Tutor722:
You don't have to choose when you can be both!! If you learn these technologies in the order stated. Html, Css, Vanilla JavaScript, React.js, Mongodb, Git You already have 70% of the required skills to be either

For Mobile App, add React Native

For Web App, add Node.js

For Web3 or Blockchain App(Dapp), add Solidity, Truffle, Ganache

For Desktop App, add Electron.js

You gotta start from the basics and build projects along the way. If you cut off ALL distractions, the first 6 technologies in bold can be learned in 6 months. Whatsapp me for detailed RoadMap

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peterincredible:
op you are thinking just like me i want to be a full stack engineer and also an ml engineer i think nigeria is not yet ripe dor this skills set but i think u can be both hear is my path i am a fullstack engineer using (react,nodejs and mongodb) so the plan is since ml is not yet ripe i will start looking for a job as a fullstack engineer then when i get the job i wil start learning ml small small then at the side find a way to run to canada this my plan is a 3 years plan so what u need to do is
1. learn python and any sql database
2. learn django,html,css,and javascript
3. get a job with it so u start making money
4. when comfortable with python and django then learn linear algebra,
5. learn multivariant calculus,
6. learn statistics and probability
7. then start with andrew ng coursera course on ml
8. work on projects and when u are their either if nigerian companies have started looking for ml enginer then u apply if not either u freelance or u leave the country this will take u tym sha maybe 2 year or 3 but anyway learn learn learn

as for me am already learning linear algebra and ml prerequisite i pray by the time i get to no 8 on the list i would have left this country i pray so

tensazangetsu20:
Everyone that knows me off Nairaland knows I am a huge pessimist but when it comes to tech or the tech industry in general I am the greatest optimist you can find. I believe tech has the potential to change people's lives and it has done so. It is also the only industry that thrives on merit. No one cares what school you went to, what grades you had. What people care about is what you can do. You can't say the same about engineering or law or medicine.

I made this same thread last year and after working professionally for a while now, I believe there are some things that are important but I overlooked and I am making this again to guide the newbies on the right path. This thread is subjectively my own opinion but you can do your own research before picking up a path to stick to.

The focus on this thread will be on web development and the path to learning it right as I believe web development is the most profitable aspect of programming a Nigerian can get into. There are other fields but I don't know how profitable they are or how easy they are to break into.

If I was to start learning web development today in order to get a junior web dev role, I would start like this :

I would learn HTML. This is practically the easiest path and I believe absolutely everyone can learn this. After that, I would move to CSS. This is where the problem starts and by this level, people start to give up. I believe CSS is easy especially with the right course and I would always recommend Maximillian Schwarz CSS the complete guide course as that course made me not fear CSS. As you are learning these things, please build alongside. Dont just watch videos and sleep and think you have known them. Trust me you haven't known them at all. Implement the knowledge to cement it.

Once you are comfortable with CSS move on to Javascript. At this level, 80 percent of self-learners have given up. It's most people's first programming language and honestly, as a first language, javascript isn't easy. I also recommend the javascript course from Maximillian Schwarz. I still believe it's the best javascript course ever made and I still refer to it in my daily job as a developer.

Now this is where it gets tricky, I usually tell people to move on to React after Javascript, and rightly so but once you have learned javascript and you have found yourself to be very comfortable with it, start learning data structures and algorithms. I used to say this isnt important at all and was a waste of time but after working as a dev for more than a year, trust me I was just being very stupid. You cant even be a programmer without solid fundamentals in data structures. It doesn't matter whether you are a platform developer, a frontend developer, a backend developer, a WordPress developer or whatnot. You need your data structures and algorithms. It's like building a house on sand. Sooner or later it's gonna come collapsing. How do you even implement infinite scrolling in React without knowing graphs and how they work? Thats just one scenario. Double for loops in salesforce will break your org beyond proportions you cant imagine and a whole lot of other scenarios I cant even list out here which I have experienced for myself.


You don't need to spend 8 hours a day figuring out data structures and algorithms once comfortable with javascript. I recommend an hour or two a day. Learn the basic data structures (arrays, LinkedList, stacks, queues, graphs, trees) and the basic sort algorithms even if you don't understand it initially, cram it. Every day repeat what you have crammed then solve questions on leetcode easy to medium. No one will ask hard to a junior dev even medium is also very rare but just do it. Aside even learning data structures to be a better developer, its also the path to the very highly paid jobs. The earlier you learn them the better job hunting will go for you. Just imagine it like this, it takes you 4 months to be comfortable with javascript and you need like another 4 months for react, a platform and your projects and you are solving 1 to 2 dsa questions daily in the 4 months up to react. When ready to job hunt, count how many questions that is instead of waiting for when you have everything and you start job hunting to start learning it and you start failing interviews everywhere. The earlier the better even if you dont understand cram. Companies use the same questions which are available online.

Next is a javascript framework. I recommend React, I won't even advise my enemy to waste their time with vue but some will do it and still come online to cry. The react ecosystem is big and getting bigger. You have gatsby, you have blitzjs, you have Nextjs. Even in blockchain and web3 go and check most of the jobs require proficiency in React. Learn React !!! Enough said.

At this level, you should have your projects beautiful nice designs well created and implemented. Create a CV and start job hunting. Dont limit yourself to Nigeria. Apply everywhere. UK, US, Japan, Sweden. Tech transcends borders. Apply to jobs like a mad man.

At this job hunting stage, leetcode should be increased to at least 4 hours everyday and learning should still be done after React I recommend a platform. Same as my thread last year but most platform dev interviews are still algo based so no issue for you there.

You can also start looking at backend too but honestly if you have followed everything here, getting a job should be very easy.

lordally:


Hello Baba...I don't think I'm at a level to mentor you now ... Cos I'm also learning too i've learnt HTML , CSS and currently learning JavaScript.... of which after that I'll learn React.... So if these are what you intend learning then I can help you with the required materials for them...like a well detailed material... I'm in Lagos by the way!

lordally:


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Software development course ( I'll provide )
Are the major thing he needs then Data ...over all na determination

IceColdVeins:
Kashif! its in .pdf

Ejiod:
Out of the 3,
One from from lekki asked me to analyze data as assessment of which I pythonize it,running pandas and Power BI on it.Had to utilize all my skills to solve the problem.This was a big edge I had over others.Some excel users will be calling theirselves data analyst but they are just far from it... before you knew it,in just a week I got a notification that "Can I resume the following week" with a net pay of 180k. Damn!... I was so so happy... first data analyst job and the best thing about it was that it was remote..No transport, just me in my house and I report to boss every Friday what I've been doing.
Had to share my story too to freetutorials.us because they were helpful with tons of tutorials I downloaded from them.
Fast forward..4 month into the job damn, I started expanding and experimenting my skills. I became more of a Business intelligence developer. Before a year, I've toured round 15 states in Nigeria all by flight....
I loved what I was doing then,but one thing about remote job is that sometimes it may make you lazy and extravagant sometimes. Its then you will be thinking of going to cinema to watch film or event centers......

Firerising:

Pls I will need your assistance.i just started learning IT programming languages



Abeg I will need ur assistance if you are a programmer...

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