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9 days from today, if you haven't gotten ready, I think you should 🔱
I remember being in a Space one day when a developer was advising his colleagues to pay Nigerians just $1–$3 for their work because, according to him, we could survive on $3 for an entire week.
I had to speak up. I asked him to convert that amount into our local currency and then ask AI whether what he had just said was reasonable.
Honestly, I don't entirely blame him. My bigger concern is that we, as Nigerians, have become too comfortable selling ourselves short, even when we know we have the skills and expertise to deliver real value.
Some of you will even go behind your fellow Nigerians' backs to accept these ridiculously low offers, even after others have rejected them because they understand their worth.
This is another thing contributing to the decline of CTNG. We cannot keep complaining about how poorly the market values Nigerian talent while actively creating an environment where our skills are constantly undervalued.
We need to understand that being Nigerian does not mean our skills should come at a discount.
I have noticed that some people mistake finding fault with another marketer's strategy for being good at marketing.
Being able to point out the flaws in someone's approach does not, by itself, make you a good marketer.
It is one thing to see what is wrong with a strategy, it is another to understand why it was chosen, what it seeks to achieve, and what you would do differently.
Marketing requires more than a sharp eye for faults. It requires alot like understanding of people, and the ability to think through what might actually work.
Criticism is easy to offer. Good judgement takes rather more.
No success story is written over night, we showed up again this Friday.
Buiild with @_THE_ARENA
