Earlier today, I had the honour of speaking at the African Union 4th specialised technical committee on youth, culture & Sports (STC-YCS4) Pre-Youth event here in Addis Ababa, alongside the;
- Advisor, GIZ office to the AU and UNECA
- Program director, EVAW,
@UNWOMEN
Our…
- Go on LinkedIn, search for “I’m hiring for” or “we’re hiring for” and insert your desired role. It’ll pop up with a ton of posts from hiring managers & recruiters, Many you won’t likely see on job sections /platforms
- Have an editable version of your CV & cover letter easily…
To think the media had us believe Michael Jackson bleached his skin, not knowing this man was out here battling full on vitiligo
Makes me feel quite sad every time I think of it, it’s like one of my many reminders to never judge a book but it’s cover.
1st day resuming @ Google Nigeria!!
Super excited to be coming in as the DevRel Ecosystem CommunityMgr for SubSaharan Africa!
Via my role, I would be interfacing w/dev communities,start-ups & tech hubs to grow & manage developer outreach & programs including
@gdg
's across SSA!
To the male employers in tech who keep asking out your female interns and firing them just for refusing your offer, keep it up, one day you will meet your Waterloo
…and that day is very close! Very close!!👍🏾
After a 4.5 year stint, Today marks my last day at Google, as the Ecosystem community manager For the
@googledevgroups
in the Sub Saharan Africa region. 🎉
I’m extremely thankful to have led this role, managing one of Google’s largest developer programs for the region and…
1st day resuming @ Google Nigeria!!
Super excited to be coming in as the DevRel Ecosystem CommunityMgr for SubSaharan Africa!
Via my role, I would be interfacing w/dev communities,start-ups & tech hubs to grow & manage developer outreach & programs including
@gdg
's across SSA!
I keep saying it, many Nigerians in Tech live in a bubble and like to rub it off a lot of times.
Not everyone’s privileged as we are, working remotely? Earning comfortably? Step out there and see people are struggling to make what you make in an hour, Not their fault.
I’m still in shock but MORE THAN EXCITED to announce being selected as the winner of the “Role model category” on the
@bookingcom
Technology playmaker award 2020!!🔥
800 candidates across the world, 4 other amazing finalists but I won!!
I brought this back home!!😭
Please RT if you aren't new to tech but still get the "Imposter syndrome" amidst all your experience.
Having people Realize their favorites/mentors/role model also go through that, helps a lot on their tech journey and personal development.
Found an old notepad I used way back while starting out my coding journey🥺😂.
I would read/watch the resources on my phone, write out the entire program on this pad & send to a friend to run it for me cause my laptop was nothing to write home about🥺.
Thankful for growth🙏🏾
I need my ladies to know that no man should ever have to make you choose between a brighter future and him; be it career, work, family etc
If the ball was in their court, they wouldn’t think twice about it.
Woke up to an email from a lady who got a fully-funded admission for an MSc abroad
Her 'boyfriend' told her to choose btn the admission & him
She seeks advice
I don't interfere in relationship issues but think it's unfair to put her in such a state
People have diff priorities
Happy birthday Ada Nduka Oyom🎉, first of her kind, inspiration to thousands, the works of your hands are blessed.
You’ll stand before kings and queens, Nations and Governments will seek your counsel, your name will be spoken positively of in rooms you haven’t even dreamt of.…
Found the laptop I started my coding journey with 😍😅,
Previous owner used it for a long time before I got it as a gift and went on to use for another 4 years, this laptop saw hell.
Bruh my kids will definitely see this, going to be an artifact in my house 😂
Ladies please join
@SheCodeAfrica
to avoid meeting humans like this, not only will you learn for free,
you’ll get an amazing community of other women in tech like you willing to help and even mentor plus resources all for FREE!
My
@bookingcom
"Role model" 2020 award came in the mail today!
Only after holding it in my hands did reality finally kick in. I literally brought this home! I did that!✊🏾😭
#TechPlaymaker
With one click, You can now tweet directly to Nigerian politicians about
#EndSARS
using
It automatically generates a well composed tweet & tags the politicians randomly.
No sign up needed, just click the link and tweet, keep tweeting!!
Built by
@kadetXx
A few more:
- Have mock interviews; Practice for your interviews like you would for exams. Helps a ton! You can also find interview questions/patterns for Some companies (Read big tech) online. Practice with those
- In your interviews, when given scenarios as questions, cite…
Today we retire my mum traditionally & as her “Ada”, trust me to show up and show out.
In my hometown, this ceremony is known as the "Izu Uche" ceremony and an entry into eldership status in the community, a huge celebration in Ohafia, Abia state.
P.S; happy new year from my…
Ladies, if you want to go into Design cause you love it, do it.
If you want to go into it cause it’s less complicated than other fields , do it
Don’t let anyone pressure/bully you into picking a field just cause they think one is too feminine and undeserving of you👍🏾
5 Developer summits across 2 regions,
2 large scale DevFest events in 2 countries
and multi speaking engagements,
It’s finally a wrap with November! Giving myself my flowers cause I’m legit my super woman And sooo proud of myself for seeing it through!!
2021 for us at
@shecodeafrica
: we
- raised ~$52k in donation from companies & individuals
- trained 5k ladies for free in 6 bootcamps & chapter events
- Provided cash & Laptop scholarships for 78 girls
And more we’re excited to share in our annual report:
Weird but I’m not even fazed by the result announcement, neither am I giving up on
@PeterObi
We know he would fight this, I’m 102% sure of him ruling this country with results from this election. Where that confidence is coming from, I do not know. But I’m sticking to my gut.
