Celestine Omin
On Software, life and everything in-between
Making sense of data: Pharmacy edition
A while ago, I wrote an article about SQL being a really strong tool in today’s business environment. In that article, I argued why ML was an overkill for really simple business processes and how the implementation and or adoption of SQL can bring tremendous value to businesses. Most businesses,...
Dear senior engineer, humble thyself.
Nothing robs a person like an unnecessary air of superiority. It robs you of pretty much everything. 17 years ago, I and a few classmates attended extra classes after school. We were all in the same class; SS2. We had another boy join us, Evare Odu Tom, he was a...
New Retail: A perfect blend of ecommerce with brick and mortar.
Disclaimer: I got the phrase New Retail from Alibaba. Every fortnight, Solomon, an upwardly mobile Investment banker in his late 20s will usually stop by at the grocery store not far from his office to pick groceries before heading home. His routine is fairly straight forward, walk around the shelves,...
On Culture
Early this year, during a company retreat, the CEO of a successful startup asked a question: “if we should die today, what would be the cause of our death? It was a rather unexpected question and a puzzling one too. A lot of people gave varying answers as to what...
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood, in my opinion, should be the book of the year for 2018. Written by John Carreyrou, the book chronicles the fall of Theranos, a once beloved Silicon Valley darling, whose at its peak, commanded a valuation of about $9B, making its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, a Standford dropout, one...