When Dara Oladosu was creating his Quoted Replies feature on Twitter, he probably did not think it would snowball into something this huge.
He stumbled upon the ability to copy a tweet’s link and search Twitter for the quotes of the tweets, then he used it to build his super useful feature.
But during a meeting yesterday, 8 November, which included Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey and Kayvon Beykpour, Twitter’s product lead, Dara was offered a job.
At this meeting, Dara’s work was discussed and Kayvon, who was fascinated with Dara’s work, offered him a job at Twitter in order to build a native quoted replies feature for the social media app.
Dara excitedly accepted the offer. Watch the video below.
The founder of @QuotedReplies just got a job offer with Twitter. The announcement was made at the meeting with media and tech entrepreneurs in Lagos.
Thanks to @Techpointdotng
Congrats Dara!! pic.twitter.com/9jYhQNXGek— OSG (@OloriSupergal) November 8, 2019
Meanwhile, Jack had a very eventful first day in Nigeria, which he documented on his Twitter page.
First, he had dinner with some top personalities in Nigeria. Spot Toolz!
Great dinner w some new friends pic.twitter.com/HsCwicfouN
— jack?? (@jack) November 7, 2019
Then he had a meeting with the guys at CCHub.
Talking with the entrepreneurs of @Cc_HUB! pic.twitter.com/F1isQmB8TQ
— jack?? (@jack) November 8, 2019
While he was there, he was presented with a gift:
"He is a BIG fan of Kendrick Lamar" @cc_hub @jack pic.twitter.com/mtZzrv6Q1r
— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) November 8, 2019
Next, he was at the University of Lagos where he met with students and staff members.
Visiting @UnilagNigeria! Great questions with students and staff. I’ll be back pic.twitter.com/1lCQxrkxPx
— jack?? (@jack) November 8, 2019
Then he was at Andela:
Thank you for the tour and chat today ?@Andela_Nigeria?! pic.twitter.com/uROVPeBVmF
— jack?? (@jack) November 8, 2019
And he finally rounded up his day yesterday at Techpoint Nigeria.
Thank you @Techpointdotng! Great talking with you all. pic.twitter.com/hPUc7cXiLW
— jack?? (@jack) November 8, 2019
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