Please help review: my chances for global talent. exceptional talent

Doxzy · September 19, 2024, 8:47pm

pleae can anyone help me with mine.

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:

Mandatory Criteria (MC) - Leadership and Significant Contributions:

Project: Digital Platform A

Evidence: Blogs and YouTube mentions, code snippets, github pull and push request, cloud environment managed by me, database model diagram, ui screenshots, API documentation, live links.
Why It Fits: Public recognition of your contributions to the development of Digital Platform A.
Tech Nation Guide: Published material in professional or major trade publications.

Project: Pension Member Management Platform

Evidence: Project summary, technical documentation, and architecture diagrams.
Why It Fits: Leadership in developing a large-scale platform for a high-profile client.
Tech Nation Guide: Led growth of a product-led digital technology company.

Project: Digital Academic Journal Platform

Evidence: Indexed in academic platforms such as Google Scholar and ResearchGate, reference letter from editior in chief
Why It Fits: Academic recognition of your contributions to this digital platform.
Tech Nation Guide: Published material in professional or academic platforms.

Proof of High Remuneration

Evidence: Salary evidence from multiple companies.
Why It Fits: High compensation for leadership roles.
Tech Nation Guide: Commanded high salary or remuneration.

Optional Criteria 1 (OC1) - Proven Track Record of Innovation:

AI-Based Project (Research Institution)

Evidence: international Published paper, project summaries, citation metrics, and academic recognition. github repo with the project and screenshots, , reference letter from my professor during this project
Why It Fits: Innovation in AI, supported by international recognition.
Tech Nation Guide: Evidence of innovation/product development.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Evidence: Copies of my additional 2 international published papers, citation data, and impact metrics.
Why It Fits: Shows innovative contributions in AI and machine learning.
Tech Nation Guide: Proven track record of innovation via academic research.

Academic Journal Platform (same as the journal platform mentioned in MC)

Evidence: Technical documentation, architecture diagrams (including embedded PDF reader and indexing features).
Why It Fits: Highlights innovation in digital academic publishing.
Tech Nation Guide: Innovation in product development and market traction.

Cloud Certification and Alumni Advisory Board Membership (Generation Initiative)

Evidence: Certification, project work, and documentation of board role (with email snapshots of the interview and acceptance), meeting feedbacks, acknowledgement of contributions during the meeting.
Why It Fits: Demonstrates innovative contributions to cloud technology.
Tech Nation Guide: Contribution to cloud technology innovation.

Research Platform (Academic Institution)
i also work with a Lab in a university in Texas why i help their Phd Students build python projects to prove their concepts and use AI models. current still working on a project with him.

Evidence: Project documentation and architecture diagrams, i can also bring email screenshots of our meetings and also the github repo, code snippets, etc
Why It Fits: Demonstrates innovative contributions to academic research and technology.
Tech Nation Guide: Evidence of innovation in research and technology development.

Optional Criteria 2 (OC2) - Recognition for Work Outside Immediate Occupation:

Mentorship and Assessor Roles (Educational Platforms)

Evidence: Certifications as an assessor and mentor, student feedback, reviews, and technical assessments.
Why It Fits: Contributions as a mentor and assessor, helping guide future talent.
Tech Nation Guide: Mentorship or thought leadership outside immediate occupation.

Teaching (Educational Platforms)

Evidence: Screenshots, feedback, and certificates from students.
Why It Fits: Contributions to educating future professionals in the tech industry.
Tech Nation Guide: Evidence of teaching or mentoring outside regular work.

Optional Criteria 3 (OC3) - Significant Technical Contribution:

Commits and Pull Requests (Proprietary Work)

Evidence: Screenshots of significant commits and pull requests.
Why It Fits: Demonstrates significant technical contributions.
Tech Nation Guide: Significant technical contributions to digital products.

Architecture and System Diagrams

Evidence: Technical diagrams from various platforms you have developed.
Why It Fits: Significant technical contributions to platform design and development.
Tech Nation Guide: Product designs or architecture diagrams demonstrating technical contributions.

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

Doxzy · September 20, 2024, 12:10pm

@pahuja , @Maya , @Surender_S , @Francisca_Chiedu, @Mors_E and @Anurag_Singh. guys your valuable feedback will be much appreciated

Anurag_Singh · September 20, 2024, 1:56pm

Huge request to not tag please . I visit the forum often and do try and reply to what is feasible. In fact tagging is probably a bad idea overall. A lot of folks visit and respond anyway.

Doxzy · September 20, 2024, 1:58pm

Apologies. i wasn’t aware

Surender_S · September 20, 2024, 3:57pm

Hi @Doxzy ,

My intial thoughts are you have a strong set of evidences to make a strong application. My suggestion is
Your OC1 is heavy with reserach papers and publications. You can include them under OC2 as they also come under recognition outside immediate occupation. Then, you have a strong OC2 and OC3.