Super excited and deeply honoured to be pioneering Developer relations at
@InterswitchGRP
🎉🎉.
It's my first week & beginning of a new phase,having the opportunity to work with some of the most brilliant engineering minds to help improve developer experience
@InterswitchGRP
🎉
Nigerian tech companies,
your staff are greatly affected by the SARS issue, but I haven’t seen majority, if not any of you, lend your voices to the
#EndSarsProtests
Would you rather not upset “friends in high places”?
Remember na Dev wey dey alive fit deploy to Prod.
Can’t overemphasise this tbh, how much would I have been earning with my Microbiology certificate in Nigeria??
Everyday I wake up to do this Tech thing, I’m grateful for the privilege it brings.
100%. You have an entire lifetime to build a successful career in tech but only 4-6 years to excel in your academics.
Gotta understand life’s in phases and as a student your top priority should be your academics.
It’s okay to start building your tech career from Uni, but it…
All of the 4 interns we plugged into
@DeimosCloud
via our Cloud School program
@SheCodeAfrica
are about to get full time offers as Junior DevOps Engrs!!
Definitely my highlight for Nov, so proud of these ladies 🥺
I want to hug teenage me and tell her we did it!🥹
I’m really out here living my dreams and so proud of the young Ada who had all these aspirations as a kid with no idea how to achieve them. I’m so proud of me, and thankful To God!
To every young girl out there with Career…
Making a public appreciation post to
@sarah_edo
for how you continue to effortlessly support the work we do
@SheCodeAfrica
Last year Sarah wrote her latest book and committed half of her earnings to SCA with no obligations, empowering us to empower more African girls and women…
Startups that take in "interns" under the guise of "helping them learn/grow" only to slave them and even owe salaries, STOP IT!
You CONTINUALLY make these people see no reasons or worth in continuing their tech journey and end up losing the zeal. Please REPENT! Thank you!
Excited to be among the top 3 finalists in the “IT-Tech” category of the 6th Digital Female Leadership Award by
@gd_women
in Germany!
The DFLA is tagged as the most important award for female leaders in the digitization space in the DACH region & yours truly made the TOP 3…
Someone walked up to me yesterday at
#DevFestLagos
to help review his CV in person & while giving very valid feedback amidst how busy yesterday was for me, next thing he blurts is out a marriage proposal.
I took that as a joke even when he kept pushing it, until I dropped a…
I’ve come to realise that being in tech isn’t a determinant for one’s smartness or intelligence.
Everyone has a choice, yeah, but boldly & foolishly voting for someone who in no way edges your collective growth? I want to say it’s jazz but na just stupidity.
Lol. Na the young people who opened their eyes during EndSARS and they’re campaigning for thesame party again just dey funny me.
And you say you be techie, and your head no tell you say to build great talents, they need to be an enabling environment.
August is off to a great start for us
@shecodeafrica
! 😍🥳
Yesterday out of 5 nominees from 3 African countries, we had the honour of receiving the 2023 “African Non-Profit of the year” Award for our organisation at the social impact marketing summit!
This recognition means the…
This man went out there, purchased a land in Scotland as one of his birthday gifts to me!🥺 🥺
“Ada Nduka Oyom By virtue of ownership of land in Scotland, May henceforth be known by the style and title of LADY ADA NDUKA OYOM”
Bruh🔥
Open letter to
#TechTwitter
&
#BlackTechTwitter
:
Few months ago you lent your voices to the mistreatment & killings of Black people through
#BLM
The Nigerian Tech community showed her support in all possible ways to help amplify, RTin like our lives depended on it
#SARSMUSTEND
Today's an emotional day for me as it marks my Last day as Developer relations Lead
@InterswitchEngr
🙏🏽
This has been THE MOST EXCITING, INSIGHTFUL & INTENSE career journey of mine so far that it makes "Good byes" hardest to say.💔
Getting the opportunity to pioneer & lead..
1/
Currently at the lekki ikoyi protest and I just heard a police man boldly telling his team
“if dem do anyhow, dem go see anyhow”
For a peaceful protest!!
#EndSARS
#EndPoliceBrutality
!!
A thread for African women in tech 👇.
I would like to know as many of you as I can and possibly work with some of you in the nearest future🙌
Name , Field , Location (City, Country)
Get to meet other women in the field as well 🤗
We already fight for a lot of things to survive as youths and Developers in this country.
Do we also have to fight for our lives as well ?!?
Our crime? Trying to make a honest living for ourselves and family 💔
But instead we're tagged criminals!!
#EndSARS
#StopRobbingUs
I just created a mad badass curriculum for full stack web development, touches on everything JavaScript +Node + MongoDB + Express , PHP + Laravel, Testing and Deployment. Should literally take anyone from novice to intermediate/expert
I'm so freaking PROUD of myself goddamit!!😍
Quick throwback:
1: Shows me at my first tech event with no PC & only a low end phone but undeterred🙂
2: 2nd event,very little idea of what was happening but I still showed up
3: First activity as a
@gdg
lead (huge imposter syndrome)
4: First
#ioextendedEvent
as a
@gdg
lead
No offence to post owner but this is exactly what we mean when we tell women to stop waiting till they tick all boxes in an application
because men will boldly go for whatever option’s available even when they don’t meet all criteria.
For every time you doubt yourself, there’s…
This is a very valid question.
Interviewer(s): Are you aware we are trying to balance our team & looking for a female developer?
Me: **Nervously, hum, Yes sir. I am.
Interviewer(s): Why did you apply?
Me: To be honest, I was more focused on the requirements..
🧵