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Tobi Akinpelu
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<Ep. 9/> With the CEO of Publiseer, Chidi Nwaogu
Nov 17, 201900:52:50Tap to summarizeToday’s episode is special. This is our first entrepreneurial session and relatable to anyone in any field, especially software engineers. If you haven’t listened to our episodes before - this one, you shouldn’t miss. Don’t say I didn’t tell you ooooooo :)It’s about 50 mins long - and he’s why. Chidi is a super busy man, the times when you’re lucky enough to get his attention, better take advantage of it and learn as much as possible. Don’t scroll past this episode.If you’d like us to include more entrepreneurial talks once in a while, please click on the like button - it’s a feedback mechanism for us on what you really need.You don’t know who Chidi is? What! You’re missingChidi Nwaogu sold his first 1 million+ userbase company to a Canadian firm while he was in school. He’s what I call multi-fellow in entrepreneurship programs, a startup advisor and mentor.A little more about Chidi…Westerwelle Fellow 2019, Yunus&Youth Global Fellow 2019, Halcyon Incubator Fellow 2019, AyadaLab Fellow 2019, African Young Leaders Fellow 2019, YALI Fellow 2019, winner of the ITU Innovation Challenges 2019.I know it can be tiring ready this long profile, why don’t you read more and connect with him here instead.What you’d learn in this sugar value-packed podcast episode?* More about Chidi Nwaogu, and what he does.* About Publiseer, he’s travel and what he does at the fellowship programs.* How, software engineers, designers etc can be successful entrepreneurially.* Global collaboration and networking. Is this only for the wealthy and super experienced people? Things you need to know.* The 5 biggest challenges Chidi has faced as an entrepreneur, and how he overcame them. What are the key things you should hold on to?* Entrepreneurial fellowships related- * What really are the benefits of being part of programs like these?* Links/website he recommends you to find these programs and apply.Community updates, which I’m very excited about>>>>>>We just crossed 3,700 active podcast listeners. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tobiakinpelu.com
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[Episode 8] Interview with ALC Program Assistant, Rachael Onoja
Nov 6, 201900:13:00Tap to summarizeThis is a 10 minute podcast. Very low data consuming, allowing you to listen and get the most value fast without interrupting your day. Kindly listen now, so you don’t forget. This is a “superly and codedly” interstesting episode you’d really love and do not wanna miss :::)))One more thing - This is the part 1 of episode 8. You can find the continuation (part 2) here.Hurray! Today we are talking with the first-ever lady to be interviewed on Onstage podcast. And it’s with an Andela Learning Community Program Assitant. Rachael Onoja is one of the Andela ALC Program Assistant in Nigeria, as well as a community manager for Google Developer Group and Women tech maker in her region. She is so much admired and very approachable, her influence and impact in the tech community are profound. She sure has a dept of knowledge you need to learn from.This is the part 1 of episode 8. You can find the continuation (part 2) on the first paragraph.In this episode 8 of Onstage Podcast you’d be:1) Learning About Rachael, her background and work with Andela - and her preference for fried chips :)2) Understanding what the tech community really is and how you should view it.3) Having access to the list of tech community you can be part of globally: Read it on her medium post here.4) Learning How to benefit more (getting jobs and networking) from the community.5) Listening to her advice to software developers, enthusiasts and advocates.Don’t’ miss this, every minute is full of value.Community updates* Onstage podcast crossed over 3200 active subscribers with 90% being software engineers, designers and advocates. Yaaaay !!!* We are on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @onstage_podcast.Thank you for being part of this podcast. Please share this episode with a friend or on social media using the button below. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tobiakinpelu.com
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[Episode 8] Interview with ALC Program Assistant, Rachael Onoja - Part 2
Nov 6, 201900:21:53Tap to summarizePart 2Here is the amazing continuation of this episode with Rachael Onoja, one of the Andela ALC Program Assistant in Nigeria, as well as a community manager for Google Developer Group and Women tech maker in her region.She happens to be the first-ever lady to be interviewed on Onstage podcast with Androidmaven, and I’m super grateful for the opportunity.In 20 minutes you’d be:1) Learning About Rachael, her background and work with Andela - and her preference for fried chips :)2) Understanding what the tech community really is and how you should view it.3) A list of tech community you can be part of globally: See episode’s part 1 for a complete list.4) How to benefit more (getting jobs and networking) from the community.5) Her advice to software developers, enthusiasts and advocates.Don’t’ miss this, every minute is full of value.Thank you for being part of this podcast, This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tobiakinpelu.com
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[#7] Interview with Contiamo's Frontend Lead, Tejas Kumar
Oct 26, 201900:40:01Tap to summarizeEPISODE 7: Live life, Code it all, Be Grateful.I’m with Tejas Kumar on this episode, the frontend engineering lead at Contiamo, Germany. He is someone who has a lot to be grateful for, especially life. Despite his health challenge and no CS educational background, he’s become positive energy doing great stuff both for Contiamo and the tech community especially React. Tejas is superly experienced in programming, contributes a lot to open source and supports the tech community at wide, yet very approachable. He’s a rare gem! …and in this episode, you’d learn:* About Tejas Kumar and his hobby.* Contiamo and how he provides value to the company.* He’s perspective about how to be great at code (React, java, python) etc, yet live a happy and successful life. He calls it being a bit delusional and optimistic.* What a global Senior developer, is and how you can be one.* He’s favourite tools, and the cools ones you should do know.* How to handle clients to earn the most profit.Wanna be connected to Tejas? Find him on (Twitter). He also spoke at the recently held ReactConf, which you can watch here.Would you encourage me to do more?I’d be super grateful if you can retweet, reshare on your social media. You can tag me @androidmaven, @onstage_podcast. Or better still retweet this post Thank you! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tobiakinpelu.com
