Mavin Mootseng

Does your child take things apart just to see what's inside? Good. We're planning a go-kart take-apart-and-rebuild pilot in Windhoek: ages 9–15, 10 places, 29 Apr–31 May 2027. Every town welcome to register interest. Places not guaranteed. Fixer or breaker? One word.

You got the degree. Now get ready for a first salary that barely covers a room, food and taxi money. Only 9 of us made it into a Standard Bank programme. We signed contracts and thought our struggles were over. They weren't. Ch 11 of The Graduate. Salary or skills? One word.

Your degree is a piece of paper. Employers hire skills. I got an accounting degree, then caught myself reading science journals for fun. That first degree may just have been my "general degree." Ch 10 of The Graduate. Degree or skills? One word.

You're not unmotivated. You're overstimulated. Your phone is quietly eating your dreams. I struggled with reading. At first I could not even finish an article. SA averages 3h36m a day on social media. Ch 9 of The Graduate. Phone or book tonight? One word.

Too proud to work for free? Then enjoy staying unemployed with a degree. After my degree I offered to work for free. None of the big audit firms wanted me, even for free. A small firm paid me N$1,000. That was the start. Ch 8 of The Graduate. Volunteer or wait? One word.

Too proud to work for free? Then enjoy staying unemployed with a degree. After my degree I offered to work for free. None of the big audit firms wanted me, even for free. A small firm paid me N$1,000. That was the start. Ch 8 of The Graduate. Volunteer or wait? One word.

A Namibian graduate just wrote about Chapter 6 of The Graduate from her own life. She kept dating at a distance through school, then found her first adult relationship still harder than expected, not for lack of money or time, but for lack of practice. Worth reading if you waited, or if you’re guiding a teenager who hasn’t started.

Many graduates chose their career from a guess, and they pay for it for 40 years. I guessed. I picked accounting because I thought money was everything. 5 years of study later I was an N$1,000 intern. Ch 7 of The Graduate. Paperback + Kindle below. Chosen or guessed? One word.

A school relationship can cost you a whole year, and sometimes a whole career. It took me 9 years to finish my book, and my relationship at the time was one of the things that stalled it. Ch 6 of The Graduate. Paperback + Kindle below. Love or books first? One word.