your studies”
That conversation lit a fire in my belly. I had point to prove! 😂
Well, Congratulations FK 🤭🥂
Gained admission in 2013, to study Computer Engineering in OAU. My name is on the convocation list today 😅
In Part 2, after assessing where I was coming from, I told myself with my Design skills, I can take a shot at having a better life. Something had to give
God did me well
@Mochievous
Absolutely! Booked and planned my Lebanon vacation without help and I was so pleased with myself—saw firsthand the $1per week visa on arrival, got a return flight ticket for 330k, a proper 5 ⭐️ hotel. I had the best time!
Then I see travelling agencies quoting 1.5M
Leading the design efforts for a Real estate facilitation company. Marketing pages, core Property management software, all that good stuff.
Another 0-to-1 product. My B2B software design experience & ideas are coming to play.
Interesting work ahead.
I had my second round of interviews for the Apple Product Designer position yesterday—straight after the
#WWDC24
event.
One of my interviewers recently clocked a decade at Apple. Half the time, I was awestruck 😅
Really grateful to God for encouraging me
I had a freelance product designer interview at Apple yesterday
That felt so validating. So my Portfolio can make a UX manager at Apple hit me up? I am so encouraged.
This design p, we go make am
That day, I sat and told myself — yeah, you wont graduate with your mates. But I promise you, your career headstart will be enviable.
My story speaks of tenacity and grit. We don’t give up over here.
Everything that has a beginning surely ends. Thankful 🫶
My experience as a B2B Product designer in the Data privacy, & Infosec niche has led to 4 Germany relocation-offering interviews recently.
I really could use some pointers on the 2nd/3rd stage interviews. If this is your forte as a Nigerian/African, kindly DM me 🙏
While I was doing this, the black attendant at the ZNZ resort kept asking why I wasn't smiling.
Asides the almost 1 hour trip from Maldina Albhar,
The agreement on the the iPad says—I'm giving up all my legal rights. Should anything go wrong in the air, I cannot sue 😅
From
Before skydiving, when they ask you to sign your death warrant. Excuse me Sirs and Mas, I'm a Nigerian. If anything happens, no problem. Let's not just invite the devil into our midst by me signing that thing.
I made these visuals 2 years ago for this cool startup that doubled as a Product dev agency
You can just tell how much of an influence the Refactoring UI book was 😅
Did I mention that the Facebook recruiter ghosted me? I was posting some Interaction designs on LinkedIn, and he stumbled on them
That was the validation I needed, and I foolishly took the leap of faith 😅
Speaking about it right now, God be praised indeed.
Context: The prospect of having to submit my CV to one Uncle somewhere after school didn’t sit right with me
Taking my future in my hands, I faced Design, and had divided attention throughout school
“This design you’re doing, we are not seeing any results, and you’re failing in school. Please stop & face your studies”
That conversation lit a fire in my belly. I had point to prove! 😂
Well, Congratulations FK 🤭🥂
I was at this event. and I looked forward to meeting this Design big boy—this man whose poster designs I had been studying for a long time.
He was a big inspiration, and made my mind see what was possible. Uche Ugo had style—a Mega star.
This is a creative who did great work
When I was starting in design, he was already a leader at the craft.
When we invited him to teach us at YesOrWow in 2016, he accepted even on short notice.
He designed some of your fav song arts, crafted brands and embodied one himself.
He’s UCHE UGO and his colour was blue💙
Using the 5 second rule, I critique 14 portfolios and talk about why I stayed or would have clicked away.
✅ = would of stayed longer than 5 secs
❌ = likely bail after 5 secs
There's Nothing Like Illegal Arrest. These students are still suspects i.e Innocent until proven guilty, can we just leave law enforcement agencies to thoroughly exercise their duties. The rate of online fraud in Federal Universities is really alarming and becoming a NORM.
“City of God” fam, wake up wake up wake up!
Min. Dunsin Oyekan has dropped a new album.
