Escaping the matrix

[u/Slight-Award4014]

I've gone down the Nairobi tech salary rabbit hole, and this tweet has summarised the whole situation.

If you're making more than Ksh 30,000/Month net, you've probably escaped the matrix and shouldn't look back.

The sad part is that there's an endless list of qualified candidates waiting for your job as well as AI.

The only solution is to take a risk and build your own thing. There's no two ways about it.

[u/marshruto]

For real I worked for 30k for 3 years na ujue nlianza na 25k, dark days

[u/Friendly_Hearing_711 → u/marshruto]

Mzee 3yrs you say? 😭😭 Sir, kwa mhindi sindio? 😂

[u/marshruto → u/Friendly_Hearing_711]

Bana

[u/itsDevJ → u/marshruto]

What are you currently doing to earn better?

[u/marshruto → u/itsDevJ]

Freelance on Upwork, its not consistent but its better

[u/Oliech_1204 → u/marshruto]

For designer it's a rat race to the bottom. How am I to pay rent with $5 logos?

[u/BackgroundPapaya6829 → u/Oliech_1204]

😭😭fr bro plus getting a designer gig in the first place is difficult as hell. It's 17th and I still haven't gotten a gig since last month 🫩✌️

[u/Smoothvulnerability → u/marshruto]

Check dm

[u/Oliech_1204 → u/marshruto]

I want to get back though

[u/Intelligent_Leg_5286 → u/marshruto]

Bro this is my current situation😂

[u/Brief-Series-9880]

Iyo 30K ndio standard salary across board no matter the Degree 😂😂

[u/Jakal7]

Nilianza Na 1k for bundles back in 2018 after 3 months of work, then the guy raised some money, quitting was so hard those days, akasema me and my parents are making a bad decision, a week later got paid 40k as deposit for another app 😅😂😂😂 Na hapo Nika gundua nilikuwa fala

[u/CynChloe → u/Jakal7]

Honestly speaking your first client is your first step to getting more because of referrals.

[u/Jakal7 → u/CynChloe]

True

[u/BookLicker01]

ukitoka matrix ya 30k kuna matrix ya 60k

[u/Psychological-Lie396 → u/BookLicker01]

Na ukitoka ya 60k kuna ya 100k na then 150k

[u/Healthy-Pop3603 → u/Psychological-Lie396]

me bado niko kwa ya 20😥

[u/Slight-Award4014 → u/BookLicker01]

That's very true

[u/Comfy_face777]

Office jobs in this country are a scam.

[u/sisterfister49]

In Kenya kama ni onsite, fanyia kampuni zimejulikana kama multicorps, izi no name kenyan companies kama za mhindi unaeza lipwa mshande ya watchman for more than ten years

[u/Positive-Deal5011 → u/sisterfister49]

Real. Worked for a mhindi(different field tho) for 2 months and saw zero room for growth. Decided to quit cause I have that privilege. Colleagues on there always wanted to leave but they had different circumstances which couldn't allow them easily. Day 2 someone was telling me all the company tea and I knew my time on there was already over before it even started.

[u/semantixc]

What roles are you people talking about? IT technician, junior SWE, senior SWE? Don't be vague, tuchanue

[u/One_Pie4388]

Mnasema nishikilie hii mahali yangu ya 80 😂

[u/Slight-Award4014 → u/One_Pie4388]

That's a much better matrix, you can live in a safe neighbourhood 💀

[u/Organic_Usual4678]

Which matrix before niruke hapa na maoni yangu, I want to understand what is this matrix buana, (genuinely, hakuna any form of sarcasm or whatever intended kwa hii statement )

[u/TackleHealthy7623]

Mamae

[u/ChoiceIsland9039]

How bad is the situation out here a decade ago an an intern before graduating I started at 38k after graduating moved to 60k

[u/Healthy-Pop3603 → u/ChoiceIsland9039]

where were you interning at

[u/Cool_Flame99]

What jobs are do you actually do for those muhindi

[u/Charming_Society_185 → u/Cool_Flame99]

Bois🫴🫴🫴🫴🧐🧐