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CorryLanez:
Whatsapp, Facebook and instagram have crashed their network all down.

Same here

God, I wan fvck, bless this fvck, Amin.
Beautiful!

Let's create a community maybe on telegram or WhatsApp for code and project partner, job mocks and to prepare for that mouth watering paying remote job.

bet9ja:
Before i landed my first job as a Software Engineer. I had developed 5 to 6 different websites using Wordpress and custom html/css/php based on clients requirement. So, before i started looking for a job opportunity, I did a google search for a junior web developer position and i copied out the duties/responsibilities of the job role.

That gave me ideal of what is expected and i went back to the drawing board to learn those technologies that were mostly outline on the job offers.

I up-skill myself and feel confidence to upload my CV on Pnet, Career24/Linkedin, etc. Then started getting invitations to come for interview.
I attended 3 interviews and got 2 offers out of the 3. The last one said i over-qualify.

I hope someone will learn from my Journey.

Which year?

“If you want people to know about what you do and the things you care about, you have to share.” ― Austin Kleon

Around April, I had made my tech portfolio and decided to share it with people on this awesome site, luckily it got picked up by a nice moderator. I didn't expect it, I was prompted by one of my buddies on Nairaland, that I was featured on the Front page, I was like wow!, because it's not BBN or gossip kind of content.

The thread got seen by thousands of people in just hours. It's magic, some peeps even thought I paid the mod, LoL. I got a lot of offers from bosses here for gigs in which one of them led to the development of https://myturkeyapp.com/ (Turkey trading business app).

The bottomline is Social media is a magical tool, that allows for new things to be discovered, complex socials like Facebook, Instagram, twitter algorithm do not aid organic reach. It's left for you to choose your weapon that allows you to meet new cool people, opportunities, talents etc. For that I recommend linkedin, YouTube and our very own Nairaland .

"Networking is too important to miss out from it benefits. Remember, network with people with common goals and don't be selfish about it, no one owes anyone" - Me

If you are in tech, do connect with me one linkedin.
https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/abdulazeez-olabode-52a81019b

Peace!!



Reference
Turkey Errand Boy Launches MyTurkeyApp.com, Developed By A Nairalander -
https://www.nairaland.com/6753466/turkey-errand-boy-launches-myturkeyapp.com

Rate This Site Design On A Scale Of 1 - 10
https://www.nairaland.com/6509783/rate-site-design-scale-1


https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC2CnO0lfpt6w7zbHTZE6BzA

FOD, dominique, lalasticlala let's do this again, here is your sacrifice

“If you want people to know about what you do and the things you care about, you have to share.” ― Austin Kleon

Around April, I had made my tech portfolio and decided to share it with people on this awesome site, luckily it got picked up by a nice moderator. I didn't expect it, I was prompted by one of my buddies on Nairaland, that I was featured on the Front page, I was like wow!, because it's not BBN or gossip kind of content.

The thread got seen by thousands of people in just hours. It's magic, some peeps even thought I paid the mod, LoL. I got a lot of offers from bosses here for gigs in which one of them led to the development of https://myturkeyapp.com/ (Turkey trading business app).

The bottomline is Social media is a magical tool, that allows for new things to be discovered, complex socials like Facebook, Instagram, twitter algorithm do not aid organic reach. It's left for you to choose your weapon that allows you to meet new cool people, opportunities, talents etc. For that I recommend linkedin, YouTube and our very own Nairaland .

"Networking is too important to miss out from it benefits. Remember, network with people with common goals and don't be selfish about it, no one owes anyone" - Me

If you are in tech, do connect with me one linkedin.
https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/abdulazeez-olabode-52a81019b

Peace!!

Reference
Turkey Errand Boy Launches MyTurkeyApp.com, Developed By A Nairalander -
https://www.nairaland.com/6753466/turkey-errand-boy-launches-myturkeyapp.com

Rate This Site Design On A Scale Of 1 - 10
https://www.nairaland.com/6509783/rate-site-design-scale-1

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC2CnO0lfpt6w7zbHTZE6BzA

FOD, dominique, mukina2, lalasticlala let's do this again, here is your sacrifice

“If you want people to know about what you do and the things you care about, you have to share.” ― Austin Kleon

Around April, I had made my tech portfolio and decided to share it with people on this awesome site, luckily it got picked up by a nice moderator. I didn't expect it, I was prompted by one of my buddies on Nairaland, that I was featured on the Front page, I was like wow!, because it's not BBN or gossip kind of content.

