The non profit industry often has long working hours if the organisation is still small/starting up.

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Working as a program manager in an NGO in Nairobi. Heading a team of field project officers in kakuma. I'm a nutritionist by profession.

This role gives you a direct opportunity to build your network as you interact with a lot of people internally and externally. Be deliberate about building connections

Financial modelling helps There are many avenues to learn the skills needed such as dream VC

In advisory, be flexible to work on new and diverse projects across multiple countries.

Long working hours, bias towards expatriates

It's not as glamorous as it looks.

Many law firms in Kenya do not have good culture and working environment. Sexual harassment especially of young women joining the profession is rampant. There have been recent efforts by the Law Society of Kenya to deal with sexual harassment cases but the problem still persists. Lawyers in mandatory training (internship and pupillage) also do not receive fair salaries with some lawfirms paying interns and pupils salaries of as low as 5,000 and some lawfirms not paying any salaries to interns an

An unstructured remote organisation, with a seemingly racist leadership, and overworking culture.

Issues with partnership structure within the law field such as lack of transparency, strictly top-down decision making among partners and underpaying employees.

Find a way to develop your own working and tested PM framework that can be applied no matter the role. Know and be an advocate of Project Management ethics: they are like a double edged, safeguarding you and all other related stakeholders.

The industry is cut throat and brutal. It's easy to let your guard down as far as morals and integrity is concerned but it's a good industry if one makes the right moves

Salaries and working conditions are about leverage - create more leverage for yourself and you will get paid more and make your work life more comfortable. For data science specifically: If you do Kaggle challenges or put up some Jupyter notebooks on Github - if you do you will be better than 95% of entry level Data Analyst applicants. Those are jobs that can pay 100k/month in Kenya (not bad if you're, say, 24!). Data Analyst is often the entry-level role in the data field. Data Scientist rol

Experience helps when negotiating your pay

- The more your work experience the more money you make but only if you change jobs maximum every 2 years. Unless your salary is growing in multiples dont stay in a role for too long. My salary is 10* what I made 2 years ago because of this. - Always have a side project that you are trying to turn into a business/startup. This makes you stand out more.

Big 4 Audit Firm

The audit firms are so male dominated adding that to the mad pressure around the environment, its generally a harsh environment for women.

Over-reliance on a few individuals to complete assignments/projects pose a great challenge in the workplace, The pay can be better considering the work expected to be done

ReliefWeb is your bestie. Update your LinkedIn and be strategic about it.

Multidisciplinary work experience is more valuable than academic credentials.

In Africa making games doesn't have the 3 years Minimum requirements to apply for jobs that Europe and the rest of the World has

Terrible work life balance, but you'll manage somehow.

To gain experience and salary increment, it’s vital to not stay in a job for too long. 2 to 3 years at most. You are always learning something. Also aim to become so good at your craft.

Just a note - the consultancy is based on a 16hr work week

Growth is really slow, and you are not always rewarded for exceptional performance as it's affected by factors outside your control.