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When you compete with the world to get into a remote job from GH, you’ll know that job hunting doesn’t end at just applying
You’ll also accept than quality trumps quantity. The rejections will tell.
You need a multifaceted approach. This is what I advise 🧵
#CarryYourCareer
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I don't understand this whole thing where Universities don't allow their students to use AI 😂😂
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The population argument is too simplistic. Nigeria has a huge population that's poor and can't spend.
There was that analysis from 3/4yrs ago that showed that for every one Netflix subscriber in SA, how much they spend is equal to 12 subscribers in Nigeria.
Kofi Abunu, Group CEO of Chicken Republic, on why doing business in Nigeria is better than Ghana.
Your business can grow faster in Nigeria than Ghana due to population.
Nigeria is assertive and aggressive. Every Nigerian is an entrepreneur. While Ghanaians are very relaxed.
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Derrick run some doc attachment design make I clap 😂
The problem
Users upload files. The files mostly contain up to 6 different docs which could also be related to one or more items.
The system must recognize full doc upload before moving to the next step
V1: No AI feature
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Make I put you on heavy. Loop it.
piped.video/DdSgMNSNxzg?si=sh_9…
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You don’t want to miss this month’s meetup!
@jayanaman will take us through “Stop applying. Start positioning yourself properly” and demonstrate Appyl. The job market is not smiling
The lineup for this month is amazing, so don’t miss out!
Register here: go.devcongress.org/J8RUQ
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Yes, the name thing is real, @asemota.
Narrated this story before: before my face became popular, my name got me into rooms where they assumed i was a (middle-aged) white man.
Around 2008, I was very close to changing my first names to my Ghanaian names. This was shortly after Ghana@50, when a surge of nationalism was sweeping through the country and names like Adom, Nhyira, Dromo, Dzormo, etc were becoming popular and lots of folks were switching to their local names.
The owner of the station where I did my national service suggested to me that because I was looking at an international journalism career, it was best if I kept all my English names. I thought it was nonsense, because I didnt why/what my name had to do with anything if my work was good. And I knew my work was good.
After interesting back and forth within the family, we decided to follow his advice. (RIP, Big Jay 🙏🏿)
And, boy, was he right.
The next 3-4 years were crucial. When the explosion of Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Tumbler, Blogger meant the major international media needed social-media digital ninjas to populate their new media, I was ready.
However... I consistently had several editors of international publications admitting they initially thought I was some white dude. The implication was not lost on me; I knew what they meant.
Because I made my name as a writer long before radio/TV, the credibility made transitioning easy, so I did not have trouble being accepted on international TV and radio.
But I have often wondered if they'd have taken a chance on my work had they met me with all my Ghanaian names in the beginning...
While in school, I had 18 of 20 consulting firms in the UK reject me for internships because of my African last name. The only two who called me to chat thought I was Japanese and thought my name was "Asemoto." They didn't read the last letter well. It is real. One other reason I came back.
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M-KOPA stringing people along in their recruitment process only to leave them hanging is terrible
Can’t be a coincidence that it’s happened to 2 people I know who got beyond take home assgts
Just say I didn’t make it. Don’t ghost me for weeks. Or tell me you’re still evaluating
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Actually 3 people. @Babajiide I know you don’t oversee this but I’m sure you can pass it on.
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The water you for make am brown. Make e show the galamsey proper
I've been working on Clay, a game engine for the web.
Rust compiled to wasm and threejs for core rendering and game logic, React for UI shell. #threejs
Here's the entire Accra built in 3D for a game in Flight. You may see some places you know.
More work on going. Deploying soon!
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Proper cinema
He seems so incredibly triggered by @marclou 😂
Living rent free in his head for a week now
If he didn't see it as a threat, he wouldn't even react and definitely not try to ridicule Marc
(Which will have the exact opposite effect that he hopes)
So yes he sees Marc as a threat!
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This guy is crazy
Elon Musk went from $180 million to broke in 2008. Then NASA called with a $1.5 billion contract.
After PayPal, Elon’s share was $180 million. He bet all of it on two companies everyone said would fail: Tesla and SpaceX.
By 2008 he was 37, and everything was going wrong at once.
SpaceX had launched three rockets. All three failed to reach orbit.
Tesla’s first car, the original Roadster, had quality problems. The factory was full of cars that couldn’t be delivered. Every month cost tens of millions.
The economy collapsed into the worst recession since the Great Depression.
And, as he put it, he was getting divorced, by the way, to add to that. That was definitely the worst year of my life.
His fortune was gone. When Tesla called investors for money, some cursed at them and hung up. Asked if he was broke, he said: more than broke.
On the Sunday before Christmas he woke up and thought he was closer to a nervous breakdown than he had ever been.
SpaceX had money for one more launch. A fourth failure would have been game over.
Flight four worked.
The week of Christmas, NASA called with a $1.5 billion contract. Elon blurted out: I love you guys.
Two days later, on Christmas Eve, Tesla’s investors agreed to put in more money.
Both companies were saved within three days.
In the middle of all this he met Talulah Riley. They were engaged after about two weeks. She was 22 and walked into a house with his five young sons.
This week Tesla unveiled a new Roadster. The car that almost ended him in 2008 now flips in midair.
Would you have bet everything twice?
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