The thread got seen by thousands of people in just hours. It's magic, some peeps even thought I paid the mod, LoL. I got a lot of offers from bosses here for gigs in which one of them led to the development of https://myturkeyapp.com/ (Turkey trading business app).

The bottomline is Social media is a magical tool, that allows for new things to be discovered, complex socials like Facebook, Instagram, twitter algorithm do not aid organic reach. It's left for you to choose your weapon that allows you to meet new cool people, opportunities, talents etc. For that I recommend linkedin, YouTube and our very own Nairaland .

"Networking is too important to miss out from it benefits. Remember, network with people with common goals and don't be selfish about it, no one owes anyone" - Me

If you are in tech, do connect with me one linkedin.
https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/abdulazeez-olabode-52a81019b

Peace!!



Reference
Turkey Errand Boy Launches MyTurkeyApp.com, Developed By A Nairalander -
https://www.nairaland.com/6753466/turkey-errand-boy-launches-myturkeyapp.com

Rate This Site Design On A Scale Of 1 - 10
https://www.nairaland.com/6509783/rate-site-design-scale-1


https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC2CnO0lfpt6w7zbHTZE6BzA

FOD, dominique, lalasticlala let's do this again, here is your sacrifice

Rgade:
I do believe the Indians are better than us.
Nigerians just wanna make a quick buck.

That's the problem, everyone na lone wolf, hustling to make some quick bucks, to buga others.

WibusJaga:

What does it cost to apologise?
Don't care to know the details but it's not a good idea to be on the wrong side of the club fans.
Simple "sorry" most times averts a loads of grief.

