Author: Tolu Olawumi

How long have you been part of the Equifam and what’s your current role?

I have spent the past 4 months as an Information Security Engineer at GetEquity

What does your job entail?

I develop and maintain internal InfoSec policies, Security Information and Event Management.

What’s your day-to-day like?

Staying ahead of malicious actors by watching the news and happenings in the cyber world.

What would you say motivates you to open slack everyday?

Security is my bread & butter, and breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Ergo, I enjoy launching Slack. Also, a lot could happen. I have to be on top of all incidents all of the time.

How has your career grown since joining GetEquity?

I’ve gotten to experience more of the Blue Team side of security. I’ve usually always had to perform more offensive tasks like Penetration Testing, but with GetEquity I have gained skills on the defensive side of things. My sword may be sharp but my shield is getting stronger.

What is your favourite thing about working at GetEquity?

The company work culture is amazing, it gladdens me to be one of the great problem solvers at GetEquity. Not to mention working alongside Jude; one of my department’s greatest alumni. All the Get cuties are such amazing people, it feels good to be a part of the Equifam.

What’s something you’re planning on doing in the next year that you’ve never done?

I’ve never configured an autonomous SIEM solution, it’s a short-term goal and I’d like to configure one for GetEquity’s security.

How long have you been part of the Equifam and what’s your current role?

Mmm… I have been here, I think four months now and I’m the quality assurance analyst.

What does your job entail?

What my job entails…… Hmmm delivering high quality, perfectly-functioning software. Like I test new and existing features to identify and help remove bugs. Basically, I’m the developer stress person…lol😂😂

What is your day-to-day like?

My day to day, omo wake up in the morning, open laptop, check new updates on slack, then start testing and updating already existing test documents.

What would you say motivates you to open slack everyday?

My motivation to open slack basically is the fact that I have work to do and deliverables to deliver so I get gingered.

How has your career grown since joining GetEquity?

Seriously no capping my career growth has been great, I have made some improvements and I have been learning… Even me sef the growth dey shock me😁

What is your favorite thing about working at GetEquity?

My favorite thing about working at GetEquity is the fact that everyone knows we are a team and we work as one, no bad vibes just great energy. The work culture is great and everyone delivers.

What’s something you are planning on doing in the next year that you’ve never done?

Hmmm…one thing I will like to do is travel, seriously I love seeing new places, trying out new food and experiencing a different culture.

Before we go, tell us a fun fact about you

Lmao 🤣, I don’t have fun facts oh but I like food though, and I eat the weirdest food combos and I can pass for a good show host or an actress😂

How long have you been part of the Equifam and what’s your current role?

Uhmmm I have been part of GetEquity and the Equifam collective/team since November 2021, 15th November to be exact. My role at GetEquity is the Lead Venture Analyst.

What does your job entail?

In a nutshell, my role entails the review, assessment, and analysis of the viability of a startup business as an investment opportunity. As a Venture Analyst one has to be fixated with deal sourcing, performing due diligence, creating memos, creating reports, doing financial modeling, etc. but most importantly supporting the founders who run these startups. Business is hard already so it’s cool to support those who to me are doing the lord’s work by running startups.

What’s your day-to-day like?

Lol, I would say coupled with the fixation of any ideal Venture Analyst, I work hand in glove with members of my immediate team to see out the business of the day, and I also work with a lot of people within GetEquity to solve problems and proffer innovative solutions even if not corely Venture Analyst related.

What would you say motivates you to open slack every day?

I would say the fact that we are kinda building a set of innovative products and solutions that are relevant and much needed for the Venture Capital and Startups space in Africa keeps me pumped to work every day. Also, I think I’m kinda a workaholic in many respects so to me the business of GetEquity doesn’t really sleep that much.

How has your career grown since joining GetEquity?

Oh quite brilliantly if you ask me. I have had the chance to learn about a lot of concepts, meet a couple of smart and driven people, and improved my network by a mile, but overall I think I am still a work in progress in many respects. A lot of toplines to get to in my personal opinion.

What is your favourite thing about working at GetEquity?

