I spent half a day on call helping some Kenyan company set up and harden their AWS security posture & when it came time to pay, their HR came out and said we will not pay you because of some company protocol. I laughed , hung up and marked the cash as written off. Now we wait๐
Tech nayo funemployment ni rite of passage. You learn to be frugal because you know what it means to have zero bucks in your account.
Youโve been there before. Once was when you were working in an ambitious startup that failed to raise series B. A 6 month runway was spent on marketing. Youโve not been paid for 3 months. Itโs ironic because you work from a cosy office at the heart of Westlands. A building with three security checks but nothing in your pockets.
Now youโre driving an M3 competition BMW to clear your head. People think youโre lucky. People only see the good stuff. What they donโt see is the days you hear to pick between laundry and dinner. The trying times taught you well. Now you account for every cent. You donโt play about money anymore.
I can walk while speaking ๐ถ๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธ
But I canโt speak while taking water ๐ง๐
Thatโs the difference:
Concurrency โ handling multiple tasks with switching
Parallelism โ truly doing tasks at the same time
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