dhtml18:
O yeah, speaking of open-source and stuffs ehn, the new Nairaland is almost out - in another 24 - 48 hours

dhtml18:

I cannot sell my trade secret just like that now. Of course there has to be money in the end, but it is about building trust in each other.

Afam4eva:

I think we've gone beyond the era of ideas doing the magic. The problem these days is mostly funding and putting the proper structure in place. There are a lot of smart people who can whip up ideas anyhow, so ideas are really not it these days.

silento:


I will never forget dhtml18
that guy is the reason my bank account is smilling today

I use to develop desktop app

until I start monitoring dhtml18 I discover that this guy knows many language but html na his selling point I start emulating him I start learning html 1week. css 1week getting to php I discover it was almost same with c language my favorite language

so I just look at it once download a reference pdf for php

head over to sql and mysql under one month I finish am ready to test my skills learnt so far

few weeks later a close friend hook me up to program huawei modem unlock code calculator in php I was paid 15k

it was like a movies

less than 2weeks I landed a farm website and a website for organization this two website landed almost 150k in my account in less than one month

I have coded in c,c++,python for 4years with total gain of 80k for almost 3years

but in less than 3months in web developing I have earn more than 200k


the reason people fail in programming world is not solving a real problem with your code

you have love calculator, scientific calculator, love calculator, bank software, school, hotel software

they are good but have you actually been to hotel to see how hotel systems work have you been to school and ask lectures and teachers what they need to help them do there work and suggests ideals for them

before I dive into web programming I have offline software which I have do for individuals that help them carry out there daily task fast and easy

this people are the ones that referred to me almost 40% of my web clients

so here is my reasons why people fail

1.not making a usefulness software

2. not knowing your niche ;

believe it or not nothing sells than online and mobile software in Nigeria

200millions active internet users Bro

why develop for offline if you are sure 200millions are waiting online for your web app


3. cheap price

I was once guilty of this
under charging a client later you will discover that only gas money have finish all the money that the beginning of not meeting a dead line

you don't need to kill your client with price

but try to calculate the cost before telling a client the final amount and always to extra 50k or 40K we dey Nigeria even if you tell Him 1k he will still price it five hundreds

it is better to be called over charging programmer than to be called a quack one who always fails to deliver


I will save the lest for another day

omokoladejames:
Just Adding my own 2 kobo to all the good ideas by others....

I think one of the things also killing our tech industry is what i call the LOCAL CHAMPION SYNDROME.. I have meet too many people that think dey be king kong for programming just because dey better pass the people around them when in fact what they know is not up to the level of one 16yr old boy in US or china.This creates a problem for because we end up over hyping our skills when in fact we are mediocre and at the end of the day ,we are not able to compete on the world stage...

I'm not saying we don't have guys that are very good,what am saying is that the vast majority of us self acclaimed gurus are not there yet. Take for example the smart glasses by intel(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnfwClgheF0&t=4s ) . To build something like this no be by mouth or by being able to write 10k lines of code. you need to have really deep knowledge of whatever technology you are using.

Like i said , i do believe their are people who have real depth in their fields but they are just too few and until the rest of us stop this chairman attitude and start accepting we still have much more to learn, we go tey for this mediocrity wey we dey.

I believe this will also foster collaboration and knowledge sharing because once we remove that unnecessary pride from the equation, people would be more open to share and to receive thereby increasing the general knowledge pool..

In the words of Mr Kendrick Lamar, lets be humble , sit down and get to work...

davinchecodes:


Whats your stack BRO?

omokoladejames:
Sorry bro, I don't have a stack cos I'm a product designer not a full-time programmer any more but I can work with Java, Ruby on Rails,PHP, JavaScript,c++,a couple of other php frameworks and I'm picking up Python this year, because of this whole big data stuff.

I'm a product designer

davinchecodes:

Why are you not having a start-up or in one bro?

Can you expanciate Pls?

dragonking2:
Please how did you apply for the job?

omokoladejames:

Bro I'm actually working at a startup,hence my new job role.


It's actually a broad concept but basically my role is to take an idea and develop it into a final product that customers would pay for. So it start from asking if X is our problem, is this idea the best way in solving the problem from a customer's perspective. If the idea validates, then it's off to working with everyone involved in the design and development chain from the UX to the UI to the programmers,the network guys ,support and anybody else that might be involved, hence the need for me to be able to speak everyone's language. So it's not just about how the product looks and feels but how it works.

davinchecodes:

Cool bro,
Are there hope for data achitect ?

omokoladejames:


Sure. With the trend moving towards IOT AND machine learning, data architects are becoming increasingly important.

davinchecodes:

Thanks bro, How did you join a start-up or are you a founder?

omokoladejames:


You welcome boss... Yea i'm one of the founders...