Rektbutfine

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[Rektbutfine @rektbutfine]

I will be eligible.
Others have done it, so it’s not impossible for me.
I’ve made my declaration and now, I’ll do the work to make it real.

[Zanele Abraham @zanele_matome]

Your vocabulary drastically decreases too!

[ོ @liveflyy]

I'm a versatile nigga, just put me on.

[Uchenna. @Favour_Ogazi]

One thing I’m taking seriously these days is building a life that can survive change. Jobs end. People leave. Economies shift. Plans fail. I don’t want one unexpected event to have the power to completely dismantle me.

[bambi🌟 @urbambi_1]

if you don’t make a serious effort to do something with your life after graduation, you will blink one day and it’s been 9 months of you doing nothing

[Akíntúndé Babátúndé @olorunwababs]

One thing I keep telling younger friends and colleagues is to develop depth in something.

Chase global opportunities. Apply for the fellowships. Go to the conferences. Build your network. Travel if you get the opportunity. Put yourself in rooms where you can meet people and see what is possible.

All of these things can change your life.

But somewhere along the way, make sure you are actually becoming very good at something.

Know something deeply. Develop a skill people can trust you with. Become the person who understands a subject beyond what can be picked up from a few articles or a weekend workshop.

Because opportunities can give you access, but access eventually exposes your level of competence.

You can get into the room through a fellowship. You can meet important people at a conference. You can build an impressive LinkedIn profile. You can collect certificates from some of the best institutions in the world.

Eventually, somebody will ask you to do the work.

Write the paper.

Analyse the data.

Lead the project.

Edit the story.

Build the product.

Explain the problem.

Manage the team.

Advise the organisation.

And at that point, there is nowhere to hide.

This is why I worry sometimes when I see young people becoming very good at chasing opportunities without spending enough time developing the competence those opportunities are supposed to accelerate.

Your twenties and thirties are a great time to explore. Try different things. Move across fields. Discover what interests you. I certainly do not believe everyone needs to spend their entire career doing one thing.

But exploration should still leave you with accumulated knowledge and ability.

If you have worked in climate for five years, you should understand climate issues much better than someone who arrived yesterday.

If you have covered elections for years, you should know the history, institutions, data, actors and debates around elections.

If you work in AI, go beyond knowing the latest tools. Understand how the technology works, the policy debates, the business models, the limitations and the important questions in the field.

If you are a journalist, learn to report and write exceptionally well.

Whatever it is, go deep enough that people can depend on what you know and what you can do.

And depth takes time.

It comes from reading. Practice. Repetition. Failure. Working with people better than you. Being corrected. Doing difficult assignments. Staying with a problem long enough to understand the things that are invisible from the surface.

Global opportunities are valuable. Networks matter. Visibility can help. I have benefited enormously from all three.

But none of them makes competence obsolete.

If anything, the more access you get, the more important competence becomes.

Because getting into the room is one thing.

Having something valuable to contribute when you get there is another.

Competence will never go out of fashion.

#YouWillNotFail

[Mide ᥫ᭡ @truemide]

Exactly 2 years ago today, I left Naij for the UK. Since then, I’ve earned my Master’s, moved to the US, and watched my life change in ways I once prayed for. Grateful to God, proud of how far I’ve come, and excited for what’s next❤️

[bolapsd @bolapsd]

all that matters is how many points you put up in the 4th quarter

[Rektbutfine @rektbutfine]

@SportyBet @SportyBetNG
Why is this two games voided after they played perfectly what I picked??

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

“The present period is one of those when everything that seems normally to constitute a reason for living dwindles away, when one must, on pain of sinking into confusion or apathy, call everything in question again.

The triumph of authoritarian and nationalist movements should blast almost everywhere the hopes that well-meaning people had placed in democracy…

We are living through a period bereft of a future. Waiting for that which is to come is no longer a matter of hope, but of anguish.”

— Simone Weil

[Rektbutfine @rektbutfine]

@Cryptokaai I really need this for rent 😪
Maxirambo

[. @Dboysback65]

People hardly ever add to my life so it’s literally never a hard decision to no longer deal with them.

[Rakesh Kumar @Rakeshhkumaar]

They call it a “free market” until you trade outside the dollar, nationalize your resources, or elect a leader Washington doesn’t approve of. Then come the sanctions. Then come the coups. Then comes war. Suddenly, “free market” means following Washington’s rules.

[Rektbutfine @rektbutfine]

@refibikc @blknoiz06 I thought the airdrop was a one off something though?

[Rektbutfine @rektbutfine]

@MikaelCBernard At this rate I doubt there’s any indigenous invention

[Rektbutfine @rektbutfine]

@xeverade How about you drag me along with you for the new month ser?

[Rektbutfine @rektbutfine]

@magnuskrypt GitHub?

[Rektbutfine @rektbutfine]

@refibikc You would definitely get better
Rooting for you!

[Poetry✨ @bubbles_debs]

Need to join an adult debate club or something. I need to speak more. Words are being jumbled up in my mouth and I don’t like it.

[Ozedikus Nwanne @Ozedikus]

I’m of the opinion that besides science, engineering, medicine, and law, there’s really no reason to go to university. You’re better off gaining real world experience in your field rather than spending 6 years acquiring a degree only to still come back and learn the job anyway

[Joseph Brendan @Joe_brendan_]

The FG should allow Chinese & Indian Cement into Nigeria

One of the reasons houses are expensive is because of Dangote and other building material dealers

Open up the cement and building materials up to the Chinese and watch 6 million Naira build an affordable house