Femi Awodeyi resides in Ontario and he is the MD/CEO of Midas TF Consulting, a firm that has trained many Scrum Masters that earn a minimum starting salary of $105,000 per annum. In an interview with Nigerian Canadian Newspaper Canada, Femi takes us through what Midas TF Consulting does, what Scrum Master is and how prospective trainees can partake of Scrum Master training and position themselves to earn at least $105,000 per annum.
Check out the interview below:
NC News: Can we meet you?
Femi Awodeyi: My name is Femi Awodeyi. I moved to Canada in 2017. I am based in Ontario and I am the Managing Director of Midas TF Consulting Canada.
NC News: Can you tell us about Midas TF Consulting?
Femi Awodeyi: Midas TF Consulting is incorporated in Canada. We are focused on one thing, that is, to help people pivot into the world of Agile Scrum Master. This is the happening thing and it is really a good profession. What we do is help individuals irrespective of their background and experience. We want to give you all the tools you need, give you all the training, both practical and concept that is needed to boost the confidence to get a job within the Agile space, especially within Scrum Masters.
We also consult for organizations. Companies hire us to help train their staff to transition from whatever project management framework or methodology they are using into Agile. The good thing is we help them end-to-end.
NC News: Kindly take us through what Scrum Master is and why it is in high demand.
Femi Awodeyi: Good. Let’s see the work of a Scrum Master as a football coach. You can have pieces of talent on the football pitch but without a coach to orchestrate that effort, you will see players run up and down the football field to no avail. Scrum Master is the facilitator in an organization that will organize the company’s resources and deliver successful results by working together seamlessly. Scrum master is more like the one in the middle of things, helping the company to achieve agility. Agility in the context of being able to adjust to the new customer trend and the new changes that happen in the market place. Scrum Master has the communication skill, networking skill and facilitation skill to make sure it works with everybody that is needed to deliver a project. So just see it as not just a project manager but it has some deliverables within project management space where they are helping people to work together, have fluid conversations, fluid delivery model and eventually to look more customer focused.
Scrum Master is in demand because human needs change rapidly. Imagine the way people move from one technology state to another. This means companies need to have delivery models that will make them adjust to new customer changes. It allows that versatility, resilience and ability to adapt to the changes as quickly as possible. For example, when I was a Project Manager, we had a very rigid structure that involved finishing a project once we have started the project even if customers need changed but in Agile, you respond to changing customer need. Once a customer changes his needs, you want to be able to help the team to change immediately so that they can still make sure that whatever they are delivering will be useful to the customer and not just something they are delivering because oh!, we have a project, let’s just do it. What if you carry out the project and the customers have moved on? Look at Blackberry Inc., they didn’t just change and that was why they were eventually left behind in the market.
But you can see a lot of technology companies, mobile companies changing their features every year, even six months for some. These companies want to quickly respond to changing customer needs and that is why companies have discovered that they need an innovation that will train, coach and help them be at par with the ever-changing mindset as quickly as possible. That is why Scrum Agile is in demand.
NC News: What are the earning potentials of Scrum Master gurus in Canada and Nigeria?
Femi Awodeyi: Speaking about Canada, the average Scrum Master I have worked with, their starting salary ranges between 105,000 to 110,000 CAD per annum. This a very great salary that ranks them among top 5% of salary earners in Canada which is good. I am not very sure of what the earning potentials look like in Nigeria but I expect it to be juicy also as it is a good industry.
NC News: Tell us about the duration of the training at Midas TF Consulting
Femi Awodeyi: As for the duration of the course, let me state that I always establish a partnership, so it is in two levels. The course itself which involves training, certification and all that is for eight weeks and classes hold once in a week. We run two models. The first model is the class where people come together and they are trained end-to-end while the second model is private whereby trainees works directly with me on their own training. This model is more flexible, as such, we need eight classes for lectures so this can happen in four weeks if we are able to hold two classes per week.
These are the durations of the models. However, because it is a partnership thing, the training doesn’t end. We are always available whenever people need support. For example, we offer on the job support for people so it doesn’t end.
NC News: What differentiates Midas TF Consulting from others?
Femi Awodeyi: This is very simple and clear. I have worked with many trainers and I see how they train. Most times, they only train students on the theory and the concept. At Midas TF, we focus more on practical because that is what trainees need to get the job and succeed at the job. What we do is use our wealth of experience as I have been in many companies’ interview panel. For example, I have worked with some banks and some consulting firms within the financial space. I have also worked with fintech companies, energy companies, CPGs and I have always been on their hiring panel. So what I do is ensure we don’t focus on theory and concept alone. I want the trainees to understand the practical its applications. So at Midas TF Consulting, we train not only the theory but we give trainees Capstone Projects that boost their confidence and put them in a position to carry out the job seamlessly right from the first day.
The other very glaring thing we do at Midas TF Consulting is we don’t train and abandon. We have a lot of people working with us. Some of them are products of our institute that graduated last year and over two years ago and we are still connecting and collaborating because we are very heavy with on the job training support as we believe you need to get on your two feet on the job to succeed.
So we always make sure we don’t just give you the training, the certification and say goodbye. We have people that have been with us for two years on-the-job. So we are available to support your on-the-job needs because company environments differ as different companies have different work environments. So we offer on-the-job support which trainees rarely get elsewhere.
NC News: Can you take us through the training module?
Femi Awodeyi: The training module is end-to-end. We usually start with the concept of tech to expose students to what it means to be a tech person and we take them through software development cycle. Next we expose students to Agile as a methodology. Here, students are taken through Scrum end-to-end. The training here will be from concept to application. After this, we proceed to Capstone Project. Trainees will enjoy this project because they will be working as Scrum Masters live where they will run the events, the ceremonies, the artifacts and everything that happens in real life, so it is a good simulation.
The other good part is students will be working with tools like Jira, Confluence, Planning Poker, Trello, DevOps and other tools that Scrum Masters work with. Furthermore, we offer resume review and interview preps which are icing on the cake as far as on-the-job support is concerned.
NC News: Is the learning opportunity limited to Canadians?
Femi Awodeyi: To answer this question, no. Prospective trainees can be in any part of the world. Since the training is remote, we have trained people in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and in other parts of the world. It is always about checking out the timing of the lectures and working out how we can collaborate to make sure the time works for everybody.
NC News: How can prospective trainees reach you?
Femi Awodeyi: Prospective trainees can reach me on several platforms. We are available on Instagram (@MidasTFConsulting), on Facebook (MidasTF Consulting) and on my Canada WhatsApp number (4165877182). I can be reached on any of these platforms and I will be willing to help.
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This is insightful. Thanks NC News.