Achievement 1 @afrimate. This is my introduction post. I am invited by @focusnow
Top of the day to everyone on this platform. I want to say I'm new here, but I'm still wondering how I have been in the dark about a wonderful community like this. Special thanks to @focusnow for introducing me. I foresee an amazing experience.
Short Biography
I want to start by introducing myself. My name is Fortune Nweke Ndubuisi. A native of Oshiegbe in Ebonyi Southeast Nigeria. If you don't know much about Nigerians, they are the happiest people in the world, research will convince you
I'm the fourth in the family of five. Due to the early death of my dad, I grew up outside my immediate family. So, I need not tell you what my childhood experience looked like, because everyone can relate. Although, it's nothing because it helped to shape me to become who I am today.
Education
Like I said earlier, I grew up under a surrogate mother, and that affected my early education. This was because at the age children needed to focus on their studies, I was much more occupied with chores, errand and all that. That doesn't mean I wasn't going to school anyways, but my caregiver was shaping me something great.
That was in Ojo area of Lagos state where I attended Sabo Oniba Primary School. I managed to complete that stage, and after 2 years post primary education, prostery smiled at me. My elder brother who went on apprenticeship and had graduated, took me from the woman. He enrolled me for secondary education at Lagos State Government College, still in Ojo area of Lagos.
At the completion of my secondary education, I was offered admission to study architecture at Institute of Management and Technology. I proceeded to Enugu State University of Science and Technology, after obtaining a National Diploma. At the University, I studied Urban and Regional Planning. And since my graduation and youth service, I have been based in Enugu, Nigeria.
Professional Career
Although I obtained a b.sc in Town Planning, I chose to practice what architecture, my diploma area. I quickly enrolled for trainings and mentorship, after school. This improved my competence in the area rapidly, and my mentor soon started handing projects to me.
I became the professional that I wished to be. Soon, due to my love for writing, I discovered I could write some lines and put out through social media. I started writing indiscriminately like I used to do with pieces of paper.
In 2018, I got a ghostwriting job through my social media posts. This reduced my social media presence, as I had to meet up with paid tasks. I have been doing this alongside my architecture design job. That's literature and architecture, if you ask me.
Why I Joined Steemit
As mentioned above, I have been into job of writing for 4 years. And it is my dream as a passionate writer to have many people read my work. Having been initiated by @focusnow, I went on research and discovered that I can reach out to a huge audience, through Steemit.
I discovered that Steemit will help me grow my career in the blogosphere. Also, you can't remove the fact that money is very important. Earning from what I do for free in other social media networks is a great motivation.
Summary
I want to say Steemit is revolutionary because it is changing the status quo in social media. And I'm glad am part of it. And for @focusnow, I don't know how to thank you for going out of your way to introduce me without asking for anything. I promise to follow your footsteps. Thank you so dearly
@afrimate. I am delighted to welcome you to Steemit platform. You will definitely love this place!! There are countless opportunities to meet new people here, learn about different things and get rewarded as a content creator. To be successfulon Steemit, there are other things to do now that you have finished your achievement 1 post:
I wish you all the best as you start your journey here. Feel free to ask about anything that seems confusing. Welcome once again!!
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Thank you, I promise to be active. I have completed my achievement 2 waiting verification
Hi, @afrimate,
Your post has been supported by @focusnow from the Steem Greeter Team.
Thanks boss
WELCOME TO STEEMIT!!!!
Thank you
At first, we recommend you to continue making Achievement posts in Newcommers community and review this tutorial with the answers for the most important questions. Don’t you worry if for the first few days or even weeks you will be making the mistakes or writing great quality posts without expected income. Give yourself the time for learning all the stuff and being discovered by other users :) Write every day (or almost every day) and you will surely become successful at some point.
Before you will start writing, you have to select the communities where you want to be active. I recommend you to choose those of them that are related to your hobbies and, obviously, not too small. Personaly, I’d select any community with more than 75 users, but it’s your choice. To make it easier, I’m sending the link to the complete list of active communities on Steemit (searcher does not work well, so it’s better to use that list instead)
Finally, I would love to invite you to my own community Steem-Travelers. It’s all about traveling, culture, cuisine from all around the world, traditions et cetera. Plenty of great content to read and comment, plenty of interesting posts that you cound write there as well. We always appreciaate the best quality content, we are putting a lot of attention to the quality of the community announcements, graphics of the community as well as additional programs, like Guide with Travelers where you can offer your services as the local tour guide for some STEEM or Stay with Travelers where you can offer your apartment, room or bed in a shared room to rent for STEEM, a bit ‘Couchsurfing style’.
Enjoy Steemit and feel free to ask me any questions if you don’t know something!