The Savvy Wallet Podcast (Formerly The Take Off Experience Podcast)
Business:Investing
EP. 123 - CAREER EXPERT: After Making £100k+ With My 9-5 Job, I Learnt This About The Career Game...! ft. Kennie Bukky
Joining us in the booth this week is Kennie Bukky, a career expert, content creator, entrepreneur and former compliance manager.
In this episode we discuss
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Timestamps
00:00 - Preview
01:13 - Intro
01:49 - Meet Career Expert Kennie Bukky
03:28 - Growing up in Nigeria
04:40 - Moving from Nigeria to the UK…I struggled to fit in
07:04 - From failing first year in Uni to a 1st class degree!
11:46 - Mentorship helped me get my first role in finance!
15:52 - Where you are right now isn’t the final destination, you can improve!
17:11 - Earning six figures by 26…this is how I did it..!
21:14 - How I negotiate my salaries
22:16 - You have to be willing to walk away from negotations…!
23:18 - Why I decided to contract…!
25:27 - This is how you get your next contract..!
28:23 - The benefits of contracting…! (Day rates of £400/£500!)
30:37 - I didn’t just make more money, I was smarter with it…!
34:00 - Tips to help you save money
37:19 - How a high income skill can change your life…!
42:33 - High income Non-Tech roles
46:06 - High income Tech roles
51:23 - I’m not interested in climbing the career ladder..!
56:31 - You don’t need 7 streams of income…!
01:02:13 - How to stand out and land your next role
01:08:10 - If I started my career today, I’d do this…!
01:12:52 - 1-1 Mentoring, Career Community and Business Analyst & Scrum Master Bootcamps
01:17:04 - Final words
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