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The First Five Years: From Book-Smart to Streetwise
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 1 2023
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The 'First Five Years: From Book-smart to Streetwise' largely documents the early career journey of a young professional in Nigeria. The author, a Nigerian lawyer in a leading Nigerian law firm, holds nothing back in sharing details of her career trajectory, infusing lively anecdotes and authentic narrations.
Replete with vulnerability, every young professional looking to navigate the first five years of their career will find it very relatable. The memoir is set out in Eight (8) Chapters, garnished with extracts from the author's journals, personal statements or motivation letters and several other published writings.
Chapter 1 is titled 'Serendipity' and is centered around the key events leading to my choice of law as a career.Chapter 2 is titled 'Strictly Black and White' and narrates her experience as an aspirant to the Nigerian bar.
Chapter 3 is 'Solid Foundation' and opens with her struggle to get into a top-tier law firm and navigate the transition from the life of a student to a young professional in the first year of her career.
Chapter 4 titled The 'Million Dollar Questions' is a journey to discover the answers to the usual million dollar questions newly qualified lawyers usually deal with.
In Chapter 5, she talks about her attempt to have a life outside of 'please find attached'.
In Chapter 6, she talks about living in 'unprecedented times' like everyone else.
She titles Chapter 7 'Anchored'. She decides to play the cards that she was dealt and see where that would lead.
Chapter 8 - 'My Reflections from A-Z'' is a compilation of a 26-day series initially published on LinkedIn.
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