We Know What It Feels Like
to Be Underestimated
We're Noah and Tayo Oloja. Nigerian immigrants. When we arrived in Australia, we had qualifications, experience, and drive — but none of it seemed to matter here.
Tayo was working three jobs — a 7-11 shift, a 2-8 shift, and an 11-6 shift. She was exhausted, underpaid, and invisible to the system. Noah heard every version of "you need local experience."
The turning point came in a mortuary in Nigeria. Noah's father had just died. Standing there, alone, something broke open — and we decided we were done waiting for permission.
250+ people later, $30.3 million in combined graduate salaries later, we can tell you with certainty: the system works. It works for immigrants. It works for career changers. It works for people who've been told they're not enough.
This playbook is the starting point.