Timbu @timbu

Joined March 2023

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Timbu @timbu

2 weeks ago

Guess what African country this guy is from, based on his features? It's not Nigeria.

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Recruiting is primarily about having access to talented people that other people do not have easy access to. And unfortunately, talent is not as easy to spot as you think. Not every great coders is interested in contributing to open source or building their own projects. Some…

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2 weeks ago

If you thought the world was fair and merit was all that was needed, the social-media unfiltered thoughts of many gatekeepers should have disabused you of that notion by now. Well designed gatekeeping is an elaborately woven net of codewords and tests designed to keep out the…

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Timbu @timbu

2 weeks ago

I want to be commissioner for Railway

SAMUEL ISONG @samuelisong_

2 weeks ago

I want to be commissioner for Railway

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Timbu @timbu

2 weeks ago

One of the most complex environments to setup a business in.

Ibrahim Ajami @IbrahimAjami

2 weeks ago

One of the most complex environments to setup a business in.

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Timbu @timbu

2 weeks ago

If they don't like you, they can pick you up for spraying money, for trespassing, for crossing the street at a red light. There are so many laws that can be abused against anyone. It's not okay for the judiciary to be a pawn in this game.

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Timbu @timbu

2 weeks ago

The law must not be selective. If Person A that you like does X and gets 6 months, then Person B that you do not like also should get 6 months for doing X. Under the law, all men, women and everyone in-between must be equal.

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2 weeks ago

If you see these two companies on a coders CV, you know they are likely to be good: Bento Africa and KloudKommerce. Often because those companies recruited a lot from HNG back in the day.

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2 weeks ago

I have this "Top Candidates" spreadsheet, where I am watching what the best Nigerian coders are up to. Most of them earn N4m/month and up, and it keeps going up. If any of them quits their job today I get them an offer next day. I would never tell anyone who is on this sheet.

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Timbu @timbu

2 weeks ago

Has there been a successful startups built by: - Two co-founders, one male and one female - They are unrelated to, and not dating each other This constellation seems super rare and difficult to make work.

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Timbu @timbu

2 weeks ago

How does it work when a defence company uses a domain from a U.S sanctioned country? These guys are using a .so domain, which would make them ineligible for defence contracts.

Ian Laffey @ilaffey2

2 weeks ago

How does it work when a defence company uses a domain from a U.S sanctioned country? These guys are using a .so domain, which would make them ineligible for defence contracts.