Jerry Simba

While still waiting for the rest of the snaps from yesterday's #GitHubfielddayNairobi ....lemme post this one I took with @PeterLokong1 , @RagaMacharia . I met a whole lot of awesome devs n community leads 👏🇰🇪🎉 @Kai_mwanyumba, etc .....

@RuakaLandlord11 @smileycherry2 These huge brands, they make you sign 6-10 yrs NDA. A part of NDA is NOT saying you signed one.

@Jerry_2076 @smileycherry2 Those are your imaginations. Hakuna mahali amesema ali sign NDA. Most people who do voice overs are not subjected to NDA agreements in Kenya.

Hii ndio kucheza low key😂😂😂

@RMillar @Handre What other issues...

@Handre There’s a difference between the price and what’s actually charged to the insurance companies. Also, if you’re getting heart surgery in Bangkok you have other issues.

Americans fly to Turkey for $3,000 dental implants that cost $40,000 in Manhattan. They drive to Tijuana for $800 MRIs priced at $12,000 in San Diego (literally 15 minutes north). Medical tourism revenue hit $100 billion globally in 2023 while US healthcare spending broke $4.5 trillion. The market speaks louder than any policy wonk ever could. When you can get the same cardiac surgery in Bangkok for $15,000 that costs $200,000 in Boston—using the same equipment, often better facilities, and surgeons trained at Johns Hopkins—the pricing isn't reflecting scarcity or quality. It's reflecting capture. Insurance companies created this beautiful racket where they negotiate "discounts" off artificially inflated prices, hospitals play along because the government backstops the whole charade through Medicare reimbursements, and pharmaceutical companies... well, they just price whatever the market will bear (which turns out to be everything you own plus your firstborn). Austrian school economists predicted this decades ago. When you remove price signals and direct payment, costs explode. When Americans rediscover actual market prices by flying to Mumbai for heart surgery, suddenly they remember what healthcare actually costs when providers compete for cash-paying customers instead of...

@usetimon Aah cmon!

Another month gone yet your only trip was from your bed to your bathroom 😔

@iLnico4real Cow

Gun to Ruto's head name one type of a car.

@felumswago Pork

boobs to your mouth name a fruit

@its_kimemia Pork

Gun to Ruto's head name a vegetable

@akinyi__wendy Don't even mind

@emai_ke @akinyi__wendy What are you even trying to prove SMH too much negativity

@akinyi__wendy Hakuna franchise tax Delaware stop lying 😅

@KE_MrBlack POC, Jaramogi, Olang'

What was the name of the dorm you used to sleep in back in high school? 😂😂

@i_am_nunya @ResidentOfSound @mayukh_panja SMH

@ResidentOfSound @mayukh_panja What a lousy comeback

I understand Germans are upset but let me point out some realities for you. It is really really hard to find young Germans with a STEM education in large numbers. Even for very well paying jobs you can only fill 30-40% jobs with Germans because it is not easy to find German software developers, statisticians, analysts, etc. There is a very specific reason for this which is not really discussed. Most back-office jobs are considered boring, unsexy, and uncool. They pay well but no one is going to think you are cool if you are a web developer. Go to a Berlin comedy club. You will find out which jobs are considered hip and trendy, and they are all in fashion, art or psychology. Crunching numbers using code is a back office job that offers no visibility. You are not going to be the face of the company, you are not going to be doing podcast tours. You come in, write code, generate spreadsheets and collect your paycheck. That’s it. That’s the job. And I have met so many young smart people who find this deeply repulsive and have actively walked away from these types of careers. A common major I find young people in Germany take up is Business Administration. It offers a pathway to consulting, finance and management. Jobs where you sit in board meetings, get to wear fancy suits and maybe travel internationally. Unfortunately in any economy consulting and management jobs are limited. You need a lot more people to do the actual dirty work, writing the codes, doing the analysis and building the product. Germany obviously has very smart people. The market however doesn’t really care how smart you are. It rewards grit, perseverance and discipline far more than raw intelligence. I kind of get it though. If I had grown up in a first world country I would have probably studied film studies, art history or psychology too.

@ResidentOfSound @i_am_nunya @mayukh_panja Cmon just be cool

@i_am_nunya @mayukh_panja Not wasting my life on each and every idiotic statement on twitter love

@teshmbaabu @moneyacademyKE @5050MarketsHQ Oh man thanks for this. Just won the bitcoin up...leta shimo ingine

@moneyacademyKE Yezzir, it’s pretty cool! @5050MarketsHQ

For the first time in Kenya, we have a prediction market. The new platform is called 5050Markets that allows users to trade on the outcome of real-world events.

@kanda_254 @Harvminhas @googledev @gdgcampusJKUAT You are on VS code without codex or cursor?

@ndiritu_michael No it doesn't exist. The closest you can get is inventory data ...SKUs etc for large FMCG retailers

Is there an API or data provider where I can get all FMCG products sold in Kenya or East Africa, including data points like product names, descriptions, barcodes, and images? 🤔

How Climate Change is rewriting Safari seasons in East Africa and what travellers must know. jerry-simba.medium.com/how-climate-ch…

Mungu Baba, mwaka nayo imeanza, leta deals. If this algorithm brings this to your timeline, please tell others that Glitex Solutions is the best software development company in Kenya. Lastly, this year anything I need supplied, stationery, water, branding, and more will be sourced from young people. Hii mwaka, we work with young people. Lazima tutoke block. Ya mwisho, deal ziivane. On God.

@NoahEpstein_ Build

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