Adaeze Ugwuoke

Software Development | Frontend Firefighter | ALXSE student | Nutritionist/Dietitian | Manchester United | Ronaldo | Tech enthusiast | positive vibes only

[Adaeze Ugwuoke @lostshades_]

Class Components, Lifecycle Methods, and Today’s React World – How They All Connect!

We know class-based components are becoming outdated, but understanding their lifecycle methods like component DidMount, DidUpdate, and WillUnmount is still crucial. Why? Come with me...

[Enomfon Akpan @mydearenomfon]

One of my biggest dreams is to build a company that creates opportunities for women who started later than expected.

Internships and graduate trainee programs for women in their late 20s and 30s. Remote jobs for women in their 40s and 50s.

[Harley knows you are lonely and so she @miss_ezeani]

Prime, Netflix left Nigeria.
TikTok, Instagram doesn’t pay Nigerian creators because low priority, guess why?
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pay way less per Nigerian viewer.
Roll outs, perks, only get to us after years of creators in other climes enjoying them.

There’s no light.
There’s no regulation of rent.
Data tariff increases depending on the network provider’s mood.
Fuel is 1300 per liter.
Fuel has become lighter, evaporates quicker.
5 liters of 2022 is not same as now.

But yeah!!! Bring your tax.
File your tax!

I won’t give you job but if you create one for yourself, I still won’t make it easy for you because I’ll make sure bulk of your money goes to rent payment and electricity. And things will also get ridiculously expensive because $1 is 1450 naira.

But yeah, FILE YOUR FUCKING TAX!!!
We pay VAT per online transaction.
We pay VAT per light purchase.
We pay VAT per every purchase or transaction.
But hold on… FILE YOUR TAX!!!!

And no matter what ridiculousness that happens, we swear that the “next one” that will “definitely” be our tipping point.

Bloody hell!

[Ifediche @esther_stan]

Patience Ozokwor really hated poverty.
A poor person was her worst enemy. Her husbands, sons even her daughters ….no discrimination😭.

[Shreya @Oblivious9021]

Interviewer:
User taps Pay twice in milliseconds...How do you prevent duplicate API calls?

[Olúwatósìn Olaseinde @tosinolaseinde]

After my 30+ years on earth, one thing I know is that people like who they like and there isn’t much you can do about it. If you like sacrifice and give your head. It won’t change much. This cuts across employer- employee relationships, platonic love and romantic love.
I encourage you to gravitate towards people that actually like you.
Happy Valentine’s Day

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

“Can I bring my baby to the interview?”

The message came in at 11 PM:

“Hi, I have an interview with you tomorrow at 2 PM. My childcare fell through. Can I bring my 8-month-old? I understand if you need to reschedule.”

Old me would have rescheduled.
Unprofessional. Distraction. Red flag.

New me replied:
“Absolutely. See you tomorrow.”

She showed up with her baby on her hip.
She apologized three times before even sitting down.

Ten minutes in, the baby started crying.
She tried to soothe him while answering questions.
She apologized again.

I stopped the interview and said:

“Hey. You’re managing a fussy baby, answering complex questions, and staying calm under pressure. That’s literally the job. Handling chaos while staying professional. You’re already proving you can do it.”

Her eyes filled with tears.

We hired her.

She’s been with us for a year now.
The most reliable team member we have.

Why?

Because when you’re used to handling a screaming infant at 3 AM and still showing up to work the next day, workplace stress feels like nothing.

Working parents, especially mothers, are some of the most organized, efficient, and resilient people you’ll ever hire.

Yet we lose them because our hiring processes are built for people with zero caregiving responsibilities.

If your interview process can’t accommodate a parent facing a childcare issue, you’re not filtering for professionalism.

You’re filtering for privilege.

[💜𝗚𝗜𝗠 | Ai and Web Developer 💜 @Techk_e4ma]

Developers can build anything but not their portfolio . 😂

[Himanshu Singh @hsnice16]

@AjeyGore True. And also, while implementing, they keep finding edge cases or user stories that were not mentioned, and hence some back-and-forth goes into that.

