Good day guys..Please this question is very important to me as it has to do with my future.

Sometime last year I made a post of how depression almost ruin my life.

But thank God I'm back on my feet..

I have always have interest in programming, but have not been able to pursue the career in the past.But now I have got my enthusiasm back and I want to become a full stack developer.

I had a chat with one Ghana programming academy and they told me that it takes 6 months to become a full stack developer,and the fee is around 450,000 naira equivalent in cedis.
What really interest me about them is that they said
JOB IS GUARANTY AFTER THE SIX MONTHS COURSE.

But I'm not so sure about that claim hence the need to ask my fellow nairalanders..

I want to build a career in tech/programming..

I am willing to pay whatever its takes to get the knowledge.. GUYS,PLS HOW IS IT LIKE TO GET A JOB AFTER THE COURSE?
Pls guys help out..

Masturbator2020:
Good day guys..Please this question is very important to me as it has to do with my future.

Sometime last year I made a post of how depression almost ruin my life.

But thank God I'm back on my feet..

I have always have interest in programming, but have not been able to pursue the career in the past.But now I have got my enthusiasm back and I want to become a full stack developer.

I had a chat with one Ghana programming academy and they told me that it takes 6 months to become a full stack developer,and the fee is around 450,000 naira equivalent in cedis.
What really interest me about them is that they said
JOB IS GUARANTY AFTER THE SIX MONTHS COURSE.

But I'm not so sure about that claim hence the need to ask my fellow nairalanders..

I want to build a career in tech/programming..

I am willing to pay whatever its takes to get the knowledge.. GUYS,PLS HOW IS IT LIKE TO GET A JOB AFTER THE COURSE?
Pls guys help out..

There is no six Month of training that would land you a Job. Anyone who told you that is using programming to play a Ponzi scheme. After six month of learning you need more month of practice to gain confidence enough to do practical applications and that will be under the guidance of more experienced people. Infact within 1.5years you will be able to build many things you didn’t think you can build but to be able to secure a practical job could take you extra more months of practice and experiment to give you such confidence

stanliwise:

There is no six Month of training that would land you a Job. Anyone who told you that is using programming to play a Ponzi scheme. After six month of learning you need more month of practice to gain confidence enough to do practical applications and not under the guidance of more experienced people. Infact within 1.5years you will be able to build many things you didn’t think you can build but to be able to secure a practical job could take you extra more months of practice and experiment to give you such confidence

Thanks, I really appreciate.

You guys are just viewing without comment,pls comment.

stanliwise:

There is no six Month of training that would land you a Job. Anyone who told you that is using programming to play a Ponzi scheme. After six month of learning you need more month of practice to gain confidence enough to do practical applications and that will be under the guidance of more experienced people. Infact within 1.5years you will be able to build many things you didn’t think you can build but to be able to secure a practical job could take you extra more months of practice and experiment to give you such confidence

I got my first job in six months of learning and I know people who got jobs in 3 months of learning.

tensazangetsu20:

I got my first job in six months of learning and I know people who got jobs in 3 months of learning.

There are people who are paid to learn. it's not common in Nigeria though.

We should discard this idea of extremely hard work. Sometimes, all you need is to be smart.

tensazangetsu20:

I got my first job in six months of learning and I know people who got jobs in 3 months of learning.

State the kind of Job you got and moreso with what background

Karleb:


There are people who are paid to learn. it's not common in Nigeria though.

We should discard this idea of extremely hard work. Sometimes, all you need is to be smart.

Paid to learn? Wow,hearing this for the first time..

tensazangetsu20:

I got my first job in six months of learning and I know people who got jobs in 3 months of learning.

This sound so encouraging bro,thanks.

Masturbator2020:
Paid to learn? Wow,hearing this for the first time..

I've seen so many like that on twitter.
I know of a girl who is an intern and is getting paid in Lagos. I don't know the amount tho.

Like I said, it's not common in Nigeria.

Took me 8 months of learning to get my first fullstack (MERN) position, a month later I got a backend (Node js) role. currently doing both.

Overall it's certainly not easy, you have a lot of learning to do and even at that you will send out a lot of job applications that won't even be acknowledged.

I also took the bootcamp approach and it wasn't till my bootcamp connected me with my first job that it became easy to get interviews from other companies. I will recommend you use a bootcamp in Lagos if your intention is to work in Lagos rather than Ghana. These bootcamps have serious connections with employers within their domains, especially the well established one's.

spartan117:
Took me 8 months of learning to get my first fullstack (MERN) position, a month later I got a backend (Node js) role. currently doing both.

Overall it's certainly not easy, you have a lot of learning to do and even at that you will send out a lot of job applications that won't even be acknowledged.

I also took the bootcamp approach and it wasn't till my bootcamp connected me with my first job that it became easy to get interviews from other companies. I will recommend you use a bootcamp in Lagos if your intention is to work in Lagos rather than Ghana. These bootcamps have serious connections with employers within their domains, especially the well established one's.

Thank you bro..Can you recommend any bootcamp you know pls?

Masturbator2020:
Thank you bro..Can you recommend any bootcamp you know pls?

I know of Decagon and Stutern, you can look into them. Stutern seem to be the cheaper of the two though.
You can also look into Bincom

Masturbator2020:
Thank you bro..Can you recommend any bootcamp you know pls?

Have you heard of Skill Up Africa. Google their website

Vicky2k:


Have you heard of Skill Up Africa. Google their website

Thanks

spartan117:

I know of Decagon and Stutern, you can look into them. Stutern seem to be the cheaper of the two though.
You can also look into Bincom

Thanks