Celestine Omin
On Software, life and everything in-between
So you want to become a senior engineer?
Every now and then, I’ll get a DM from a software engineer asking me how they can become senior engineers and generally grow their careers. I will try to answer that in this post. Grab a glass of something lite, the class is in session. First and foremost, I generally...
Dear freelancer, protect yourself.
A few days ago, I wrote a post about how freelancers and clients should manage their relationship and be realistic about expectations. Read it here. Today, I will talk about things freelancers can do to protect themselves. It’s not unusual to have product features change during the development process. This...
Developers aren't reliable; what role did you play?
Every now and then, there’s someone screaming and shouting how Nigerian developers are terrible and how they never deliver on projects. But the problems are actually inherent from the position of both parties; the client and the developer. This is either from the place of ignorance or just plain naivety...
Random thought on emerging roles and future of work.
A new role that will pop up soon will be “Head of remote ops.” We will have entire dept dedicated towards supporting remote operations. Beautiful to watch this unfold. I guess we will stop explaining to people what it means to work “remotely.” We will have bespoke companies whose sole...
So you want to work remotely?
In the last few years, there have been serious talk about the future of work. And outside the now overflogged “Robots/AI taking our jobs” gospel, something else has been brewing; remote working. So what exactly is remote work? Remote work is a working style that allows professionals to work outside...