Hi Everyone,
Im excited to be here, and impressed by the amazing activities of this community. I have been collecting references and gathering evidences for my application for the GT Exceptional talent Endorsement and about to submit my application but will appreciate your feedback on this profile.
I have been working as a software engineer for about 7 years now in Fintech and entertainment sector, but mostly fintech, and I am currently the Head of Engineering of a startup working on web3 powered fintech solution in the US, I have been working there for about 2 years now. Before then I have worked as Lead engineer in 2 other product led companies, with mentorship experiences at 3 different social enterprises since 2019.
Recommendation Letters
- CEO of the organiser of an event I was invited as a guest speaker in a masterclass session twice in 2021, knows my work and spoke about it in the letter. He is a recognised digital tech leader and has been endorsed by Technation for exceptional talent.
- CEO of a Hotel booking company, and also the organiser of an initiative where I mentor since 2018, knows my work and spoke about it in the letter, He is recognised globally and has gotten several accolades for developing digital technology.
- CEO of my current company. Talking about how he knew me and my work at my current company and beyond.
Personal Statement
Resume
Mandatory Evidence
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Proof of Leading a Product Led company: My current company employment contract with salary information and stock options. Reference to recommendation letter from CEO, Screenshots of proof of product in market, partnership sealed by the product, traction of the product.
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Proof of speaking at an Event: Screenshot of Flier showing my name and invitation to the event, screenshot of participants, which is about 250 live audience, but shared within a community of over 30,000 tech enthusiasts. Screenshot of the organiser appreciating my work after the event, Screenshot showing caliber of other speakers.
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Proof of Leading the growth of an initiative as a Senior contributor: support letter from CEO of initiative indicating my key contribution to the growth of the initiative as a senior mentor in the enterprise, detailing the growth of the enterprise due to my work. Pictorial evidences showing me during mentoring sessions, screenshots of awards and sponsorships received by the initiative, after I joined. Screenshots of testimonials published by blogs evidencing the impact of the initiative to the tech community in my country. including numbers of trained people.
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Proof of Leading the growth of another initiative as a Senior contributor: I referenced the letter from CEO of initiative, in my recommendation letter, indicating my key contribution to the growth of the initiative as a senior mentor in the initiative, detailing the growth of the enterprise due to my work. Github commits showing evidence of work and evidencing significant contribution, the program is an internship that runs ones in a year, and its virtual, so I had to show github commits to show evidence. screenshots of awards and sponsorships received by the initiative, after I joined. Screenshots of testimonials published by past interns of the enterprise acknowledging my support during the internship in 2019, also of blogs showing the impact of the initiative to the tech community in my country. including numbers of trained people.
OC 2
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Proof of Mentorship at initiative A: Pictorial evidences showing me during mentoring sessions, screenshots of awards and sponsorships received by the initiative, after I joined. Screenshots of testimonials published by blogs evidencing the impact of the initiative to the tech community in my country. including numbers of trained people.
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Proof of Mentorship at initiative B: Github commits showing evidence of work and evidencing significant contribution, the program is an internship that runs ones in a year, and its virtual, so I had to show GitHub commits to show evidence. screenshots of awards and sponsorships received by the initiative, after I joined. Screenshots of testimonials published by past interns of the enterprise acknowledging my support during the internship in 2019, also of blogs showing the impact of the initiative to the tech community in my country. including numbers of trained people.
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Proof of Active contribution to collaborative project on Github: My github overview showing contributions since 2016, and I explained two of the several projects that is publicly available, with screenshots of my contribution and the impact of the projects.
OC 3
- Significant contribution to my current company 2021: Reference letter from my current CTO evidencing my work and how it has helped the company launched, secured funding and also scale with figures, github commit summary evidencing significant contribution to core services, screenshot of line of codes, architectural snapshots.
*Significant contribution to another company 2019: Reference letter from the CTO of that company when I was there, he is no longer with the company, evidencing my work and how it has helped the company launched, secured partners and also scale with figures, GitHub commit summary evidencing significant contribution to core services, screenshot of line of codes, architectural snapshots.
- Significant contribution to another company 2018: Reference letter from the current CEO of the company evidencing my work and how it has helped the company launched, secured partnership with 3 major banks and also scale with figures, GitHub commit summary evidencing significant contribution to core services, screenshot of line of codes, architectural snapshots. revenue from companies using the product available online.