Lol, the team. For me, the team is brilliant and filled with cool people that are not just talented, but driven. Plus the banter can be wild atimes, which is pretty neat.

What’s something you’re planning on doing in the next year that you’ve never done?

Probably travel and finally take a leave or vacation.

Before we go, tell us a fun fact about you

Lol, so I’m kinda addicted to reading and knowing stuffs. So among other things, I’m a history junkie and one funny thing I can do is I can literally list down all the Presidents of the USA in chronological order and at random off the top of my head. I can also give insights into the politics and economics of the day past and present. Why do I know all those stuff I have no idea mehn….Lol

How long have you been part of the Equifam and what’s your current role?

I have been part of getEquity for nearly a year now, I joined around November 2021 as a contract backend developer and joined full time around February 2022. My current role is Backend Engineer.

What does your job entail?

Well, my job entails maintaining the current codebase, adding new features to support business requirements, and reviewing pull requests from my peers, sometimes I also act as a customer support engineer and carry out minor devops activities.

What’s your day-to-day like?

Typically, my day starts with an hour of reading (I gotta stay sharp on what I do). So I spend my early mornings reading and learning new things, then I head to a workspace where I spend the majority of my day at. Then I check Jira for any new tickets that might have been assigned to me. I also have a lot of meetings with my colleagues where we brainstorm on a certain feature or try to fix something that came up.

What would you say motivates you to open slack everyday?

The opportunity to work on really cool features and to brainstorm on solution to bugs and blockers.

How has your career grown since joining GetEquity?

My career has grown tremendously since I have had the privilege of working with some really interesting engineers who have impacted the way I write code and solve problems. I have learned to write cleaner code, make better PR reviews, and pay attention to the tiniest detail

What is your favourite thing about working at GetEquity?

The problem we are solving is an interesting one and we are building a first of its kind solution, the people I interact with and learn from everyday, and the culture.

What’s something you’re planning on doing in the next year that you’ve never done?

Solo Travelling.

Before we go, tell us a fun fact about you.

I like partying (rarely have time tho), I can’t swim to save my life, my jollof rice cooking skills is unmatchable.

How long have you been part of the Equifam and what’s your current role?

I’ve been here since April last year. First as a contract Frontend Engineer and then as the lead Frontend Engineer. The funniest/craziest thing about this journey is that I started/resumed a week before the first semester exams in my final year 😂😂

A week to your exams? How did that work?

Lmao, omo I had been reading during the semester and I knew how to plan my time/self. Whenever I wasn’t working, I was reading or eating. I also used my alarm and stopwatch a lot. Everything I did during that period was timed. I didn’t have time for any unnecessary chat or stuff. And funny enough, it was my best result up till that point, I guess I should have gotten a job sooner?

What does your job entail?

Usually, it involves translating designs to actual products that our users can use. Being the lead of my team means I need to ensure that my team is doing their job as required, try to help clear blockers when they appear, and meetings with the PMs to understand certain products, requirements, and timelines.

What’s your day-to-day like?

Well, my day to day currently involves me talking with the PMs on tasks, syncing with Drew and William, and then working on my tasks. I didn’t mention my teammate because he’s a top lad, and he doesn’t/rarely needs my help with issues because we always align.

What would you say motivates you to open slack every day?

Omo, I can’t even lie motivation no dey these days. But on a good day, the will/need to be better at my job, the opportunity to learn more about the space we’re building for, the amazing people at GE and of course, the fear of going broke.

How has your career grown since joining GetEquity?

Honestly yeah? It’s been very intense. No matter how many times you do it, there’s always that fear that comes with “let’s take this product live” even when you’re sure that the product is 100% good enough for our users. Working here has helped me develop more confidence. I’ve also had the opportunity to work with amazing people across different teams.

What is your favorite thing about working at GetEquity?

Top of the list for me has to be the people that make up the company. Last April made it a year since I joined the company and I wrote about it on medium, but I’ve refused to hit “publish” for everyone else to see 😂. Part of the things I wrote, was ‘the people of Getequity’. You cannot go for South Friday and not see someone from the office, or even your CEO inviting to his table/ensuring you have booze in your cup or something, Fun people = productive team.

