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That’s a generic response that people thing applies to everyone. Not everyone has the funds to sustain them while building something, and it’s not also a guarantee that what you built will make you some money let alone be successful. The chances that it’ll make you anything is far lower.

That’s what people fail to realise. Not everyone is in the same shoes. Not everyone has some disposable income they can rely on. Not everyone has multiple fallbacks in case one thing does not work out. Not everyone has options. And even if you do have options, it’s not guaranteed to work out, even if if you’re the brightest or the greatest genius.

And yes, instead of waiting for employment, it’s sensible to keep building. But that has been my story, because I don’t have disposable income to put what I build out there, or even have enough time to focus on building something substantial, because hey, it turns out I gotta feed myself somehow and pay the bills somehow. So I have built, slowly, and finally put something out there… and guess what? The response is still the same. You’re told, get some experience building a product, get some experience with backend workflows, get this, get that… and when you do, it’s same old.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t, I’m just telling people to stop thinking that that’s all you need. Because for some of us, even after all this, we somehow still fall short.

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Maybe, maybe not. But that is not a good measure too. Like I said, someone can do all the right things and still not be enough, that’s just how the world works. The same tactics or strategy people say they use to sell themselves or market themselves out there, I have done it. But here I am :joy:, still looking.

Point is, in the real world, nothing ever works 100% for everyone. Some of us get the short end of the stock, and that’s fine. It’s life. Maybe I’ll catch a break one day, maybe not. I’m not too anxious about it. Life happens

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This is a very misleading way to look at things. I have gone to bigger sites that show worse scores and yet people don’t really care. People don’t care if your app takes a sec longer to load, I don’t know why people fixated so much on that. If Microsoft website took a sec longer to load, nobody would notice. And for those who notice, they wouldn’t really care. Even if it took 3 or 5 sec longer they just don’t fixate on that. What they do fixate on is it what they came to do, can and will be achieved.

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Yes, 100% it should matter. But I’m saying something we over here in Nigeria have passed through. It’s a reality for us that we don’t get access to certain opportunities just because we are in Nigeria. I don’t want to speculate on the reasons why, but that’s just the reality we live in

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Let me give you an example.

Dele and Kingsley both are developers. Both hardworking. Both do their very best and very skilled.

They both made a product that solved a problem in their community. Dele’s product eventually went national and became a big sensation. Kingsley however was stuck still working on his product.

Why? Dele had connections. Dele had resources. Dele had opportunities that he could take hold of. That’s not to say Dele did not work hard, he did.

Kingsley however, had no such thing. Kingsley had the idea, the skills, but not the connection. Not the resources. Because of that he had to work multiple low paying jobs while trying to sustain his product. Kingsley is burning out, Kingsley has tried to present his idea to potential investors, everyone turns their back. By the time Kingsley manages to put his product out there, someone else with resources has already done it.

Now would you say Kingsley has no reason to be successful? Because on paper, he did everything right within what he was presented with, but unfortunately that’s not how the world works.

Take your example. Yes there are lots of rising tech in Nigeria, but you don’t realise that for every successful product out of Lagos, there are 1000 unsuccessful ones. Moniepoint was not the first to attempt to solve the financial problem in Nigeria, but today they’re probably theost profitable. What about the courtless other fintechs that tried? Did they not do things right? Or did Moniepoint and opay have some extra advantage not available to the 1001 other fintechs that died before their idea or product even reached fruition.

What I’m saying is that I have heard it all. And yes, you need to work hard, you need to up skill, you need to market yourself. But int he real world, even when you did all that, you don’t always make it.

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That is because in the real world, luck plays a part in how things turn out. What’s true though, is unless you are well prepared, determined and well positioned, you will not be able to take advantage of the lucky moment when it presents itself

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I worked my way through 4 years of college.

Always had at least 2 jobs, and sometimes 3. None of them had anything to do with apps. I knew if I wanted to succeed, I had to do what I didn’t want to do until I could do what I wanted to do.

Also did internships.

Drove an old clunker that seemed to break down weekly.

I’ve had more failures than I can list here.

I now bring in 6 figures a month.

So, yeah, if you’re into excuses, you’ll never make it.

When you decide excuses are just reasons to feel sorry for yourself, and decide to succeed regardless of any setbacks you try to sell yourself, you’ll be successful

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As I always say, “luck” is when preparation meets opportunity.

But I agree, people are always selling the path to success, the path they’ve followed or claim to have followed.

Course sellers are masters at this, especially in this era of Vibe Coding, but that includes many others. They sell the “map” to the mountain of gold, from which they claim to have become rich by extracting it, and they want you to become rich like them. But the truth is that many have never been to the mountain. In some cases, it doesn’t even exist, but they got rich selling the map.