About your MC, They look great to me.

Also, I’m not sure what area you want get endorsed under which make me difficult to understand your contributions.

Maya · September 21, 2024, 7:04am

Hi @Doxzy

While OC3 is technical contribution, it required illustrating technical, commercial or entrepreneurial contributions to the field (Impact).

Can you provide evidences showing the impact of your technical contribution? growth in revenue? growth in users? or any other measurable aspect?

Doxzy · September 21, 2024, 6:52pm

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

Doxzy · September 21, 2024, 6:53pm

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

Maya · September 22, 2024, 3:06am

hi @Doxzy

I dont think Masters degree count for OC4! please read the guide.

Doxzy · September 22, 2024, 5:49am

Thanks alot @maya for your response. i have letters from both my research supervisors so that should suffice. thank you for that. but are the other documents good enough to use annd apply?

Doxzy · October 9, 2024, 9:18am

Hi guys its me again. so i have done a lot of work and arranging my docs and heres what i have so far. i am submitting in 2 days so i just want one more look from you guys. thank you very much

Mandatory Criteria

Evidence of High Salary Remuneration - (i combined my remote earnings from NGN and my UK earnings in an excel sheet and it meets market range)
Expert Assessment and Panel Engagement Role in Digital Technology - My role as a mentor and assessor on openclassrooms.com
Internationally Recognized Awards Documentation - (This one is a bit new as i officially got the award in the last week of Sept after weeks of checks)
Evidence of Product-Led Growth in Digital Technology - my role as a senior developer (Team Lead) for my employers in Nigeria. We have an App on play store and on cloud. I built the entire web and manage the backend and APIs and Github, etc. Secondly i built a journal platform gazetteofmedicine.com for the offical journal platform for UPTH.

Optional Criteria OC2

Thought Leadership Documentation - (i have posts on Hackernoon.com, Dev.to and Hashnode and combined total reads of over 1k. I dont know if they meet the op-ed criteria. i have asked around but no one seems to know a specific platform. so i just use what i have)
Mentorship and Advising Experience - Majorly ADPList with over 1k minutes mentoring people from 10+ countries. Then another smaller one back in Nigeria
Contributions to Industry Initiatives - work with a researchlab in Texas remote with python. and also an Alumni Advisory Board Memeber 2024 in Generation initiative UK. I also did a bootcamp with them for 3 months and got AWS CCP before i applied 2 months later and was interviewed for the alumni board position.

Optional Criteria OC4

Professional Recommendations - Letters from my two professors for my 2 MSc as well as their CV (incase)
International Journal Publications - I have 3 international publications and about 18 citations and over 14,000 readson researchgate (though researchgate is not accepted) but i mean it means omething at least.
Publication Acceptance Certificate - my first international publicatio gave me a certificate of publication
Peer-Reviewed Articles - pdf of my publications with the logos, doi, issn etc
Academic Certification (e.g., Master’s Degree) - my 2 msc cert (i dont know if i should put these, some people advise i do and some advice that i dont)

Recommendation Letters

I got a couple more reference letters from

other profs, director from openclassrooms, thePhD student i work with in Texas Uni, etc

Additional Documents

AWS CCP, CCNA from a CISCO licensed trainer in Port Harcourt, ANDELA SDG participation 2020, KOENIG Data Analysis Training, WEB Flow Certificatin from ADPList, etc

so guys what do you think?

@pahuja , @Maya , @Surender_S , @Francisca_Chiedu, @Mors_E and @Anurag_Singh @pmsept

My major issue is i have so much evidence its nearly impossible to fit in a 3 page document. but what i have done is that i have created them in folders so arranged and labelled, you wont have to look for anything

pahuja · October 9, 2024, 10:36am

Hi @Doxzy

MC: considering the award is too recent and the high salary evidence is insufficient, you need the rest two evidences to be strong.

What is the third-party evidence of the 2nd and 4th evidence in MC? Is it only self-documentation?

OC2: ADPList is not considered a strong one from what I gather but worth trying!

I don’t understand what you mean by folders, TN will only accept 10 pieces of documents towards criteria with each max 3 pages.

Doxzy · October 9, 2024, 10:54am

Hi @pahuja

The high salary is in the UK market range and is well above the Bradford rate.
Yes you right i will take out the awards
for MC number 2 i have an actual recorded session, i have certificates, i have screenshots, i have a letter from a sr customer /student success manager
self documentation and code snippets for the senior role. like i have a lot of proof there i had to take some screenshots out because of actual usernames were visible.

for the second part i also have the codes of the website and screenshots of google scholar and researchgate indexing and also a letter from the editior in chief

Yeah i heard that as well but i am thinking with enough screenshots and supporting with the second one from nigeria (Games Consort) i have a shot