Merimental:
he is just lucky to be in an encouraging environs..we hav his type in naija but no enabling environs/sponsors..

Merimental:
he is just lucky to be in an encouraging environs..we hav his type in naija but no enabling environs/sponsors..

Mutemenot:
He's heading to the Forbes. At 13 450 Oluwa open my eyes to see my destiny

sparkle6:

True talk. Thats why we beat them to first class in their own varsity. If you have the resources then you only limited by your imagination. If you dont see electricity for 2 straight weeks how would your skills sharpen.

hatedisplace:
true talk. I know a boy who can memorize numerous phone numbers effortlessly. But he is learning to be a roadside mechanic.

Wiseandtrue:
A good educational foundation for the boy

I wonder what a 13 year old can do in Nigeria, practical wise

hustla:


Na Koranic School them go rather send them to

But really, they need to help this kid.. It's too early.. Most of them will end up being socially dysfunctional and awkward. He needs to live life like a teenager instead of giving him so much at such a young age

Babyforever:
That's a huge amount of money......please someone help me with his contact.....His aunty wants to tell him something

ChiefAzubuike:

Beat them to first class? So out of a thousand first class in an american university, a single Nigerian out of about 100 Nigerians graduating also made first class. So you've beating them from your own perspective be that abi? Those people no be your mates for book o. If you go to Stanford, MIT , Harvard or those top schools , you will nearly die. Different nerds from all over the world you will meet there kid. Na to just maintain your lane respect yourself son.

SaintChukz:


Please shut up! Where in my post did i doubt the genius of this kid? Most kids(~99% and this is fact) including African kids are all geniuses by age 5 and this is an experiment that was duly conducted. Where it begins to change is when several environmental factors begin to impact on the child that by the time they're barely adults, the ability to retain such ingenuity is down to just 2%.


PS: He still hasn't learnt anything at that age and there's still a lot he has to learn, unlearn and relearn because life is not all about mathematical coding and logic.

Humchi:
First of all, let me say it is quite encouraging and motivational to many kids out there and here.

Taking or wanting this to happen in Africa we must change some of our mentality.

To be frank with you, alot of parents would scold their child who is taking a lot of time with a laptop than their schoolwork or even wouldn't want his/her child to have it.

Because there is this perception with africa parents that children learn alot of negative things with it and also waste their time.
They choose to criticize a child with a phone or laptop disregarding what the child is learning.

My point is we should allow the kids to explore also with making sure the kid isn't going a perverse way like fraud and all manner of illicit exploration.

According to the post, the kid start at the age of 5, many parents wouldn't let their kids have such privilege of having a laptop or a phone.


Another thing is environment

if you are in a place like nigeria, it is very slim to be like that kid.
At the age of 9, taking about ios, javascript, sql, injection, web development is more like talking garbage to an illiterate Nigeria parent. No support and no encouragement.

Also, availability of material, money and understanding people.


Another point is the perception of "you must go to school to make it big"

this is with Nigeria parents, they won't encourage you when you are having an idea of creating any internet stuff.
If this kid were to be a Nigerian, i can bet, the chance of being what he is today would be slim.


The thing is your environment and your culture.

If you want to be like this kid or someone great like bill gate or mark zuckerberg, in Nigeria here, you must go contrary to how people view things here.

Humchi:
First of all, let me say it is quite encouraging and motivational to many kids out there and here.

Taking or wanting this to happen in Africa we must change some of our mentality.

To be frank with you, alot of parents would scold their child who is taking a lot of time with a laptop than their schoolwork or even wouldn't want his/her child to have it.

Because there is this perception with africa parents that children learn alot of negative things with it and also waste their time.
They choose to criticize a child with a phone or laptop disregarding what the child is learning.

My point is we should allow the kids to explore also with making sure the kid isn't going a perverse way like fraud and all manner of illicit exploration.

According to the post, the kid start at the age of 5, many parents wouldn't let their kids have such privilege of having a laptop or a phone.


Another thing is environment

if you are in a place like nigeria, it is very slim to be like that kid.
At the age of 9, taking about ios, javascript, sql, injection, web development is more like talking garbage to an illiterate Nigeria parent. No support and no encouragement.

Also, availability of material, money and understanding people.


Another point is the perception of "you must go to school to make it big"

this is with Nigeria parents, they won't encourage you when you are having an idea of creating any internet stuff.
If this kid were to be a Nigerian, i can bet, the chance of being what he is today would be slim.


The thing is your environment and your culture.

If you want to be like this kid or someone great like bill gate or mark zuckerberg, in Nigeria here, you must go contrary to how people view things here.

