That’s the effect of a cash-and-carry economy. In countries with functioning credit systems, this thought wouldn't arise. Some things will always be expensive(cars, homes, education), but credit facility & structured repayment are what create access.

F=MA, P=IV (iapm) Same complaint was made by people at the time. Some people will come back in 10 years time and say your time (current time) was better than theirs because tech, digital space and other sectors are booming you were lucky during your time. People work remotely, make money from

J9 F=MA, P=IV (iapm) My first degree was a scholarship in the UAE. People were discouraging me, saying that it wouldn't be possible, that it isn't easy to secure a scholarship of that magnitude. In fact, one of our friends was mocking me behind my back, asking the rest, "Have I been to Dubai?"😃 I

There is politics in 9-5 Do your job very well. Be visible in the workplace But don’t overdo Visibility without competence makes incompetence visible. Start by engaging a couple of colleagues that appear friendly on topics you can relate with - from work topic to side

An entire generation of web devs oneshotted by PaaS and doesn't know how to SSH into a server anymore

The most fascinating thing to me is Nigerians who have “japa’d” for over 5 years still being political jobbers We know the stipend you people get nau!! Are you saying you couldn’t put yourself to better use in the more developed countries you are? You’re literally a failure

Quick question: When you say, "I am a Nigerian", what do you mean?

This is the beginning of the rest of my life! A few weeks ago, I arrived in San Francisco to begin a doctorate program at Stanford University. I have nurtured this dream for the past three years and this is day one of a dream come true.

influencer is a very foolish word and anyone who carries this on their head hasn't sat down to analyze how obnoxious it comes off talk more of a niche domain. fun fact : 8/10 times, the people that actually influence niches don't identify as such.

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Yeah. Talk is cheap! The confidence from using AI generated code makes the situation worse.

Today we're releasing Claude Opus 4.1, an upgrade to Claude Opus 4 on agentic tasks, real-world coding, and reasoning.

The irony is that the people who argue that he’s not a Nigerian are the same people who want to get second passports from other countries. Some of them also insist on running for political office in Lagos just because they were born in Lagos or have lived in Lagos for many years.