Integrity, Pride and principle

Leverage
``` I would define leverage as an ability to take advantage of other people's resources. (in a win-win way)```

The most important thing in business is knowing how to use leverage, It's what sets a lonely loser from a winning leader. There are different kinds of leverage time, money, people, etc.

Poor man's mindset
``I can do everything on my own, the eventually don't do anything``

There are many times, I feel like I can build a market-ready cloud-based software business myself, I know it will end up a waste of valuable time because I can't simply deliver the best on my own. Team works matters, As a software developer, I reject clients who want to build a start-up and have the budget for hiring only me, why? such projects never fly, so why waste my time? Time leverage is when you use other people's time for your own's good, so money leverage.

Benefit of leverage
- You do more
- Make business scale
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Why people don't leverage
- It's riskier. A lone wolf has nothing to lose. But a CEO has to lick the butt of investors
- It's expensive. You don't get to use other people's time for free except it's your mum's.

Weigh the pro and cons. Use leverage on concrete ideas, so as to rip the benefits. Don't leverage on useless stuff e.g. Using the money you have to pay back on an untested business model.

Learn to leverage today and live a more fulfilling life!

Focus

`What you focus on, is what multiplies. `

What's focus? Off my head, I would say the art of undivided attention. Why is it so fvcking hard to decide, why do I keep moving in a circles, life is just hard, but a focused mind has more chance to see and grab opportunities. Jim Kwik compares the human mind to a restless monkey which loves swinging all around without reasons. Naturally, we are only focused when deprived, now that most people live comfortably and with the advent of the internet, it becomes much harder to focus.

Here are the reasons for lack of focus I know:
1. Availability of multiple possible options
2. Greed
3. Short term thinking, which is common to almost everyone, except few.

Lack of focus, is a real problem, if you cannot focus on a goal or task, how can you achieve your dream or move at a faster pace.


Are you confused at some point in your life with multiple options? How did you solve this problem?

There are scientific methods in economics and computer science to solve this problem but most human problems are beyond logic or knowledge, if so every one who listen to motivational speaker should be a millionaire by now.

abbainfotech:
You know how interesting first Sundays can be in church, most especially when its the first one in the ember months.

It was the time for the Choir to minister. The vocalist grabbed the wireless microphone and started the choir rendition.

It was a thanksgiving song. I found the starting of the song very interesting. Yeah!

The rendition moved to a level where the vocalist led a medley. The medley had an instruction for the congregation to join them in singing by standing to their feet

He started: Ara e dide, e ba wa jo, Eniyan mi e ba wa yor..." Meaning in English:
"People(Congregation), rise to your feet, dance with us, Humans, rejoice with us..."

Of course, the choir wanted everyone to rise to their feet and dance to the song and probably join in singing as it was a popular song.

They sang the first time, no one, including me rose to their feet.

Humans can be very 'stubborn' naturally. They would most likely not respond or welcome you the first time you come out with your brand or product.

Then they sang the second time, no one stood up, but by then, some had started moving to the song, perhaps waiting for more emphasis before yielding to the instruction.

Then the Choir did something very significant. They sang the same message (instruction) the third time but this time using a different song

They sang: "Dide! Dide! Dide! Dide! Eniyan Gbogbo, Eje ka ju mo gboluwaga, ijoya". Meaning in English:

"Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise! Every human, lets exalt the Lord together, its time to dance..."

This time, 'everyone' rose to their feet, as if a magic wand was waded at us. It was very spontaneous and inexplicably undeniable

Just that song changed the whole narrative and brought about effectiveness.


THE LESSON:

Most times, no one will respond to your message by just listening/ reading once or twice.

Their is need for you to keep emphasizing your message if you want effectiveness.

And then if you keep hitting and there is no result, retain your message while you change the method or means.

Change your graphics

Write another copy using another perspective

Send another messenger - Let more people help you push your message.

Humans naturally respond to emphasis spiced up with varieties.

Keep pushing your brand. Keep talking about your product. Keep saying it.

By the time good results will spring out, it could just be massive like the response of the congregation of my church.

PS: Not every one in my church stood up, but majority did.
Not everyone will buy your product, if you like kill yourself.
#END

Thanks for sharing, I appreciate

WinnerAkako:
Hey, are you really good at building things? And even leading a team of developers?

If YES, how about taking it to the next grade?

Anter is one of the biggest growing tech startups in Ilorin, and we are on the hunt for a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to provide sound technical leadership to our dev team. The ideal candidate is expected to be well versed in JavaScript stacks, should have proven experience in Building Softwares, and should also be an innovator.

We offer a relatively competitive salary and stock options. How about pitching your tent with us?

Apply at info@anter.ng

Note: This is a fully residential job with NO option for remote work

Which stock, equity sounds better

Y young boys everytime

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Man u is dangerous again

BoluwatifePromi:
https://youtube.com/channel/UC2gi8JwI9jJAZRFFr3uREAA

Tomi lives in UK, you doing great

Introduction

``writing and being articulate are deadly skills. `` -> Jordan Peterson

Pardon my writing skill, I am here to learn and i am sure you would too.