[Ajey Gore @AjeyGore]

As an software engineer - I can tell you that Engineers don’t miss deadlines. They just keep discovering new requirements, with help of product managers.

[Adaeze Ugwuoke @lostshades_]

@JobFound5 Interested

[Hansel Praise @hannytalker]

Kola Adewale is the man who captures your wallet at 1 PM and at 1 AM.

​Kola Adewale was a smart guy (a First Class Accountant who worked at KPMG).

He left the corporate world to start a food business.

He launched "Papas Pizza."

He thought he would be the "Domino's" of Nigeria.

But there was a problem: Nigerians didn't want Pizza every day. The business was struggling.

Most entrepreneurs would have kept pushing the Pizza idea until they went broke.

Kola Adewale didn't. He listened to the market.

​He used a strategy called The Hybrid Pivot.

​Here is how he built the most popular food and lifestyle chain in Lagos:

He realized that while Pizza is "sexy," Rice is "essential."

He swallowed his pride, scrapped the "Pizza-only" model, and introduced the now-famous "The Place" menu (Asun, Jollof, Spaghetti).

He didn't try to be "Fancy" like a 5-star hotel. He tried to be "Tasty and Fast."

He re-engineered his kitchen to serve massive volume.

He teaches us that you must sell what people eat, not what you want to cook..

This is his genius.

A normal restaurant makes money for maybe 8 hours a day (Lunch and Dinner). The building sits empty at night.

Kola Adewale asked: "Why should I pay 24 hours rent for 8 hours of business?"

He turned his locations into Nightclubs after dark.

The same building that sells N2,000 rice in the afternoon sells N500,000 Hennessy at night.

He maximizes the Revenue per Square Meter.

He teaches us that Efficiency is making your Rent work for you while you sleep.

Unlike other founders who are always on social media making noise, Kola Adewale is invisible.

To get this picture (that I attached) of him was a difficult job.

You rarely see him grant interviews.

He focuses 100% on Operations.

He has opened over 20 outlets in strategic locations across Lagos and Kwara.

He proves that you don't need to be a "Celebrity CEO" to build a "Celebrity Brand."

He teaches us that Work does not need noise. Results make their own noise.

​Why am I telling you this?

​Many of you are holding onto a "Dead Idea."

​You started selling "Luxury Bags," but nobody is buying.

​You are afraid to switch to "Thrift Wears" because of shame.

​Kola Adewale teaches us to Pivot without Shame.

If "Pizza" is not paying the bills, start selling "Rice."

The goal of business is not to be right; the goal is to be profitable.

Kola's detour in business choice & operations focused strategy(Consumer choice, Quality, service delivery, affordability and availability of choices) are his competitive advantage birthed from deep review of what wasn't working.

Your business may require a different strategy. Bottomline question to ask is "What is the outcome you want to achieve?". Question what is not working (problem statement) then begin to identify the probable causes and what needs to change to fix this. If it includes detour, then so be it. If it requires publicity, visibility and advert, by all means carry on.

​I hope you learned something.

​Credit: Mahmood Abdullahi Loke

[Adaeze Ugwuoke @lostshades_]

@julian__duru Happy birthday Julian 🥳

[Humshe Will Sit With Kings✨ @humshe_]

Opay is tooo activvvv

[Wizard Eyes 👀 @Iampredominant]

@_phaarouq Turned off my read receipts since 2018. It’s only when you like my status that I know that you viewed it. Nothing concern me o

[daz @MetamateDaz]

Unpopular opinion: Landlords should not be able to increase rent unless they're upgrading the apartment.

[Adaeze Ugwuoke @lostshades_]

@durutheguru Happy new year Julian 🎆

[◉⁠‿⁠◉ @f3ranmie]

those shop owners wey dey always add the address of their shop for their banner wey dey outside no know the kind help wey dem dey help people wey dey travel 😭🙏

[Tshepi @TsitsiNotha]

You guys actually underestimate what the previous generation went through. You can’t even boycott Starbucks but you think you can fight against slavery

[Ifekam @bethabetter]

My chi will not allow me to read such.

[Adaeze Ugwuoke @lostshades_]

@cyber_rekk A maddd laptop and/or star links mini