Job-hunting is not easy; that’s true. Whether you’ve been in tech for a while, just transitioned, have been employed before or are just looking for your first role, there’s so much intentionality that goes into job-hunting, especially in the tech industry. Previous articles outlined necessary things to consider as a…

It’s the time of the year when most people are posting year-in-review articles or videos. I’m not really a fan of publishing review articles because they stress me out kinda. So if you’re like me, you’d be watching and reading as many as you can for the fun of it…

Fear Cripples You, Here’s How. — When I was younger, I wore heels a lot. I wouldn’t say I wore them comfortably, but I always tried despite the staggering. One time, I wore heels to church and I fell just at the entrance. Everyone around tried to help me up after chuckling, and as someone who…

On being accommodating, being open-minded, and once again, extending grace… — For principled people, it’s often difficult to see things go differently from your plan. It’s even more difficult watching people do things in a way you don’t think is right. I tweeted a couple of days, "I know exactly what I want, and sometimes, it’s more of a problem than…

A Feature Article in Honour of She Code Africa’s Founder’s Birthday — Ada Nduka Oyom, also known as Kolokodess, is a model for many, especially ladies in the tech industry. She’s mostly known and often applauded for her efforts to bring more ladies into tech and bridge the gender gap. If you have met her at any tech event, you probably saw…

It’s not enough to just join; how do you harness the goodness of a tech community? — There are two categories of people in tech communities: those who get the benefits and those who don’t. Full stop. And most times, they are in their respective categories because of what they do or don’t. We often hear that joining tech communities can be vital to our growth as…

Best Practices for Curating User Stories as a Product Manager — Writing a User Story is another task a Product Manager does. A Product Manager wears many hats, including storytelling, which is pertinent to product management. Unlike product requirements documents (PRDs), user stories talk about the features of a product from a user’s perspective. What are User Stories? A user story is an informal description…

A guide to writing excellent PRDs — Writing a Product Requirements Document (PRD) is one of the strategic and exciting tasks in Product Management. I could liken a PRD to a few things, but the most intriguing is a life manual. Did you get that? No? Stay with me. Imagine that right after your placenta was delivered…

Likening an app description to a Tinder profile summary — Now that you are ready to launch your app, how do you write app descriptions that scale? It goes beyond rattling off the functionalities your app can perform or how many years you have spent building it. Before writing an app description for Playstore or Appstore, my favourite activity is…