Merimental:


kids like dat ar mostly introverts cos dey reason way beyond an average man wit average IQ...

justscorchone:
No mean say I no go still whoop him asss

ChiefAzubuike:

Beat them to first class? So out of a thousand first class in an american university, a single Nigerian out of about 100 Nigerians graduating also made first class. So you've beating them from your own perspective be that abi? Those people no be your mates for book o. If you go to Stanford, MIT , Harvard or those top schools , you will nearly die. Different nerds from all over the world you will meet there kid. Na to just maintain your lane respect yourself son.

Benbobola:

Why do you see this forum as an avenue to insult or look down on someone by shutting him up. I made a gentlemanly comment but u resort to shutting me up? What's with you unethically trained people. If someone makes a mistake correct them. Never tell someone to shut up. You are not an omniscient. You do not know all...

sparkle6:

True talk. Thats why we beat them to first class in their own varsity. If you have the resources then you only limited by your imagination. If you dont see electricity for 2 straight weeks how would your skills sharpen.

afroxyz:


India is not more enabling than Nigeria. It is our attitude towards creativity and innovation that is holding us back. Here we proritize paper certificates instead of skills and creativity

ADEMOLA144:
you dont understand what you are talking about. in companies they have people who have the vision of where the company is going and how to drive it forward. these are the business managers. and then they have the IT guys who are not concerned about where the company is going or what the companies goals are. there job is simply to create applications as directed to them. this is where the 14 year old will be. why is that hard for you to grasp ? have you worked in an american company before ? they have division of labor and each person plays his role. it is not the job of the IT guys to solve the serious challenges of the company. they are simply there to code and program and create software applications. can you understand this concept ? or are you just so used to nigerian companies that you cant comprehend how things are done in america ? and in case you are confused here is a day in the life of a software engineer. they have no contact with management. they are not in managerial roles.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWggmC8kYZc

bigdot1759:
see naija brain, can master graduate earn such amount weeeeere

SaintChukz:



You see that crap in bold that you scribbled up there? You had better go edit before some persons will view your education as a waste or better still if that's you reason, better go back and ask for a refund of all your tuition from whatever institution you graduated from because it's of no doing this back and forth argument with you.


How can someone who sees himself as educated (as at now you're beginning to entertain doubts you're) ever think such, so if you own a company now, you'll readily employ people who do not buy into/are
not concerned about the vision/direction of your company. And tomorrow when that company folds up, you begin to blame unseen forces for your misfortunes. Now ask yourself this, even if you were an HR person interviewing a potential employee that is prospecting for a job, and such a person utters such nonsense, you'd likely go ahead to bring that person into the company to ruin it...right?

Again take another second and re-read that second part in bold, another nonsensical thought from you. Do you even give yourself a minute to think before you rush to type these fails?

If i were to ask you this...What is the role of a CTO in any software/tech company? Is the CTO a management role or not in a software/tech company? Yes/No. What is the qualification of the person that will likely hold such a role in any company(anywhere in the world - unlike you i don't restrict my thinking to any locality in particular). Maybe you should just google the Job descriptions/qualifications of a CTO since you know how to use YouTube very well and get proper education.

PS: For someone who claims knowledge about American tech companies (as long as you can search them on YouTube to look for random videos created by random people). I'm highly disappointed in the things you're spilling on this platform. Nairaland doesn't deserve it!

HungerBAD:
N450 Million?at 13?wow.

At 13, I was still selling cold water with cups( before satchet water started) at Oshodi.

We need to change this culture in Nigeria, of forcing children to be part of breadwinners in families,so that their potentials can fully be utilized.

At 13 my only dream was to have a bicycle,and some pocket money for Asaro(Porridge) in school. This N450 Million would have helped me a lot.

ADEMOLA144:
bro, everybody in the company does not have to know the vision of the company. who the Bleep cares about the vision of another mans dreams ? do they tell the janitor and security guard the vision of the company ? the only people who they embed the vision of the company into are top executives and managers of people. IT guys are geeks who dont care about that. and the company knows that. IT guys are hired based on the strength of their knowledge and thats it. then they have IT managers who tell them what applications they are to work on. you must be crazy if you think they tell a bunch of socially awkward IT geeks the direction of the company. you are hired to do software and thats it. thats the problem with people like you, you have never worked in america so you come here to spew rubbish lmao

SaintChukz:


All your responses have been quite dumb but you don't want to own it. Keep doing yourself...it's not me you're doing. OK!

This is the last time I'll ever entertain your infantile prats. Expect no more responses from me.

Babyforever:
That's a huge amount of money......please someone help me with his contact.....His aunty wants to tell him something

princeade86:
wow wow wow wow