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A teenager from Nigeria identified as John Oseni has caught rare attention as a programming prodigy.<\/strong><\/h2>\nHe was recently interviewed extensively by Alexander Okere about his passion and achievements. Below is a snippet of the full interview;<\/p>\n
Tell us about yourself.<\/strong><\/h3>\nMy name is John Oseni. I am 16 years old. I turned 16 in February. I am from Yewa North in Ogun State. I am the fourth child in my family. My dad is a professor of Biochemistry and my mum is a retired civil servant. I completed my secondary school education at Command Day Secondary School, Akure. I was in the technology department.<\/p>\n
What do you do currently?<\/strong><\/h3>\nI am a programmer. I have worked for 16 to 17 start-ups. Also, I am working to start my own company and see the possibility of a future powered by nature. We plan to use nature to power cars, phones and other things. The company has not been registered but I already have a team in the United States of America, Canada and Nigeria working on research. My lawyer is also working on that.<\/p>\n
There was a recent online report that you were offered employment by a firm in Italy. Can you tell me how it happened?<\/p>\n
I am the type of guy who doesn\u2019t have a certificate in programming. Most of the jobs I get are based on referrals. I am actually working for two companies in Italy. Someone recommended me to them and before I knew it, the companies got in touch with me; I didn\u2019t know them. They made me the blockchain team lead.<\/p>\n
What are the names of the companies?<\/strong><\/h3>\nFlywallet and Cryptonite. They actually wanted me to go to Italy and say hi to the team but I declined because I was still working. I had an appointment with the Ooni of Ife, who wanted to see me. So, I had to tell the companies that I would work remotely for now. I have a passport but the companies will sponsor my trip.<\/p>\n
What did they tell you the requirement for the job was?<\/strong><\/h3>\nBefore I got the job, I was given some tasks which I passed.<\/p>\n
What did your parents say when you told them about the offer?<\/strong><\/h3>\nMy parents gave their consent but they were worried about my safety. When I was taking my Senior School Certificate Examination, my parents seized my laptop but I bought another one and wrote codes with it at night. But they thank God, they didn\u2019t stop me from doing what I love.<\/p>\n
You said you did not undergo training in web development, so how did you learn the skill?<\/strong><\/h3>\nI get paid in crypto sometimes because my account can\u2019t take more than N1m. So, I collect money in crypto and put it in another bank. I would say I have made a lot of money.<\/p>\n
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Source: TheBBCghana.Com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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My name is John Oseni. I am 16 years old. I turned 16 in February. I am from Yewa North in Ogun State. I am the fourth child in my family. My dad is a professor of Biochemistry and my mum is a retired civil servant. I completed my secondary school education at Command Day Secondary School, Akure. I was in the technology department.<\/p>\n
What do you do currently?<\/strong><\/h3>\nI am a programmer. I have worked for 16 to 17 start-ups. Also, I am working to start my own company and see the possibility of a future powered by nature. We plan to use nature to power cars, phones and other things. The company has not been registered but I already have a team in the United States of America, Canada and Nigeria working on research. My lawyer is also working on that.<\/p>\n
There was a recent online report that you were offered employment by a firm in Italy. Can you tell me how it happened?<\/p>\n
I am the type of guy who doesn\u2019t have a certificate in programming. Most of the jobs I get are based on referrals. I am actually working for two companies in Italy. Someone recommended me to them and before I knew it, the companies got in touch with me; I didn\u2019t know them. They made me the blockchain team lead.<\/p>\n
What are the names of the companies?<\/strong><\/h3>\nFlywallet and Cryptonite. They actually wanted me to go to Italy and say hi to the team but I declined because I was still working. I had an appointment with the Ooni of Ife, who wanted to see me. So, I had to tell the companies that I would work remotely for now. I have a passport but the companies will sponsor my trip.<\/p>\n
What did they tell you the requirement for the job was?<\/strong><\/h3>\nBefore I got the job, I was given some tasks which I passed.<\/p>\n
What did your parents say when you told them about the offer?<\/strong><\/h3>\nMy parents gave their consent but they were worried about my safety. When I was taking my Senior School Certificate Examination, my parents seized my laptop but I bought another one and wrote codes with it at night. But they thank God, they didn\u2019t stop me from doing what I love.<\/p>\n
You said you did not undergo training in web development, so how did you learn the skill?<\/strong><\/h3>\nI get paid in crypto sometimes because my account can\u2019t take more than N1m. So, I collect money in crypto and put it in another bank. I would say I have made a lot of money.<\/p>\n
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Source: TheBBCghana.Com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
John Oseni, 16-year-old Nigerian programmer A teenager from Nigeria identified as John Oseni has caught rare attention as a programming prodigy. He was recently interviewed extensively by Alexander Okere about his passion and achievements. Below is a snippet of the full interview; Tell us about yourself. My name is John Oseni. I am 16 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1074435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11478,11479,1248,1515,889,11480,6622,7766],"class_list":["post-1074433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-16yrs","tag-coding","tag-millions","tag-nigerian","tag-parents","tag-programmer","tag-started","tag-thought"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1074433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1074433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Flywallet and Cryptonite. They actually wanted me to go to Italy and say hi to the team but I declined because I was still working. I had an appointment with the Ooni of Ife, who wanted to see me. So, I had to tell the companies that I would work remotely for now. I have a passport but the companies will sponsor my trip.<\/p>\n
What did they tell you the requirement for the job was?<\/strong><\/h3>\nBefore I got the job, I was given some tasks which I passed.<\/p>\n
What did your parents say when you told them about the offer?<\/strong><\/h3>\nMy parents gave their consent but they were worried about my safety. When I was taking my Senior School Certificate Examination, my parents seized my laptop but I bought another one and wrote codes with it at night. But they thank God, they didn\u2019t stop me from doing what I love.<\/p>\n
You said you did not undergo training in web development, so how did you learn the skill?<\/strong><\/h3>\nI get paid in crypto sometimes because my account can\u2019t take more than N1m. So, I collect money in crypto and put it in another bank. I would say I have made a lot of money.<\/p>\n
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Source: TheBBCghana.Com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
John Oseni, 16-year-old Nigerian programmer A teenager from Nigeria identified as John Oseni has caught rare attention as a programming prodigy. He was recently interviewed extensively by Alexander Okere about his passion and achievements. Below is a snippet of the full interview; Tell us about yourself. My name is John Oseni. I am 16 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1074435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11478,11479,1248,1515,889,11480,6622,7766],"class_list":["post-1074433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-16yrs","tag-coding","tag-millions","tag-nigerian","tag-parents","tag-programmer","tag-started","tag-thought"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1074433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1074433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
My parents gave their consent but they were worried about my safety. When I was taking my Senior School Certificate Examination, my parents seized my laptop but I bought another one and wrote codes with it at night. But they thank God, they didn\u2019t stop me from doing what I love.<\/p>\n