“Worship your maker” is my all-time fav intro song. Let’s see how well a fight “Worthy of my praise” puts up 😄
In all these conversations, please don't forget Money isn't something you chase. It's what you attract as a result of who you have become.
You BECOME first, before you DO.
In other words, the type of money you're looking for exists. However, it only comes looking for a
So it's been a year since I launched my Product design portfolio website.
Reviews from
@DannPetty
,
@mds
, Many interviews and a good job later, I'm really thankful 🙏
My not responding to “hey” or “hi” texts isn’t malicious. It’s because my brain assumes you’re still forming your thoughts
So I just close it and go on about with my day
God forbid I see someone share their success or win, and I begin to resent them
All that does is to inspire me, because you just helped my mind to see what's possible
You mean despite immigration hurdles, a company can relocate a talent to a new country? I'm working harder
Everytime I see how the prices of Macbooks fluctuate in Nigeria, I'm glad I got mine at the Airport while leaving Beirut.
lowkey mad I didn't grab the iPad. I just couldn't justify the purchase at the time. There's a solid need now
Because why do I give visitors my Macbook to
Someone I've been giving a lift gifted me car laundry items without disclosing — they just left it in my car.
I can't figure who this is it.
Such a thoughtful gesture — that actually touched me
My last role is easily my fav. A small elite set of designers.
5-member team comprising 2 Product designers, 1 Senior designer & manager, 1 Brand designer, and 1 Frontend Engineer
Everyone was crazy. Team design reviews were🔥. I look forward to where I go next.
I asked why the product still used GIFs instead lottiesfiles
Jesse, a Snr designer who would later become my Manager was obviously blown away by the possibilities I shared in that interview.
What followed was a $3k motion project to prove my competence. The rest is history
The May iteration of my CV & Portfolio landed me 6 interview invitations for Mid-level & senior UX/Product design roles
Thankful. Looking forward to what June brings ✨
Moved to Lagos in Jan, and I’m putting it out there that I’d to make new friends—to hang out with or work together. Bonus points if you’re in Tech
Pls recommend your solid folks 👋
Min. Dunsin Oyekan’s 'Most High' as our first dance song was so perfect. Loved it 😊
Don't believe anyone who says I teared up a little. Believe me, it’s Photoshop, they lying 🤍
#FKandJolaForever
The curveball life threw at me led to evolving into a better and superior version — happily married + career progression.
Seeing where I am now, yup I needed that storm.
This morning, I’m reminded of the 4 entities which cannot be wrong — God, nature, fate and destiny.
The folks at Tix Africa finally sent my ticket for Untitled Designers Conference.
I guess the lonewolf attends a meetup finally 😅
#UDC2024
#BeyondTheCanvas
These surprises rocked me to my core 😊 Gosh I felt so loved today.
What I thought would be an hangout with just my best friend
@victor_abiolaa
and my partner turned out to be an unforgettable evening 🤩
@BeeTheLight_
and
@styledbykeema
welldone o 😅 Thank you so much 🫶
Everytime I see tweets about Pastor Femi Lazarus like this, I get butterflies in my belly.
RCCG Love and Peace, Oau Predegree, Moro. 2012-2013. He was one of our church leaders
We were mostly teenagers back then. His walk with God, and results were enviable. Great MOG.
It's a breathtaking place to be. You see the Zanzibar skyline! Everything looks so beautiful up there
All the buildings look so tiny. At this point things are calm, the Parachute is in coast mode. I was having a good time at this point
You appreciate life, and everything good
I want to be able to build custom websites this year, sharpen my Framer & Figma skills, become an icon designer, and elevate my animation game.
Drop 2 icon sets. one free, and paid, such that you can copy the SVGs directly from the site to your figma file like heroicons
I love how everything in life compounds. Relationships, wealth, skills, knowledge, you name it.
That's why you play the long game. Play long term games with long term people.
Fam, the Parachute won't be activated until 5s after jumping out.
That's a free fall. You'd be falling like a stone from hundreds of feet in the sky 😭😭
First off, The air that hit my face put a fog in my goggles. Crazy cold air
Oya time to bend like a banana, and follow the