Ada Nduka Oyom
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Feminist. Founder & Executive Director @shecodeafrica | Co-founder @osca_hq | Developer advocate🥑 @DevrelLite | Board Director
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Joined September 2011
A long overdue re-introduction, for those who do not know me;. Hi, my name’s Ada Nduka Oyom, I’m the Founder and Executive Director of @SheCodeAfrica , a non profit social enterprise providing African women with access to digital education in tech. Through my role, I’ve
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- Go on LinkedIn, search for “I’m hiring for” or “we’re hiring for” and insert your desired role. It’ll pop up with a ton of posts from hiring managers & recruiters, Many you won’t likely see on job sections /platforms. - Have an editable version of your CV & cover letter easily.
Job Hunting 101:.Let’s hear it 🤲.
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To think the media had us believe Michael Jackson bleached his skin, not knowing this man was out here battling full on vitiligo. Makes me feel quite sad every time I think of it, it’s like one of my many reminders to never judge a book but it’s cover.
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I joined TikTok and decided to do the developer version of this😂:
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Girl to girl:.First daughter to first daughter:.Mature woman to younger woman:.Everyone to everyone:. Send me money please, I don read Advice tire 😂.
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1st day resuming @ Google Nigeria!!. Super excited to be coming in as the DevRel Ecosystem CommunityMgr for SubSaharan Africa!. Via my role, I would be interfacing w/dev communities,start-ups & tech hubs to grow & manage developer outreach & programs including @gdg's across SSA!
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POV: You couldn’t afford your first laptop for your Tech journey until your final year Uni, . now you’re doing everything through your organization to make sure other young girls across Africa don’t go through the struggle you did🥹
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To the male employers in tech who keep asking out your female interns and firing them just for refusing your offer, keep it up, one day you will meet your Waterloo. …and that day is very close! Very close!!👍🏾.
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After a 4.5 year stint, Today marks my last day at Google, as the Ecosystem community manager For the @googledevgroups in the Sub Saharan Africa region. 🎉. I’m extremely thankful to have led this role, managing one of Google’s largest developer programs for the region and
1st day resuming @ Google Nigeria!!. Super excited to be coming in as the DevRel Ecosystem CommunityMgr for SubSaharan Africa!. Via my role, I would be interfacing w/dev communities,start-ups & tech hubs to grow & manage developer outreach & programs including @gdg's across SSA!
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I promise you, your low-cut still looks really good on you.
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I promise I’m not crying 🥹
Challenged myself to read the Bible in 6 months, using this plan from @YouVersion ( and today I wrapped it up!🎉🎉. I’m so proud of me! But the best part has been watching my spiritual growth 10x throughout this period❤️
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I love how Chimamanda beautifully addresses the topic of giving job quotas for women to fill, just cause they’re women✨. Video credit: MaturedGirl7 on IG
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I keep saying it, many Nigerians in Tech live in a bubble and like to rub it off a lot of times. Not everyone’s privileged as we are, working remotely? Earning comfortably? Step out there and see people are struggling to make what you make in an hour, Not their fault.
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Thinking about it, Spiders are web designers who really want to find bugs in their work. 🤔.
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I’m still in shock but MORE THAN EXCITED to announce being selected as the winner of the “Role model category” on the @bookingcom Technology playmaker award 2020!!🔥. 800 candidates across the world, 4 other amazing finalists but I won!!. I brought this back home!!😭
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Please RT if you aren't new to tech but still get the "Imposter syndrome" amidst all your experience. Having people Realize their favorites/mentors/role model also go through that, helps a lot on their tech journey and personal development.
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Turning a new age today with so much gratitude😍🎉. In the past year, I’ve experienced so much growth, shattered more ceilings and achieved new heights I never would have imagined for years to come. My story’s one that shows the glaring hand of God in it and I’ve only just
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Found an old notepad I used way back while starting out my coding journey🥺😂. I would read/watch the resources on my phone, write out the entire program on this pad & send to a friend to run it for me cause my laptop was nothing to write home about🥺. Thankful for growth🙏🏾
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Earlier today, I had the honour of speaking at the African Union 4th specialised technical committee on youth, culture & Sports (STC-YCS4) Pre-Youth event here in Addis Ababa, alongside the;.- Advisor, GIZ office to the AU and UNECA.- Program director, EVAW, @UNWOMEN. Our
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Debugging for hours and finally getting a different error message is a form of victory that needs to be celebrated.😑.
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I need my ladies to know that no man should ever have to make you choose between a brighter future and him; be it career, work, family etc. If the ball was in their court, they wouldn’t think twice about it.
Woke up to an email from a lady who got a fully-funded admission for an MSc abroad. Her 'boyfriend' told her to choose btn the admission & him. She seeks advice. I don't interfere in relationship issues but think it's unfair to put her in such a state. People have diff priorities.
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.@Ace_KYD and I Recreated our #DevFestLagos 2017 picture here at 2023 Edition. 6 years apart! So much growth!
