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I used to earn N70,000 as a 9-5er- Miss Techy

In this brief conversation with Creative Brief, Miss Techy tells us exactly how she began her role as her influencer.

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Joseph Olaoluwa
Dec 9, 2022
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Tech Content creator ,Tobi Ayeni, also known as Miss Techy

Flashback to a viral video posted on February 20, 2021, by a beautiful young lady manipulating video content. Remember? That is Miss Techy, original name, Tobi Ayeni. Currently, that video has 74,000 views and close to 10,000 likes. That was the introduction of Miss Techy, the creative to the Nigerian tech space. Ever since then, many have looked forward to the unique artistry generated by her videos. In this brief conversation with Creative Brief, Miss Techy tells us exactly how she began her role as her influencer.

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The first time I saw your video was one where you were doing a lot of manipulations. Between then and now, how has the journey been?

It's been quite pleasing and I have been consistent. So, I would like to say I have evolved because back then, there was a style of videos that was trending.  I have learnt that for every time and season, there is always something you need to learn and unlearn. I think it is bit of learning new stuff and adding it to my repertoire

How is your creative process like?

Interestingly, I am staunch supporter of you are what you eat or you are what you feed yourself. My creative process is watching a lot of Visual effects (VFX) videos and it's from that I am inspired to make cool content. It is not copy and paste, but watching them, adding my own thing to it and creating something. I watch content, think of an idea because it is VFX- there is only a number of effects you can use in a video. Once I am done, I think of an effect and tell a story around that effect. 

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Misstechy (Tobi Ayeni) @MissTechyNG
👀 So, I heard that this video blew up on Whatsapp. Have you seen it before now? Please RT.
7:02 AM ∙ Feb 20, 2021
9,559Likes4,391Retweets

Do you edit your videos yourself?

Yes I do. Funny thing is, I don't like shooting but I actually love the editing aspect. That's the fun part for me and where the passion lies. I do edit my videos myself but I am looking to expand and outsource certain areas of edits. 

Miss Techy
Miss Techy at the Trendupp Awards

Why is that?

Because at the end of the day, once you are scaling up and getting more jobs, there is only so much you can do. You need to get more hands to balance it. That's why I have to outsource certain aspects of the editing. 

How did you begin creating content?

I started off as a blogger. Then, I started watching stuff from Zack King. So I went on YouTube to find out how to do that and use it to tell stories from the tech angle. 

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Misstechy (Tobi Ayeni) @MissTechyNG
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11:54 AM ∙ Aug 27, 2022
12Likes4Retweets

Why tech? You could have done comedy?

I have always been a gadget girl. I have been a freak about gadgets since Covenant University. I used to fix my friends laptop for N500. It's not that it's a hardware problem but a software problem. You know how we get when a problem happens and we want to take it to a software engineer. I found a way to use Google to solve problems. So girls knew me. All I did was just use Google. 

My parents were also a factor. They got me my first personal computer and my brother and I used to compete against ourselves on Mavis Beacon. We also used to compete against ourselves on who types faster. We played a number of games. That's where it started because I am the type of girl that is always in front of the computer. 

So you have majorly dealt with software, not hardware?

I am thinking of integrating like hardware content in helping people fix their phones themselves. I still don't know how the Nigerian audience would receive it. 

Miss Techy
Techy

Looking back, how long have you been doing this? Has it paid off? 

I have been doing this since 2015. I remember I was earning N70,000 at a 9-5 before it went up to N100,000. Now that money is like child's play compared to what I am earning. In terms of monetary wise, it has paid off. In terms of the value I give to people because of the type of audience I have, it has paid off. In all ramifications, it has paid off.

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