With this in mind welcome to my dairy which i know i will rarely update, why? You will know i as progress with the thread. I am a software developer (not an engineer yet) and i run a very small youtube channel (with just 500 subs), I write go, python, javascript and recently solidity, my biggest aspiration in life is to become an entrepreneur, I created a general web forum ( formerly www.africonn.com) now africonn.pythonanywhere.com last year, It didn't fail technically, I just didn't ship it to users because of reasons, I am going to talk about later.

Forgive my writing and grammar skills, point out where i err.

BoluwatifePromi:
What do you suggest

There is nothing you can do about it, I also produce content


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd68DR5hfwA

You can only continue trying

SilkyKolaSyrup:
God is God

Is why Nigeria is last

Selfmotivated:
Every one and his own... Mocking somebody when you still in dulldrum won't change anything. Bezos has the time and money why is it giving Elon Musk sleepless night

So it's musk that does

Love is sweet with the right person, no I mean right thinking person without d "It's all about me" mentality



Meanwhile i made a course where you learn web automation to set your self up for the future.

Why learn web automation?
- You can make money as a freelancer or automated tester in a Company
- You easily scrape website with selenium and python
- You can automate boring and repetitive activities with python e.g. Web Job Search
- The first is my favourite

Video Outline
- Reasons to learn web automation
- How to install python, a code editor, all the packages needed and run your first code
- Introduction to resources to learn the basics of python
- What you will learn in the series
- Outro


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd68DR5hfwA

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Winnerrrr:
OP, sup with Africonn.

Can you share with us how the journey was like, building the software, marketing, your lessons and tips for people that want to create a social network.

How did you solve the chicken and egg problem.

It was fun but don't re-invent the wheel, don't build in a competitive market with really significant value proposition.

Learning is best investment anyone can make, guess what it's free nowadays. What Elon musk knows that made him build different businesses that made him a billionaire today is not a monopoly to him but at some point he sat is butt down to learn and work really hard with what he has learnt, now it has paid off, he know looks like a genius, that's the effect of studying (with focus).

I made a course where you learn web automation to set your self up for the future.

Why learn web automation?
- You can make money as a freelancer or automated tester in a Company
- You easily scrape website with selenium and python
- You can automate boring and repetitive activities with python e.g. Web Job Search
- The first is my favourite

Video Outline
- Reasons to learn web automation
- How to install python, a code editor, all the packages needed and run your first code
- Introduction to resources to learn the basics of python
- What you will learn in the series
- Outro


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd68DR5hfwA

TheFreshVanilla:
One video is nothing. Ten is nothing if you really want to get serious with YouTube. About competition, as long as people continue to use the internet everyday, there will always be untapped niches with little or no competition.

I understand, what area do you think are untapped.
I believe In quality than quantity, I am trying to better my script writing, my accent even my primary skills. Lastly to make money on YouTube, it easier in entertainment than in education, cause at the end of the day it's all about the watch time.

That's my channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2CnO0lfpt6w7zbHTZE6BzA

BigCabal:
The subject of today’s “A Week In The Life” is a social media influencer with over 100k followers on social media. They talk to us about remaining anonymous despite their fame, undercharging for their services and the anxiety that comes with the job.

MONDAY:

The first thought on my mind when I wake up today is that if I didn’t have to work to earn a living, I’d probably not be doing my day job. I only show up because of the money.

Left to me, I’d spend my time living out my imaginations. Instead, I have to pretend like I’m normal and resume every day at a 9-5. During the day I’m the team lead at a digital media startup. At night, I’m a wildling on my personal account with over 100k followers on Twitter, [a little] less than 100k on Instagram and a newsletter with almost 10k subscribers.

My day job stresses me because of how professional it is. As someone with a wild imagination, I don’t find it fun. At work, I want to replicate ideas from the playbook of my personal account but every idea is met with “consider the brand image.”

Even on my personal account, when brands reach out, they like what they see but still always decide to play it safe.

Over time, this pushback has made my personal account the only place I can write the things I enjoy. I love the fact that my thoughts have a home and a receptive audience. What I don’t like is that it doesn’t generate enough money to survive and hence the need for a double life.

This afternoon I got a message that triggered me. Someone came to my DM telling me to always run my content by a team so I can know whether it’s good or bad. For someone who spends all day running content by people at my day job, I was like nope. I thought, “my personal account works because it’s 100% out of pocket and unfiltered me.”

Once I start running content by people, it’s no longer me. And if an idea doesn’t work, I’m going to blame myself for running it by another person. However, as a solo creator, I’m free to experiment as I like.

One of my biggest fears is getting to the point where I no longer recognize my work. With that resolve, I replied to the message: “thank you very much for the advice. I’ll look into it.”

TUESDAY:

No one knows what I look like. At least not the bulk of my followers; my day ones have seen my face. Initially, I decided to be anonymous because the more content I put out, the bigger my personal account got. And I was tired of people saying my face didn’t match my writing whenever they landed on my page, so I removed all my photos. However, over time, anonymity became a necessity for me.