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Yesterday I had the privilege of honouring a special invite from the Director General of @worldtradeorganization , Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala (NOI), to a private Women in leadership event, hosted in honour of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on her visit to Nigeria. NOI’s career and
I’ve never been so star struck like I’ve been today! . If someone had told me I would be in the same room today with some of the world’s most powerful women including the Director General of @wto, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. I would call them a liar!!. I’m still star struck and never.
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Happy birthday Ada Nduka Oyom🎉, first of her kind, inspiration to thousands, the works of your hands are blessed. You’ll stand before kings and queens, Nations and Governments will seek your counsel, your name will be spoken positively of in rooms you haven’t even dreamt of.
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Found the laptop I started my coding journey with 😍😅, . Previous owner used it for a long time before I got it as a gift and went on to use for another 4 years, this laptop saw hell. Bruh my kids will definitely see this, going to be an artifact in my house 😂
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3 easy ways to start earning in USD as a newbie in tech. I hope this helps someone out there🫶🏾
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At 18? Awwwn cute. - What languages exactly? Please specify.- Share the links to projects(repos) you’ve built with each of these languages .- Can anyone vouch for your technical prowess in at least 10 of these languages or just twitter bants?.- If you’re the CEO, who is the CMO,.
Started programming at 12, CEO at 17,Over 15 languages across Web2, Web3, Game dev and Robotics mastered. Just 18 years old🤲
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I’m losing followers but I don’t care as long as you’re tweeting & RT #EndSARS . Ke sha End SARS! 🤲🏾. #StopPoliceBrutality #EndSarsNow.
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How God created Developers 👩🏽💻 (Part 2).This has to my favourite part🤣😂
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Me as a Dev:. Oga e be like say una go manage am like this, na here tutorial stop
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Forbes really just came from no where and started mounting pressure on people to achieve something before 30 🥲.
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Ladies please join @SheCodeAfrica to avoid meeting humans like this, not only will you learn for free, . you’ll get an amazing community of other women in tech like you willing to help and even mentor plus resources all for FREE!.
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My @bookingcom "Role model" 2020 award came in the mail today!. Only after holding it in my hands did reality finally kick in. I literally brought this home! I did that!✊🏾😭.#TechPlaymaker
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Me collecting my receipt after forgetting to cancel the subscription again
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A few more:.- Have mock interviews; Practice for your interviews like you would for exams. Helps a ton! You can also find interview questions/patterns for Some companies (Read big tech) online. Practice with those. - In your interviews, when given scenarios as questions, cite.
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Today we retire my mum traditionally & as her “Ada”, trust me to show up and show out. In my hometown, this ceremony is known as the "Izu Uche" ceremony and an entry into eldership status in the community, a huge celebration in Ohafia, Abia state. P.S; happy new year from my
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Ladies, if you want to go into Design cause you love it, do it. If you want to go into it cause it’s less complicated than other fields , do it. Don’t let anyone pressure/bully you into picking a field just cause they think one is too feminine and undeserving of you👍🏾.
Dear Sis,. UX/UI is not the only tech career path. Y’all have almost clogged up that niche. Kilode 😂.
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I really hate the “open to work” and “hiring” badge on LinkedIn. They seem so….desperate for all the wrong reasons. Tell me I’m wrong?.
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Instablog: Startup founder forfeits company for mammary glands.
I just need to lay my head on breasts n sleep, startup ti sun mi.
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+1 today🎉! .Have some cabin biscuits on me! 😌. Please take 2 and pass to the back🌚
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Did we make it? Yes we did
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2021 for us at @shecodeafrica: we. - raised ~$52k in donation from companies & individuals.- trained 5k ladies for free in 6 bootcamps & chapter events.- Provided cash & Laptop scholarships for 78 girls. And more we’re excited to share in our annual report:
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5 Developer summits across 2 regions,.2 large scale DevFest events in 2 countries.and multi speaking engagements,. It’s finally a wrap with November! Giving myself my flowers cause I’m legit my super woman And sooo proud of myself for seeing it through!!
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Weird but I’m not even fazed by the result announcement, neither am I giving up on @PeterObi . We know he would fight this, I’m 102% sure of him ruling this country with results from this election. Where that confidence is coming from, I do not know. But I’m sticking to my gut.
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TGIF: I had so much fun doing this tbh😂😂. Sing along/duet if you prefer any of these
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I see all the TL recommendations for @SheCodeAfrica that’s amazing but, there’s so much more of us doing this. There’s:.@web3ladies / @ladiesdotech .@baddiesintech .@WomenTechmakers .@Divaloper1 .@devinvogue.@wetechofficial.@FemcodeA . Please Feel free to add others to the list.
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OMG!! I'm actually trending on Twitter with "Congratulations Ada". Yooooo!!🤯🤯. I need to breathe🙊
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Dear people in tech,. Take care of your eyes mehn. That's all I can say. Peace✌🏽.
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Honestly, if you work at MTN, just be saying “God forbid” every 2 seconds👍🏾.
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Super excited and deeply honoured to be pioneering Developer relations at @InterswitchGRP 🎉🎉. It's my first week & beginning of a new phase,having the opportunity to work with some of the most brilliant engineering minds to help improve developer experience @InterswitchGRP 🎉
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@the_happygirlie Do you get! Every time I come across her on the media, always looking like a peng ting.😍.