The point is that even if the path is real, and people follow the same steps, doing everything the same way, the circumstances will still be different: the contacts, the timing, the stimuli, the dedication, energy, persistence, purpose, “luck” for those who believe in it, the God you serve, and the list goes on… it’s a series of factors that determine the result.

At the end, there’s no perfect formula, but it certainly requires time, effort, dedication, and persistence. Knowing that the world is unfair.

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True.

I’ve never sold a course, don’t even have a course or plan on ever offering one. Never even advertised for work on here. I have helped a few people by reviewing their site for free.

I do speak at business meetings a lot…

but don’t sell anything.

I think what I said is pretty universal among successful people. There are life rules that always work. It’s just some are always stuck in a rut and can’t seem to get anywhere because of excuses.

I hope everyone can be successful. There are some great books on it…

some by some very successful people that are well worth reading

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I completely agree. Recently, I lost my job because the store I worked at shut down, and my father lost his job due to his age. At the same time, I’ve been thinking constantly about finding another job so I can support myself and my future. I honestly don’t even know what next month is going to look like sometimes.

I married the love of my life at 21, and every single day I think about how I can give her a better life and make her proud. For a while, it felt like life was coming at me all at once and moving way too fast.

After trying many different ideas, I finally settled on one that I truly believe in. I’ve been building it for the past couple of months, putting all my focus into creating something meaningful and beautiful. To help support this journey, I’ve also been selling plugins in hopes of generating some income to keep things moving forward — even though I haven’t made anything from it yet lol.

But honestly, none of these struggles bring me down. If anything, they’ve made me stronger, more focused, and more determined. Instead of begging people for opportunities or waiting for someone to save me, I try to show the value I can bring. That same mindset applies to my business and the MVP I’m working toward launching.

My goal is to help people who are going through the exact same struggles I’ve faced — to give hope to people when they feel like they have none left. I truly believe one of the most important things you can do is showcase your skills in the best and most authentic way possible, while staying consistent and persistent.

Good things take time, but when you stay patient, keep improving, and refuse to give up, opportunities eventually come your way.

Sending love and prayers to everyone — whether you’re struggling to find a job, trying to build something from nothing, or buried under work and feeling overwhelmed. Keep going. One day, all of your effort will make sense.

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That’s great, but there are a million others who had to go through that and worse, and didn’t make it. There’s some others who went through something similar or easier, and also made it.

You have missed my entire point, which is expected. I did not make any excuses in any of my replies, I’m only replying to people who make broad comments about how life works and forget that there’s the luck factor. Doesn’t mean you can’t work hard, or do everything possible to rise up. I’m just saying telling people “just work harder” or “present yourself better” or “learn this or that” is not representative of what goes on in real life.

I personally know people who have had it worse and are still in the " trenches", but they have worked harder than I have if you can quantify hard work. So yes, you worked hard. Yes, you put int he work and the hours, but then so did a million other people and not everyone has it as good as you.

Again, I am not making excuses. I am saying I am doing everything within my limited space and resources. People don’t seem to understand that at all

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100% agree. One must be prepared in the first place to grasp opportunities that come.

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I wish you the best in your future goals.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

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:tada: That’s amazing. Congrats! :balloon::confetti_ball: All that hard work paid off.

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This is an oversimplification.

Please correct me if I’m wrong but you must be assuming ‘production-grade’ apps and portfolio apps are mutually exclusive. If your core assumption were true then this statement would also be true, but because you can have ‘production-grade’ apps in your portfolio, your statement is true in some scenarios but not in others.

So no, I actually don’t entirely agree with you, that said I get the point you are trying to make.

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You are wrong and you don’t know what you are talking about. Here is the correction, I can’t correct you sorry, I tried but you don’t make sense here.

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Okay bud.

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@Panto9, you’ve already done the hard part. Took a project from concept to live, learned the backend, integrated APIs and webhooks. The reason job applications aren’t landing isn’t your skill, it’s the channel.

Bubble jobs at the entry level are a saturated market. Every junior Bubble dev in the world is applying to the same listings, and agencies will almost always pick someone local before going remote at the junior tier. You’re competing in a market where the supply is high and the buyers are picky.

The market where you’re not competing is founders who don’t know they need help yet. They’re on X asking why their workflows fire twice, in Bubble forum threads stuck on Stripe webhooks, on Indie Hackers complaining their app is slow. They don’t post job ads, they post problems. Show up and help solve one, no pitch, just real help, and the DMs come.

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That’s great. Thank you.