[Exceptional Promise - Frontend Developer] Kindly help review my documents

Hi everyone, Kindly help review my documents.

Background

I currently work as a frontend engineer with a design studio. We have been working closely with a fintech startup (a top African startup with over $150M raised) on various products for 3 years now.

My LORs

  • LOR from the Managing Director of the studio (Over 10 years experience as brand/UX designer)

  • LOR from VP of product in the startup we’re working with.

  • LOR from the Head of Engineering in a Top commercial bank in Nigeria. We once worked on a project.

Mandatory Criteria

  • Git commit/PRs and Jira tasks in one of the startup products I worked on and also a reference from the head of product whom I worked closely with, highlighting how my contributions were important for the growth of the startup.

  • High remuneration compared to an average Frontend Engineer in Nigeria (Adding employment contract and payslips).

  • Open source contributions - A design system built by IBM with over 7k Stars. I have been able to solve over 30 important issues (Screenshot of commits and PRs attached) within the last 7 months.

OC2

  • Another Open source contribution with over 5k Stars - Solved over 20 issues with commits and PR within the last 6 months.

  • Speaking at an event with over 100 guests in one of the top tech events in Africa (YouTube link of the event and my session).

OC3

  • Speaking at another top event with over 100 guests with a reference letter from one of the organizers stating how my session has contributed to the growth.

  • Reference letter from my ex co-founder we worked on a startup together in 2020, highlighting my impact on the startup. I will include the GitHub repository and some backend stats like the number of users and products we were able to achieve then and also our YC application with video which was rejected.

  • Git commit/PRs and Jira tasks of another product from the startup we’re working with at the studio and also a reference from the head of product with whom I also worked closely, highlighting my impact.

Thanks!

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Hi @ade_ade

  • LORs are supposed to be from people who are themselves experts in digital technology and who have worked with you for atleast 12 months. Not sure if your first and 3rd LOR will qualify for this.

  • OC3 is about impact and the speaking event is nor a valid evidence for this. Would recommend moving it to MC.

  • ensure that your impact in the projects in OC3 is quantified

Hi @pahuja , Thanks for the response.

The 3rd LOR, yes, we worked together for over 12 months and I will change my LOR 1.

Can you give an example of impact being quantified?

Thanks again

Quantifiable metrics like growth in revenue, customers, new customers, repeats, retention, AOV, daily visits, etc - based on the nature of your work and relevant metrics

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Hi @ade_ade

Just make sure you dont fall under subcontracting if thats the case!

HI @Maya , Thanks for the response.

I’m also worried about that. How do you think I can best avoid it? I’ve not worked on any other project apart from the startup. Does that count for something?