Please help check if i am good for global talent exceptional talent

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i did go back to the technation guide i think i mistook the recommendation letters as part of mandatory criteria. so i went back and did a bit of restructuring. and heres what i have

heres how I’ve structured my evidence into sets to find out which one is the strongest for the application:

Set 1:

Mandatory Criteria (MC) - Leadership and Significant Contributions:

  • Project: Platform A (Company X)
  • Role: Backend Lead
  • Documents: Project documentation, technical specifications, API documentation, and database management.
  • Why i feel It Fits: Demonstrates leadership in the development of a key product, highlighting significant contributions to backend architecture and technical aspects
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    Optional Criteria 1 (OC1) - Innovation:
  • Project: AI-Based Object Detection (Research Institution)
  • Role: Lead Researcher
  • Documents: Published paper, project summaries, and technical contributions. Include peer-reviewed recognition and impact data. i have two other international published papers making a total of 3 in peer reviewed journals with about 13 citations. and on Researchgate i have over 14k reads (i know it doesnt count technically)
  • Why i feel It Fits: Demonstrates significant innovation in AI, supported by international recognition via peer-reviewed publication.

Optional Criteria 2 (OC2) - Technical Contributions:

  • Project: Platform B (Company X)
  • Role: Backend Developer
  • Documents: Technical documentation, API references, architecture diagrams, and system details.
  • Why i feel It Fits: Highlights your contributions to the technical development of a significant educational platform.

Set 2:
Mandatory Criteria (MC) - Leadership and Significant Contributions:

  • Project: Platform C (Company Y)
  • Role: Lead Developer
  • Documents: Project summary, technical documents, architecture details.
  • Why i feel It Fits: Demonstrates leadership in a large-scale, real-world project for a high-profile client.

Optional Criteria 1 (OC1) - Innovation:

  • Project: Cloud Certification (AWS CCP)
  • Role: Advisory Board Member and Certified Cloud Practicioner/Developer
  • Documents: Certification, project work on cloud technologies, advisory board documentation.
  • Why i feel It Fits: Shows innovative contributions in cloud technology, backed by certification and an advisory role.

Optional Criteria 2 (OC2) - Technical Contributions:

  • Project: Mentorship and Assessor Role (Educational Platforms)
  • Role: Mentor and Assessor
  • Documents: Certifications, feedback from students, reviews, and technical assessments.
  • Why i feel It Fits: Demonstrates contributions as a mentor and assessor, showing influence in developing future talent in the tech industry.

Set 3:
Mandatory Criteria (MC) - Leadership and Significant Contributions:

  • Project: Research Platform (Research Lab at Institution)
  • Role: Lead Lab Developer
  • Documents: Project documentation, technical architecture diagrams, and collaboration letters from the institution.
  • Why i feel It Fits: Demonstrates leadership in an academic research environment, leading a team to develop a key research platform.

Optional Criteria 1 (OC1) - Innovation:

  • Project: AI-Based Object Detection (Research Institution)
  • Documents: Additional details on the published paper, focusing on the innovation in AI.
  • Why i feel It Fits: Strengthens your innovation case by adding further insights and impact metrics from your AI project.

Optional Criteria 2 (OC2) - Technical Contributions:

  • Project: Platform B (Company X)
  • Documents: Further technical contributions, including architectural diagrams and backend documentation.
  • Why i feel It Fits: Provides more technical depth to your contributions to a key educational platform.

Set 4:
Mandatory Criteria (MC) - Leadership and Significant Contributions:

  • Job at Organization B
  • Role: Software Engineer, UK
  • Documents: Employment contract, contributions, recommendation letters from our product manager (not my direct supervisor).
  • Why i feel It Fits: Demonstrates leadership or significant contributions in your role as a software engineer, potentially highlighting projects or innovations led.

Optional Criteria 1 (OC1) - Innovation:

  • Peer-Reviewed Publications
  • Documents: All three peer-reviewed papers you’ve published, focusing on innovation and impact.
  • Why It Fits: Demonstrates innovation through academic research, supported by the newly published AI-based paper.

Optional Criteria 2 (OC2) - Technical Contributions:

  • Project: Digital Journal Platform, i built for a body where they publish their journals and publications in Nigeria.
  • Documents: Project summary, technical documentation, architecture diagrams.
  • Why It Fits: Highlights your technical contributions to a digital platform for academic journals, including innovations such as embedded document readers and indexing.