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Nigerian tech companies, . your staff are greatly affected by the SARS issue, but I haven’t seen majority, if not any of you, lend your voices to the #EndSarsProtests . Would you rather not upset “friends in high places”?. Remember na Dev wey dey alive fit deploy to Prod.
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2022 vs 2023. So much visible growth in less than 12 months and it’s only just getting started✨
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Can’t overemphasise this tbh, how much would I have been earning with my Microbiology certificate in Nigeria??. Everyday I wake up to do this Tech thing, I’m grateful for the privilege it brings.
Man I’m happy I found tech and focused on it because nothing dey this Nigerian job market o even as a graduate with good grades.
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1. Learn to draw boundaries, learn to say no, you’ll be drawn to help every and any while neglecting yourself without even knowing. 2. Please spoil yourself at every chance you get, you sacrifice so much not to. 3. Create time and make effort to learn more about yourself, know.
First daughter to first daughter.
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100%. You have an entire lifetime to build a successful career in tech but only 4-6 years to excel in your academics. Gotta understand life’s in phases and as a student your top priority should be your academics. It’s okay to start building your tech career from Uni, but it.
If you are still in school, NEVER sacrifice your CGPA for tech . Never.
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Hug a PM today, . especially the ones who work for SaaS companies🤗😂 🤗
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Different sets of tech people when their friend has a startup “idea”. Something for the serial entrepreneurs 👺
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All of the 4 interns we plugged into @DeimosCloud via our Cloud School program @SheCodeAfrica are about to get full time offers as Junior DevOps Engrs!!. Definitely my highlight for Nov, so proud of these ladies 🥺.
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Making a public appreciation post to @sarah_edo for how you continue to effortlessly support the work we do @SheCodeAfrica . Last year Sarah wrote her latest book and committed half of her earnings to SCA with no obligations, empowering us to empower more African girls and women
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Suddenly everyone wants to date a tech bro. Make una calm down o, some tech sis don dey queue since😂.
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I want to hug teenage me and tell her we did it!🥹. I’m really out here living my dreams and so proud of the young Ada who had all these aspirations as a kid with no idea how to achieve them. I’m so proud of me, and thankful To God!. To every young girl out there with Career.
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Deployed my first smart contract last night . Long way to go but huge win for me😌.
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I won btw 🥳🥳🔥🔥.
Excited to be among the top 3 finalists in the “IT-Tech” category of the 6th Digital Female Leadership Award by @gd_women in Germany!. The DFLA is tagged as the most important award for female leaders in the digitization space in the DACH region & yours truly made the TOP 3
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Startups that take in "interns" under the guise of "helping them learn/grow" only to slave them and even owe salaries, STOP IT!. You CONTINUALLY make these people see no reasons or worth in continuing their tech journey and end up losing the zeal. Please REPENT! Thank you!.
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Premium Igbo babe!😍
The selfies I took today. Haibo!🥵😮💨.
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Someone walked up to me yesterday at #DevFestLagos to help review his CV in person & while giving very valid feedback amidst how busy yesterday was for me, next thing he blurts is out a marriage proposal. I took that as a joke even when he kept pushing it, until I dropped a.
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Slack DM conversations (Part 1): Front end dev vs Product designer 😂
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August is off to a great start for us @shecodeafrica! 😍🥳. Yesterday out of 5 nominees from 3 African countries, we had the honour of receiving the 2023 “African Non-Profit of the year” Award for our organisation at the social impact marketing summit!. This recognition means the
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I’ve come to realise that being in tech isn’t a determinant for one’s smartness or intelligence. Everyone has a choice, yeah, but boldly & foolishly voting for someone who in no way edges your collective growth? I want to say it’s jazz but na just stupidity.
Lol. Na the young people who opened their eyes during EndSARS and they’re campaigning for thesame party again just dey funny me. And you say you be techie, and your head no tell you say to build great talents, they need to be an enabling environment.
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Trended on my 1st day in 2019, Trending on my last day today. What are the odds!🤭
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This man went out there, purchased a land in Scotland as one of his birthday gifts to me!🥺 🥺. “Ada Nduka Oyom By virtue of ownership of land in Scotland, May henceforth be known by the style and title of LADY ADA NDUKA OYOM” . Bruh🔥
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Today's an emotional day for me as it marks my Last day as Developer relations Lead @InterswitchEngr 🙏🏽. This has been THE MOST EXCITING, INSIGHTFUL & INTENSE career journey of mine so far that it makes "Good byes" hardest to say.💔. Getting the opportunity to pioneer & lead. 1/
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Open letter to #TechTwitter & #BlackTechTwitter:. Few months ago you lent your voices to the mistreatment & killings of Black people through #BLM. The Nigerian Tech community showed her support in all possible ways to help amplify, RTin like our lives depended on it. #SARSMUSTEND.
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In Kigali for 72 hrs, hosting community leads from across @googledevgroups @WomenTechmakers @GoogleDevExpert and #DeveloperStudentClubs across the Sub-Saharan Africa region for #SSACommunitySummit23 . Every year we bring in selected leads from these programs to refresh on
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