Niliquit 9-5 ilikuwa inanilipa 150k/month.
Imenitake two years for my company kunilipa 67k/month na nafanya kazi from 7AM to 11PM every day, na sometimes unapata uko na employees wanakupea the hardest time ever, na kuwafuta kazi ni even more expensive.
Every month uko na bills za kulipa in the millions, end month kila mtu ako happy isipokuwa wewe juu uko na another 30 days kuraise another million. Na imagine all this trouble ndiyo net salary yako ikuwe 50k
Sometimes doh haitoshi unasema wacha ulipe the employees alafu KRA utawatumia yao by 9th, unajaribu kupata loan bank inakataa juu hauna shamba ya security, inafika 15th unapata weird calls, unashika unapata ni KRA, unawaambia utawalipa next Friday, wanakuambia Friday haiwezekani, labda Thursday. Inabidi uongee with one of your clients akulipe mapema, anakusomea akikuambia biz haifanywi hivo but anaitikia eventually.
Next week inafika unalipa KRA, SHA,NSSF, Housing Levy. Unahave some peace kidogo only to realize that next week ni end month na this time uko na deficit kubwa kushinda last month, and the cycle continues.
Kama uko 9-5 na uko sawa, I can’t advise you to quit. Heri ujaribu entrepreneurship in parallel but usiquit job yako. It feels good when you tell people that you quit your job to pursue your dream but you also need to understand that your dream will take time before it starts paying the bills, and it might also die before you eat a shilling from it.
What a privilege to be tired from work you once begged the universe for. what a privilege to feel overwhelmed by growth you used to dream about. what a privilege to be challenged by a life you created on purpose. what a privilege to outgrow things you used to settle for.
Again he just said
“Luckily for me, we didn’t know what we were building, because if I’d known, we’d have chickened out.”
If you know all the details, you won’t do it. Just start, buddy. Just start
Macron calling himself a Pan Africanist is the worst insult to Pan Africanism in our generation. The fact that this insult has been uttered in Nairobi is even more painful
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.
You’ve 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. You’ve not been paid for 3 months. It’s 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 you’re driving an M3 competition BMW to clear your head. People think you’re lucky. People only see the good stuff. What they don’t 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 don’t play about money anymore.
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.
You’ve 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. You’ve not been paid for 3 months. It’s 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 you’re driving an M3 competition BMW to clear your head. People think you’re lucky. People only see the good stuff. What they don’t 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 don’t play about money anymore.
idk why as kenyans we havent accepted using bank cards - Visa and mastercard are free to pay with.
like i never paid fuel or supermarket with mpesa for like 3 years. Abroad, ata mobile transfer is free
I noticed something about environment. When you are surrounded by broke people, it starts to feel like everyone is struggling, like the economy is collapsing and no one has money, and even if you do, you start thinking you might lose it. When you are around entrepreneurs and people who are building things, it feels like money and opportunities are everywhere, even when you personally have less. Your environment shapes what you believe is possible.