If you're going to lie at all, never lie about things you do not know about. This was the lesson I learned in 2020 after the covid. I got a job and was working, but the position I was working in required skilled knowledge in programming as well as a college graduate certification. One would wonder how I managed to get a job as a school drop out without either of those things. Truth be told, I thought seriously about forging a graduate result as well as an NYSC release certificate. But then my conscience would not allow me do it not out of fear though but for integrity sake. Even with how mischievous I was then I was always thinking about how my today's actions would affect me tomorrow.
I figured from the interview that the MD was conducting it by himself, so I made sure to impress with my skill set so much that I wanted him to see certificates as irrelevant. He was very impressed by my skills and when he asked about my educational background I told him I was still in the process of securing a degree for myself but then if he allowed me work with him now he would be getting an asset at a presale price because a lot of graduates do not possess the skills I had acquired at that time. He thought for a while and gave me the job. But then in the process of working I figured I was the only school drop out in the midst of graduates.
In order not to feel inferior I lied to my colleagues that I was a graduate and had even finished my service. I also lied that I was good with programming meanwhile at that time I didn't even know programming had a front and backend. One of the admins who wanted to offer me a gig asked what kind of programmer I was and I immediately started mentioning programming languages I knew in my head. She further had to explain that she was simply asking if I was a front or backend programmer (of which I didn't even know what the hell that was). And that was when I froze for like a minute (which was awkward) and then Told another lie I can't remember. That was how I lost that gig, the trust of my colleagues and made a big fool of myself.
