Let me share my 2 cents on this debate.

Follow the beaten path to search for credentials at the risk of your role / career being gobbled up by
a few lines of code and 3rd rate cheap AI.

The path the lady has taken is a bold one, and one that is required in our current fast changing
environment. To study and complete a degree in microbiology in a skewed education system like the
Kenyan system, is a feat on it’s own. Gong beyond that, she has had to unlearn the tricks of passing
exam in science uni in Kenya and boldly gone to Russia, facing several odds. Learning a different
language, a different system and a totally different area of study- Political science.

The current status of our ever-changing world requires such people. Who can learn and unlearn and
relearn.

This is the same sample of leaders we see leading the world. Ones who can combine the exact and
the abstract. The science and the arts. The ones who are not conventional. The list is endless… of
persons who study totally obscure courses and end up weaving their experiences to a beautiful
mosaic of a career. To name a few: Sheryl Sandberg; Steve Jobs; Amina Mohammed. (Oki Ooko
Ombaka *Oti vipi?). Actually, if you study the path taken by most exceptional leaders you will find a
concoction of vast and wide education that combines both the academic, and experiential (street).

The lady is in a beautiful road. Let’s not castigate her for choosing a path less travelled. She is blazing
a trail and should be encouraged. Let her learn and soar and be given a chance to share her
experiences in the workplace.