Guys, there's a part of me that wants to go for software development not as a career but more or less like a skill that I can use to be self employed like every other entrepreneur and SMEs out there doing one thing or the other to keep themselves busy apart from their certificate.

Some people told me that its not a worthwhile skill to acquire, please can you enlighten a brother?

From the little I know, it is a worthwhile skill anyday anytime.
However, the entrepreneurial and the technology roles are two different worlds entirely apart.
They are both skills you have to acquire separately (and maybe independently).
You might be the best programmer with the best skills, but if you do not have the business skill to sell and market yourself, it will be very difficult for you to survive in the marketplace.
Combining the two seem slightly difficult, because I think they are the two ends of a rope -
the techy part tends to want to make you a bit "anti-social", but the business part requires you to be very much social.
In the end, they are both very rewarding.

my2naira

omoelu1:
From the little I know, it is a worthwhile skill anyday anytime.
However, the entrepreneurial and the technology roles are two different worlds entirely apart.
They are both skills you have to acquire separately (and maybe independently).
You might be the best programmer with the best skills, but if you do not have the business skill to sell and market yourself, it will be very difficult for you to survive in the marketplace.
Combining the two seem slightly difficult, because I think they are the two ends of a rope -
the techy part tends to want to make you a bit "anti-social", but the business part requires you to be very much social.
In the end, they are both very rewarding.

my2naira

Thanks for sharing your opinion

Yes u can ,it all depends on wat ur interest is ....gudluck