Dig Deeper.

The first time I saw a laptop in real life was back in 2013 when I was around 12. Before that, I was only fortunate enough to see it in movies. Well, that's what it means to be born as me in Africa. The great fortune came from my cousin, who was in college at the time. That's where this whole tech journey began for me because, ever since then, I've always wanted to own a laptop, just to use it, without needing to know what career I'd pursue or what it takes to own one. All I wanted was to grow up and have a job that required using a laptop.

Fast forward to after high school, I still had that dream of owning a laptop, it just looked so cool to me. Childish, right? Wait, when applying to college, I knew which career paths relied heavily on laptops and what it meant to actually own one. That's why I chose IT out of all the careers. The reason? It had been my childhood inspiration, plus advice from my brother. Honestly, I would have chosen video production given my good English grade unfortunately, it wasn't good enough. To this day, a part of me still wants to do some video editing just for fun.

I still remember that in college, my main laptop agenda was downloading and watching movies over the college Wi-Fi, nothing else. I know, "you lazy brat", you'd call me. Don't get me wrong, I made that choice after fully committing to studies during my first exams. But exams being what they are, I didn't perform in line with the effort I put in, so as you could have guessed, I said, f*** it.

It wasn't until I applied for my internship that I realized I was growing up, almost graduating, but had no skills to show. And yes, my grades weren't much either. This was back in 2022, when I officially began to learn how to code (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) during my internship.

Three years later, I've landed a full-time job as a software developer at a tech startup. And yes, it's one that requires me to use a laptop all the time. Beyond that, I'm building my personal brand to help developers learn faster than I did and land jobs more quickly. I also plan to build two online products to create generational wealth.

My dreams? You ask. I want to 10x my current pay working remotely, build those two products that make people's lives better, achieve financial freedom, and have fun while doing it. Honestly, I just want to make it so big that everyone I care about—my mom, dad, and siblings—never thinks of work as a means of survival but as a way to multiply what's already there. I know, it sounds crazy to believe it's possible, but wait, what's even crazier is that I don't want anyone, not even myself, to change my mind about this dream.