What happened in 9ja tech twitter this week

1 While Techbhoes are busy spending, one of them is busy receiving ChiziAruhoma’s newest addition. Wahala for who no get partner ooo.

2. Founders, get in here, we would love to hear your opinion. 

You know how nerve cracking it is to get an investor let alone one that is willing to cut you a cheque. Well, you finally got a reply to your pitch deck and you couldn’t be more WAGMI but Mr. Money Bag comes with a little bonus - he will be breathing down your neck.. 

Remember, you have got this great product and the cheque is just what you need to ship, what are you going to do?

Source: If a potential investor seems like they will be breathing down your neck because they gave you $25K+, you should not let them invest.

Contributions/Opinions:  

Bernard is too - I hope I’m not overthinking this, but how does someone who started coding in August 2020 claim to be a senior engineer in January 2022?

These are the winners of the last AltSchool Giveaway sponsored by @marsInternet, @atsudavoh, @odirionyeo, @St_Akomolafe, @Samson_Goddy and @uchiuchibeke.

I’ll make a tweet on how winners can redeem the AltSchool application fee later…

AltSchool Africa is a University that’s giving out Diploma certificates after a 1 year course. Steps to get this:

DevCareer has partnered with Progate to provide support for up to 5000 people starting their tech journey in Africa. They’ll be several #90DaysOfCode challenges in the DevCareer community this year where you’ll be with a community, actively learning the same thing you’re learning in your level. You’ll also get the chance to ask guest speakers questions once in a while…. Another great thing is that, Progate has a mobile app, so you can download the Progate app on your phone….

To everyone who applied for the ambassadorship through this link, Thanks a lot for showing interest.. I sent a an initial mail explaining the process to the ambassadorship and later sent a follow up email, I got alot of responses from people that they did not get the initial email. I’ll be sending a new email soon. If you got the previous email and you were able to run your referrals, I’d reach out to you, if you missed the previous email, don’t worry, I’ll send a new email this week.. If you’re getting the email even after you’ve gotten and participated in the first one, you can just ignore it. Your first application and referrals are valid…

Starting out in tech is hard, but you’re not alone in this. This week, I interviewed one of the amazing top android engineers we have in Nigeria; Omolara Adejuwon.

Name: Omolara Adejuwon.

Country: Nigeria.

Tech field: Android Development, Engineering Leadership/Management.

Current position: Senior Android Engineer.

Company: Neo Financial, Canada.

Lol. I never know how to answer this question because it’s usually in more than one part. Okay. Let me try.

My love for mathematics and my love for my family’s newly bought desktop computer set at that time made it an easy decision to study Computer Science & Engineering for my bachelor’s degree. I had a long break before I resumed 100L at Obafemi Awolowo University, I decided to enroll in an apprenticeship program where I learnt how to repair computers and other similar gadgets. This is to say I had an interest in ‘tech’ even before I knew that the interest had a name.

Fast forward to 200L, I realized there was more to computing than just repairing computers. I had piqued my excitement about Computing. After a couple of interesting events, I found myself learning how to code in Java and building some random J2ME apps, and now, I am here.

My first ever official role was a 6-month internship which was one of the compulsory courses in my 400L. I had reached out to a senior colleague and he got me an interview with Mtech Communications. During my interview with the company, it turned out I had a skill that the engineering team needed at that time. I resumed almost immediately and I eventually interned at the company for 10 months before I went back to school for my final year.

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