Set 5 (Backup):
Mandatory Criteria (MC) - Leadership and Significant Contributions:

  • Mentorship Role (Educational Platform)
  • Documents: Certification, feedback from students, reviews.

Optional Criteria 1 (OC1) - Innovation:

  • AI-Based Object Detection
  • Documents: A third iteration of your AI project, focusing on impact metrics (citations, reads, recognition).

Optional Criteria 2 (OC2) - Technical Contributions:

  • Additional Contributions to Research Platform
  • Documents: Technical contributions to the research platform.

i am aware that some documents appear in different sets but like i said i want to know which set is the strongest and if you can suggest a better arrangement

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I find it hard to follow your documents. Are you planning to use all of them (too many)? Or one set (not enough)? What’s the backup for?
I think it would be helpful if you could choose the best evidence and then people can review it

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hi @Doxzy

I agree with @hsafra as it is really hard to follow. Better to include all potential mandatory under mandatory and start assessing which is the strongest evidence. same to follow with other criteria.

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hi i really appreciate your feedback

so i am applying for Exceptional Talent and this is my revised list of documents

Breakdown of Evidence:

  • Mandatory Criteria (MC):

    • 3 Projects: i am actively involved as the team lead, leading a team of 6 other developers not including myself, and senior software developer in building 3 web apps and APIs to service both the web and mobile apps for the company, one of them appears in blogs, we have some downloads (though small because of the target niche) as evidenced by blogs and YouTube content (they have a youtube channel with some videos i helped create), demonstrates public recognition of your contributions to its development. I can bring code snippets, github repos as proof, screenshots of databases, api documentation, etc . I built the applications myself.

    • Medical Journal Platform: A journal platform I built for the researchers at UPTH where they publish their articles. I built the web platform from scratch and has been on for more than 3 years now. The platform’s indexing in Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and Academia. The platform also has an admin panel where they can manage posting and deleting articles and managing volumes, and editorial board. The platform also has the ability to allow users to read and download the article there just like (researchgate). I can bring proof of code snippet, documentation, etc, i even a letter from the editor in chief

  • OC2: Recognition for Work Outside Immediate Occupation:
    Though the two. places i mentored/taught in, are relatively small thats why i am tryihng to get an Op-Ed post

    • Online Mentorship: In this first platform I mentored there, I can provide profs, reviews.testimonials, impact of the sessions, cross section of session history, achievements and dashboard stat counts. etc
    • Another Mentorship: This Is another mentorship i was part of and was a teacher there, i covered modules, graded students, recorded sessions and uploaded. I still have all of these contents
    • Alumni Advisory Board Membership: I am part of a body called Generation Initiative where I did a bootcamp and got AWS CCP certified and currently volunteer as an ALumni Advisory Board Member. I had to be interviewed for this position so as to ensure that the board members are of high quality. I have the emails, meeting schedules, feedback documents, etc to prove all this
    • SIIR-Lab: I am working with a Lab in a University In Texas where I use my skills in python to build models and AI applications to help test their theories and concepts. I have github repos to show the projects as well as email snapshots to show I am truly part of the lab. (I have a letter here as well from the Lab director)
      ** Currently i am working on getting a post on hackernoon or any op-ed**
      PS: all of the activities under OC2 are not paid i just did them cos i wanted to give back to the communitiy

  • OC4: Exceptional Ability in Academic Research:

    • Peer reviews journals: I have published 3 papers in international peer reviewed journals with about 15 citations. On researchgate, i have over 14k reads but sadly that doesn’t count. I can provide the copies of the actual published journals, the citation data from google scholar, data, screenshots of code, etc
    • I have two masters degrees and i have letters from both my professors
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For MC, TN are looking for evidence both inside your work places and for outside recognition, especially for ET applications.
Your MC looks weak on this point. The projects seem to be company internal.
In what capacity did you develop the journal platform? How is it advancing the digital technology field?

OC2 looks promising, with the caveat you mentioned that the mentorship projects are small. Are they structured? How many people did you mentor?
If you’re looking to create an op-ed post and publish it make sure it’s in a prominent place and that sufficient time has passed between the post and your application or it may be deemed too young.

OC4 - When are the papers from? Were they published in leading journals? Is 5 citations a good number?
Master’s degree work is excluded from OC4 “Research undertaken as part of an undergraduate or MSc thesis does not qualify for this criteria;” Tech Nation Visa Guide - Tech Nation
The letters from your professors may be enough assuming they’re string enough