“Amazing is the affair of the believer, verily all of his affair is good and this is not for no one except the believer. If something of good/happiness befalls him he is grateful and that is good for him. If something of harm befalls him he is patient and that is good for him.”
It took me 5 months and about 25 interviews to land my first job in Canada 🇨🇦
But there is one I will never forget.
I applied for a Canadian government role.
French was listed as a requirement. I applied anyway. Got through the first stage. No French was tested.
Second and final stage. I joined the call. Bonjour bonjour. (As how?)
I thought that was just the greeting.
The interviewer then calmly informed me that the entire interview would be conducted in French.
I could feel my intestines shift.
I said okay. A certified Duolingo dropout sitting in silence.
The first question came. 45 seconds of full Québécois French.
I waited for them to finish. Then I slowly asked if they could repeat the question in English.
They did. Politely.
I answered.
Then they asked if I had any questions for them.
That was it. Interview over.
I never got a rejection email. Not one. They were too pissed to even send it 😭
What is your craziest job interview moment in diaspora or back home?
I once helped someone apply for a job I really wanted.
We both went for the interview.
They got it. I didn’t.
I won’t lie — it hurt.
But months later, that same person called me and said,
“They’re opening another position. I recommended you.”
This time, I got the job.
What felt like a loss… was planting a seed.
Never regret helping someone grow.
Have you ever lost something that later made sense? 💛
For the Canadians wanting to max out their Registered accounts this year. Save this post.
It's better to think in terms of monthly amounts, not the yearly amounts.
TFSA Limit for 2026 - $7,000 or $583/month.
RRSP Dollar Limit for 2026 - lower of either $33,810 or 18% of your 2025 Earned income or $2,817/month / 1.5% of your gross annual income per month.
FHSA dollar limit for 2026 - $8,000 or $666/month.
Happy New Year Everyone!
People have been asking me where I’ve been, here’s where…
For the past couple months I’ve been working a dream job as a First Team Scout for Como 1907.
“There’s always a Ben Mattinson tweet” has gone professional. Only God!🙌🏽
To not only land my first role at a club, but for it to be Como, a project I’ve spoken about so much, I’m over the moon. My first Arsenal shirt had #4 for Cesc Fábregas. Now he’s the manager at the club I work for. Surreal.
I always had aspirations to work in football but didn’t know how to achieve it. Just over 2 years ago I started using my personal Twitter account to post threads on upcoming players as a portfolio of work in hope that I’d one day land a dream job. What I didn’t expect was to be a part of a great community, connect with so many amazing people and meet some lifelong friends.
My goal has always been to showcase an eye for talent and constantly strive for development to improve my process along the way. Learning never stops. A platform like this enabled me to learn from great minds.
It’s never been about engagement, likes or followers etc. It was about being obsessed with identifying and analysing talent but most importantly, being consistent.
For anyone looking to go down a similar route, I can’t stress this enough… SHOW UP. When you don’t feel like it, show up. When it’s the last thing you feel like doing, show up. Consistency is everything.
I would spend time watching games of a player, making notes, write a thread on them, collect videos and photos, only for it to get 5 likes. But my consistency meant I didn’t care, I knew the constant content would compound and ‘force’ my goals to happen.
Anyways, thank you all for the support along the journey. We’re just getting started.
Everyone teaching automation is lying to you.
You don't need to know n8n. You don't need to code.
A kid DM'd me 3 weeks ago basically saying "make me money." Zero skills. Zero experience.
Yesterday he closed his first $8K deal. Still can't explain what a webhook is.
Here's exactly what I told him:
Stop learning automation. Start selling it.
The entire industry wants you to "master n8n first" or "learn make" or whatever. That's backwards. That's why you're broke.
Here's the actual playbook:
1. Find businesses first. Walk into any dentist, accountant, or restaurant. Say it's for a university project if you're nervous. Ask one question: "What tasks waste 2+ hours of your day?"
2. LISTEN. Don't pitch. Don't mention automation. Just understand their daily hell. Dentists? Admin nightmare. Hair salons? Booking chaos. Every business has something they hate doing.
3. Leave. Go home. Open ChatGPT/Claude. Type: "How would I automate [their exact problem]?" Get a basic solution. Don't overcomplicate it.
4. Go back with confidence. Say: "I can make that 2-hour task take 2 minutes." Show them on paper. Not technical. Just "this happens automatically instead of manually."
5. Get paid FIRST. Always. "It'll be $5K to set this up." They'll either pay or they won't. If they won't, next business. Don't build anything for free.
6. NOW figure out how to build it. Use https://t.co/quiv0cThVU - type what you want in plain English, it builds the n8n workflow. Or pay someone $200 on Upwork to build it while you keep $4,800.
That kid I mentioned?
Week 1: Talked to 6 businesses
Week 2: Got 3 interested
Week 3: Closed one for $8K
Week 4: Delivered using Synta (took 4 hours)
He still doesn't know what JSON means.
The tools available now are insane. Synta builds automations from descriptions. Claude explains everything. You can run a 10-person agency as one person.
But everyone's learning tools instead of talking to humans with money.
Stop studying. Start selling.
The market doesn't care about your certifications. It cares about their problems disappearing.
Drop a comment and I'll send you the full breakdown of exactly how this kid went from zero to $8K
Time to make your first $10K.
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This is an opportunity to build hands-on skills as a SOC analyst 💪