What’s something you’re planning on doing in the next year that you’ve never done?

Omo, let me see… I want to travel, a lot too. I believe we as individuals see life from different perspectives, and have different ideologies of life because of the things we’ve been exposed to. Unless we get exposed to something different, we might keep such perspectives for the rest of our lives, so yeah…I want to travel to experience different things.

Before we go, tell us a fun fact about you

I used to rap, yes. In fact, I used to be in one group with Zlatan Ibile. There are still people that call me by my ‘rap name’ whenever I’m in Ikorodu. fun times in my opinion.😂😂

How long have you been part of the Equifam and what’s your current role?

I’ve been part of Equifam for about 6 months now and I work with the venture team as a Venture Support Associate.

What does your job entail?

My job involves everything from the pre-listing stage to the post listing.
For the pre-listing stage it involves due diligence meeting ensuring the viability of businesses to be listed. For the post listing stage it involves investment memo detailing the business, it’s market and the rationale behind the listing. I also provide venture support for listed businesses around their needs as well as reports and other information.

What’s your day-to-day like?

My day-to-day involves meetings, follow up calls and report writing.

What would you say motivates you to open slack everyday?

What makes me open slack everyday, outside the need to keep up with work related information and revert or escalate things, amebo is the next reason I open slack ooo. There is never a dull moment with Equifam, I need to know who is on the table for drags,lol

How has your career grown since joining GetEquity?

Before GetEquity, the Venture space was not one I was familair with. Hence, there was a whole lot of learning on the job for me, at the start some things were not clear. Six months in and my understanding of the space has improved as well as my interest. It also provides a platform to meet other people who outside just getting the job done is invested in making sure I understand and have clarity of purpose.

What is your favourite thing about working at GetEquity?

Favourite thing about working here is the fact that I can hit anybody up from the founding team to other colleagues and get response and another is the work environment. GetEquity knows how to ensure that outside work, the team has fun also.

What’s something you’re planning on doing in the next year that you’ve never done?

I’ve always wanted a beach house experience but haven’t gotten around that yet

Before we go, tell us a fun fact about you

Fun fact about me, hmmmm let me think. It will be my singing prowess but my friends argue that I cannot.

How long have you been part of the Equifam and what’s your current role?

I don’t know to be honest. I was a contract designer for GetEquity sometime in late 2020 up until early 2021, conceptualizing, designing and maintaining GetEquity version 1.0, and then I joined the team full-time as Lead Product Designer in 2022. So you could say at least 16 months altogether, with gaps in between.

What does your job entail?

I design the product in summary. My job entails building designs for new GetEquity products and features, adding improvements to existing sub-products and conducting market research for new product design ideas for the team while collaborating with and overseeing other designers and projects. I also define product specifications with requirements from the product managers and constantly liaise with the developers.

What’s your day-to-day like?

I don’t think I have a very strict daily routine outside of work. Just work. That’s all I do most of the time. Then on some evenings, I go to the gym for some workout, and I play a good amount of table tennis in a week. It’s not much, but it’s honest work…innit?

What would you say motivates you to open slack everyday?

Lmaooo. Not sure I’m always motivated to open Slack. But I open Slack everyday because I always need/want to liaise with the team and know what’s going on. So it’s basically out of the sheer necessity of it, and not necessarily motivation.

How has your career grown since joining GetEquity?

I’d like to approach this from a creative thinking angle, which is a subset of career growth. At GetEquity, we’re always building something entirely different, and more challenging. In some ways, it has forced me to approach problems from a different eye view. That’s growth too, I believe.

What is your favorite thing about working at GetEquity?

Mehn. It has to be the product itself for me. It’s how we’re redefining how startup investment works every single day at work. Yup, it’s the product, I find it interesting.
Apart from that, I like the little bants we throw around on Slack, as well as the holiday packages. Speaking of holiday packages, when is International Men’s Day please? Asking for a friend.

What’s something you’re planning on doing in the next year that you’ve never done?

Get married maybe? Lol.

Before we go, tell us a fun fact about you

I cannot swim to save my life.