If you're going to take time to create content that educates your audience, make sure it connects to, and supports, at least one of your products or services.
i had a friend who would call me whenever life hit him hard. career problems, relationship issues, family stress, financial setbacks.
sometimes the calls will even come very late at night and i'd stay on the phone for hrs listening to him, encouraging him and helping him think through his problems. months later, i went through one of the toughest periods of my life and decided to call him.
he picked up, listened for a minute then told me he was busy and wanted to sleep too then said we'd talk another time, but he never called btw.
it taught me a lesson i will never forget: not everyone can give what they take & the fastest way to become exhausted is expecting reciprocity from people who only know how to receive. some people will gladly drink from your cup and watch you die of thirst.
You want global-standard talents, but you won't take up IT students or NYSC Corp members into your company for training and hands-on experience. Pleaseee.
In case you've been seeing my tweets, note this carefully.
I'm not the best in any single thing, but I'm the best in the composition of things.
This perspective is useful in case of those struggling about not knowing where to focus on. Early in my career, I start a tutorial in Data Analytics, stop, enter DevOps, stop, enter programming, stop, back to data analytics.
I sat myself down one day and wondered how I'll "make it" laidiss.
I HAVE NOT YET MADE IT, but the direction is clearer. I operate at a high level, a strategic level, bird's eye view if you will. And in some cases, I've been flown in by clients locally and internationally to fix raging problems, which I've mostly been successful doing.
So in case you're confused, it's normal. Get all you can get in different, almost unrelated areas, you may end up being the glue when unrelated challenges show up.
Put yourself out there, and keep pushing.
My point is clear
If you don't have the money to employ someone for your startup, do not employ anyone and pay them worthlessly or ask them to intern for free
Build the startup yourself.
Its as simple as that.
Why is it hard for you to realize you don't have money and it is only people who have money to pay workers that should hire workers
You mean you're hiring for over 500 roles, including executive roles, and there's nobody in those individual teams who's competent enough to move up?
That's an internal problem. If I were an investor, that explains a whole lot.
@Stazingar@Osi_Suave@Wizarab10 You mean you're hiring for over 500 roles, including executive roles, and there's nobody in those individual teams who's competent enough to move up? That's an internal problem.
If I were an investor, that explains a whole lot.
For a country where university students struggle to get Industrial Training (IT) placement, we talk about skill gap, or you'd blame that on the government, too?
Taking ownership is the problem we have in this country.
@OoTheNigerian "Some skills take years to build and require systems." So, are we blaming the masses for the broken system or pointing fingers at the government again?