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#Episode 6: Coupling Design And Engineering
Oct 16, 201900:35:44Tap to summarizeFirst time receiving emails from me?Onstage podcast With Androidmaven is a platform connecting software engineers and entrepreneurs to contents and insights they need to become better and more profitable by interviewing industry leading experts.Androidmaven is a super experienced and creative Android and Flutter Engineer coding for over 6 years, worked for top brands in Africa.You were added into my community loop either from my Linkedin connections, referral from friends or you subscribed yourself.EPISODE #6Today, we are learning about Coupling Designs and Engineering, from an over 13 years experienced designer’s perspective. You can listen at your convenience or while working in the office by just plugging in your headphones. In less than 32 minutes, you’d learn:* Who Adeyemi Adedapo is, his background and how he got into designs and coding, 13 years ago.* Why and how designers and coders work smoothly in synergy, without breaking each others head (LOL).* Design processes from idea to finish.* Why user research is key, and how you can incorporate it in designs and coding.* How much should you charge clients, so you can earn more? - He explains the factors involved and gave an example of a recent project.Comunity updates* We reached 1,500 active subscribers last week.* We’re now on Apple podcast, stitchers, and PocketCast.* We just re-branded the podcast to communicate simplicity and beauty. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tobiakinpelu.com
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Levelling up as a software engineer [Episode 5]
Sep 23, 201900:11:21Tap to summarizeIf you missed the previous episode, by Hillel Coren, Google Dev Expert: Listen hereWhat and how long does it take to become a Senior Software Engineer? If this type of question pops in your mind, trust me - you’re not alone.In this episode I talked about the things we do, that seems like opportunities but are actually stunting our growth as engineers. And how to avoid them, in a very short and concise form.This podcast is very data-bundle friendly, and you will be getting value to almost no-cost to you. QUICK UPDATES1) Onstage with Androidmaven’s Podcast is now on apple podcast, stitchers and pocket cast. We hope to reach more people and help all software engineers as we can find.2) We now have our official logo, below. What Inspired this design? The dots are the people everywhere, left and right. The O is onstage - connecting the dots(people) to contents and insights they need. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tobiakinpelu.com
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Hillel Coren, Google Expert: Zero to one blueprint for coders [Episode 4]
Sep 16, 201900:24:21Tap to summarizeEver asked what really makes an expert? A maven in your field? It’s not just one factor, but several, and this episode will be exposing some of these things.Like always, I was with my notepad and pen to learn from the experience of Hillel Coren who shared from his perspectives important tips that will help everyone in the tech community improve and progress.About Hillel CorenHe is a Google Developer Expert for Flutter with over 20 years of experience in programming. He’s the co-founder of InvoiceNinja which has over 90,000 users, itsallwidgets which is widely loved by Google’s Flutter community, and Mudeo where he expresses his passion for music. You can connect with Hillel on Twitter or his websiteQUESTIONS AND COMMENTSYou sure have one of those. You can tweet using the hashtag #onstageWithAndroidmaven to ask your questions or make comments. And please click the like button, it encourages us to do more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tobiakinpelu.com
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[Episode 3] How To Deal With Bad Clients, And Attract High Paying Projects (Continued)
Sep 9, 201900:24:14Tap to summarizeLast week, I invited Emmanuel Torty who shared from his views on the different types of bad clients software engineers will most likely come across with. This is a topic every enthusiast or expert should listen to.The previous podcast went viral like wild fire, and we had to ensure this episode has a full and engaging content. This 24 minutes episode is worth listening to, and I’ll advise you listen carefully. The gold is in the detail.This is the final part of the topic, and I believe so much that you listening and acting upon what has been said will transform your dealings. Join me as Torty talk further.P.S: Here’s Torty’s Gumroad and Twitter account. P.S.S : Be part of this podcast growth by sharing on your social media. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tobiakinpelu.com
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How to attract high paying clients; spot and avoid the bad ones.
Sep 2, 201900:14:44Tap to summarizeClients wants to build an empire, but pay programmers stipends. Even the rich or seemingly rich will blow up a million in a bar but still negotiate 300k for your hard-work service coding. How do you deal with this?In this episode, I invited Emmanuel Torty, who is a super skilled web developer and currently works with Farmcrowdy to share insights and his experience on how to spot clients that will pay you less and still stress you more.I highly recommend you to listen to this episode in details. If you have questions, feedbacks or comments, please drop them in the comment section.You can find Torty on twitter or on his website http://www.tortyemmanuel.comKindly subscribe (if you haven’t) to get the next valuable information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tobiakinpelu.com
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Before you take that Job or Side-gig. Listen to this! (Part 1)
Aug 26, 201900:07:59Tap to summarizeWhat exactly are we learning programming for? (This is a podcast, plug in, click pay and listen)You’ll be correct if you say to provide value and create solutions. But nothing is free. Even salvation is not, someone paid for it. A value not appropriately compensated only leads to frustration.In this episode, I will be introducing a new topic which talks about experiences of software engineers dealign with (stressful, but low paying clients), how to spot them and avoid dealings with such.Not dealing this scenario kills developer’s morale than any other thing. Learn from the pain and scars of others!This is an introductory talk, next episode will be explaining the how(s). If you’d love to listen to more of this helpful content, kindly subscribe, and you’d get it in your email every time it’s being released. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tobiakinpelu.com
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