TLW

Creative Entrepreneur || Communications Strategist || Lover of God, Arts, Lifestyle || Liberal, free-spirited #Aquarius

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

People are still vaping inside this heat? Na wa

[🥢 @CHOPSTIIIIX]

The entire fate of Afrobeat this summer rests on Victony’s shoulder. Don’t fight it.

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

Just bought a smoothie blender. Prepare to be sick of me!!!!

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

It's raining ke? London please nau

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

So thankful for our Chevening cohort. I've learnt a lot from them.

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

It’s only serial killers that put their personal bags on the floor in the train.

And there’s a lot of them in this London🤮

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

Looks like it’s just one and the same person that writes for Nigerian artistes, that’s why their lyrics are full of ‘Balenciaga’😭😭

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This babe didn’t even fix her nails or use press on for her wedding photo shoot.

Olowo uprising please nau😭😭

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

Okay, who is going to produce the Ikeja Bomb Blast movie/documentary?

[Babájídé @Babajiide]

You guys share way too much information about your lives on the internet.

Many of you will regret it in future

[Daystar Christian Centre @DaystarNG]

Daystar Christian Centre | Church In The House | Midweek Service | 22nd July, 2026 https://t.co/cHBg4FYAtI

[Unforseen Circumstances @keneabraham]

“choir”

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

M & S, I need you to stop! 😭😭

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

One day I’ll talk about how AirPeace and Zenith bank held my flight ticket money in 2024 and I ended up getting scammed on Twitter because I was literally begging them to refund me here.

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

I need someone to please explain this ‘Mr Barry’ thing to me like I’m 5🥹🥹

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

And if a double-decker bus…

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

Made enough mistakes in business to know what’s bad for it

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

If I'm outside, please carry your camera and light away from me. Although I will film other people sha 🤣

[TLW @SheIsKanmi]

We need to pay more attention to generational patterns.

[his excellency @segosco]

like i always say, the things you don't know are bigger than you & they'll always haunt you until you understand them. you think a master's degree is some kind of golden ticket to a high-paying corporate job, but it isn't.

the first thing is the illusion of the master's degree. the reality is that uk universities have turned higher education into a business, most especially for international students. they're selling degrees & not careers. for a lot of people, the degree is just the price of entry into the country.

here in the UK, your certificate is just a bloody piece of paper, & the corporate world don't care about how much you paid for it or how difficult it was to get once you're in the job market, they pay for people who can solve difficult problems, handle pressure & make the business money, that's what has value.

the disappointment comes from buying into the idea that an expensive degree automatically puts you ahead, it doesn't. a degree might get your cv looked at, but it won't convince anyone to hire you if you can't prove why you matter.

secondly, if you keep wondering why so many immigrants end up working as healthcare assistants. the answer isn't far-fetched. healthcare is one of the most accessible routes because there's constant demand, a need to fill shortages & established sponsorship pathways. it's the easiest door for many people to enter through.

corporate jobs are a completely different game. banks, tech firms & big companies are not going to spend thousands sponsoring someone unless they're convinced that person brings a serious value they can't easily find in the local market, a master's degree by itself is not that value.

the reason so many people stay stuck in healthcare isn't because the system is personally against them. it's because most never build the network, skills or positioning needed to break into corporate roles. they follow the easiest route in, then act surprised when it's hard to move into a market that demands a completely different level of value.

thirdly, another serious mistake you're making is assuming your experience is everyone's reality. just because you don't see immigrants in high-stakes corporate roles doesn't mean they aren't there. there are plenty of immigrants working in senior positions, making serious decisions that affect entire organisations & running major projects. you just don't cross paths with them.

& lastly, the first people you meet in the uk & the circles you build around yourself can shape your entire perception of what is possible. if everyone around you is struggling with the same limitations, it's easy to believe those limitations are the reality for everyone. but sometimes you're not seeing the whole system. you're only seeing the part of it you've been exposed to.

you need to understand the system for what it is, not what you wish it was. nobody is going to stop & care about how unfair it feels. the system doesn't reward emotion. it rewards people who know how to play the game.