At first, I realised I was insecure about my looks so I decided to grow into them without external influence. I didn’t want to post a picture and have people validate my looks. Next, I thought it was cool to be in the shadows on social media where everyone is constantly putting their face or business out there.

The upside? On good days, like today, I have at least 20 people in my DM begging to know what I look like. People pleading and swearing, earnestly, on their parents’ lives that they won’t share my photos. My answer? “No, I’m not sending.” Although, listening to people beg is like doing drugs because of how intoxicating and powerful it feels. It also helps that I’m aware of the power I hold so I tease and draw out people’s curiosity as much as I can. Some days I’ll post a picture of just my hand or my legs. Other days, I’ll post a full photo of me but covered with a smiley or with my face blurred out. It’s so much fun!

The only downside of enjoying anonymity is that I don’t cash out. If someone with my level of influence who shows their face goes out, they’d receive favours I wouldn’t receive, mostly because they’re famous. But no one knows me. Even if I told them I was the person behind my account, they wouldn’t believe it. Therefore, I’d beg for things I ordinarily wouldn’t have to beg for if I showed my face.

However, the peace of mind from being anonymous is sufficient for me. There’s no pressure for me to keep up appearances or put on a show — and I love that for me.

WEDNESDAY:

Today makes it three days since I last posted on my Twitter account. My mental health is shit, my anxiety is at an all-time high and my self-esteem is at the lowest. Yay.

As a creator with a large following, sooner or later the pressure gets to you. You’re always thinking about numbers: how many retweets did this post get, how many likes, how many quotes? Who shared it? Was it reposted on Instagram and WhatsApp statuses? This obsession puts pressure on you to create fun stuff for the audience so you rush your process. Then it doesn’t bang. Now the numbers are bad and you feel like shit because low numbers are bad for your brand’s business. It’s twice as bad because you can see how other creator’s content are banging in real-time. After a while, doubt starts to creep in.

But when your content bangs —my God! You feel unstoppable. God now help you that you’re on a roll. The type where you tweet the most random thing and it bangs. You quote a tweet and you get 4k retweets. Your reply to a tweet gets 2k likes. That kind of constant real-time validation and gratification is a drug you become addicted to.

As someone who has recently come down from that high, the lows are dealing with me. I’m thinking about how my retweets gradually started reducing from 4,000 to 2,000 to 1,000 and then 500 on a good day. I think reality fully hit me when I got to 500. At that point, it was as if I was relocating from Banana Island to Ikorodu and that affected me badly.

It has taken some affirmations to slowly climb out of it. Every day I remind myself that my worth as a human being is not tied to whether or not my tweets bang. Regardless of what happens, I’m still the same person. I’m still that talented person with room for growth.

In the long term, I know this will pull me out of my mental and emotional chokehold. However, short term, my strategy is to keep avoiding my stressors — most especially Twitter.

THURSDAY:

People always ask me if being an influencer is profitable. The answer is both yes and no. If you’re like me that charged two thousand naira for my first advert, you’re already doing it wrong. Mind you, I had 5,000 followers then. When I got to almost 10k followers I increased my rate to ₦10,000 for adverts.

Every time someone paid me I’d promise to deliver the best work of their life. Looking back, I realise that at every follower milestone I’d increase my rates but still did not make bank.

It wasn’t until today that I realised the reason for my weird relationship with money. The pay at the first company I worked for was shitty so I thought I deserved shit. I was being paid around ₦50,000 to make 90 content items in a month. In my head, ₦10,000 per content item promotion was a good deal for me. And this is how I approached my rates as my follower count grew.

With money, I’m just reaching a point where I can charge the least I deserve, especially for someone at my level of influence. It has taken me months of talking with many people to see that I don’t deserve to earn shit.

Later today, I’ll test out my new resolution on a client I’m talking to. I’m going to multiply my current rate by two. If I die, I die, but I’m no longer accepting rubbish. Thank you very much!

Influencing can be mad profitable if you maximise the opportunities you get. But it’s also short-lived. If you don’t reinvent yourself, another person will come up, do what you’re doing and take your spot.

FRIDAY:

I finally posted on Twitter today. It wasn’t my best work but I’ll take it like that. I’m trying to show up regardless of how I feel. The more work I put out, the more I increase the probability of something clicking.

It’s just difficult shaking off the feeling that it’s been a while since my content surprised people and that’s messing with me. This weekend, I plan to explore new content formats, think up possible collaborations with fellow creatives, and maybe even consider publishing a book.

I hate how creativity can be so hard yet so simple, but I won’t give up. I’ll cry when I need to cry and laugh when it comes.

I know that there’s potential in the business and I’m going to tap into it. One thing I know is that the first step to blowing is knowing your worth. A lot of people think I have money but I don’t because it has taken so long to realise my worth. If you see yourself as trash, this industry is not kind and will treat you accordingly.

Thankfully, things are changing for me. My goal right now is to earn enough from influencing gigs so I can quit my day job. If I play my cards right that day could come sooner than expected. Until then, my plan for today is to open Slack and dance to the tunes of my capitalist employer.

I can’t wait for today to end.

Source: https://www.zikoko.com/money/hustle/a-week-in-the-life-of-an-anonymous-superstar-social-media-influencer/

I respect your anonymity choice. I post a video on Youtube, I felt depressed cos it didn't move as expect, Social media can be such a drag, too many competition.