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Hello @all. Please does injoo T1 tablet has(or have) a memory card slot?

@ajasa, have u seen xiaomi's tablet it's very nice but it doesn't have sim card capability.
I think the best thing one can get for a budget of 40k for a 16gb 2gb ram os 4.4 with sim card and memory card slot is a used galaxy note 8.0, i price it at ikeja yesterday and it was around that price.

But as for me i guess i''ll just settle with injoo T1, 16,500 on jumia, it's a 7" 8gb 1gb ram with dual sim and os 4.4 but i'm not yet sure if it has mem card slot. Has anyone here confirmed that(i.e whether it has mem card slot or not)?

hello guys pls does it have a memory card slot?

pcguru1:
like i seriously i admire them, i really need to get up my algorithm (mathematical wise) it's gradually going down due to lack of challenge

i swear me-sef dey envy dem oh, i tried to lay my hands on some of kudaisi's Qs but it was then i realised that i really need to sit up and learn d 'hard' languages, cos my brother, there's no short-cut to success oh. I also realized that with d current stream, one just has to upgrade and differentiate himself from d crowd cos very soon all these web-development will be so easy(of cos to some extent), especially wit d help of all these CMSes, plugins, libraries n co, that there won't be much value attached to someone who parades himself as a web dev(as we have it in 9ja here).

well as for me i'll prefer he moves to java(enterprise or whatever it's called) straight, cos there's no time my brother. Even me, up till today i'm still regretting why i didn't take my java serious(even though i had all d opportunity to learn it) and rather chose web.(my candid opinion sha.)

Likewise note that u can achieve with java what u'ld achieve with php(or web as it's being called) and after u've learnt java(very well) it'll be easy to 'cross-over' to php since they both belong to d same c-like language family.

hello ajasa, have u gotten d tablet, i'm currently in a situation like urs and i'm somehow skeptical of buying d bryte tablet, what's ur advice?

Just a note: Everything isn't about money oh, i believe it's more about the passion u have for d work, that's why most of the guys on threads like this https://www.nairaland.com/2286523/trivia-coding-questions-euler-project, (kudaisi n his fellow goons) u won't find them here cos they are d real programmers and are not really concerned about how much is this or that (just my little thoughts sha, i might be wrong, but anyways kudos to them)

thewebcraft:
Work as a Software Developer @ikeja 250 per month but still freelance .................

Baddest!

@seun et co
here's an example of a programming job description and salary for a nigerian tech coy (i guess the jobs are still open for those who might want to apply)
https://pmglobal.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=6, fotten from here: http://www.pmglobaltechnology.com/careers/


@blueye tnx, seen it.

pcguru1:
I keep my profile pix , as to gain people's trust in the programming section i need to be known. and no he's not doesn't mean the other aint.

Abeg how una dey take add d profile picture sef, cos i can't seem to see any option for that in my profile page.

edit: okay, i have seen it under edit profile.

Since majority of 'programmers' we have in nigeria are web developers and majority program in PHP, i want to list some skills that we need to know and be conversant with, especially if u want to seek a paid job cos these are some of the things u would be asked about:

1. U should know object-oriented PHP and php 5.4 (square-bracket arrays, namespaces, interfaces etc).

2. U should know design patterns (observer, factory, singleton and co) and OOAD/software design principles(SOLID)

3. U should know software testing like unit-testing n co.

4. U should know relational design, entity
relationship and be very good with SQL.

5. U should know how to use PHP built-in server or apache or nginX and install d different components individually instead of using wampserver.

6. U should know about security: SSL, side-jacking, SQL injection, CSRF, etc. Generally u should be familiar with OWASP principles.

7. U should be familiar with Jquery and at least one Javascript framework, e.g backbone(the simplest of d big 3), angular(the most popular and most-hyped) or ember(d best bust most difficult), if u can't then at least be familiar with one JS templating engine like handlebars or UnderscoreJS.

8. U should also be familiar with front and backend debugging, especially with chrome dev tools.

9. U may or should also be familiar with at least one PHP framework (like laravel, codeigniter, symfony and yii)

10. U should or may also be familiar with at least one PHP templating engine(in case u don't want to use a framework) like twig or smarty and also be familiar with using composer to leverage on and use other packages that have been built by other developers
.

11. U should know how to use git or any other versioning system.

12. U should also be familiar with some other 'jargons' like TDD, BDD, SOLID and co.

You may add others as u feel it's necessary.

omo that officer go brave gan oh!
I hope we can now see some of the obvious reasons why the LASG government banned okadas on our highways, and that not everything the govt. does (even though they might have some cons) is bad.

I forgot to mention also that as a programmer u have to have 24 hours access to ur computer, i.e there should be no downtime at all, cos u are like a server, it might be in the night that people need u or in d night that u feel like working and the rest. so all these are part of the overheads and operational cost incurred in being a programmer.

my guy, what do u currently know, are u currently a techie(e.g a network guy with ccna n co. that wants to switch to programming or a server guy and d rest) or u don't have any relationship (job-wise) with core tech?

If u already know some programming before i will advise u to continue learning ur programming (learn JAVA) and pursue ur masters (only if u intend doing it abroad) and look for a good school like stanford, MIT and co where their IT department is very good(u can google abt the different schools). But if u want to pursue the master then i will prefer(my candid opinion) u save d money and focus on ur learning.

Proffdada:
120-130k? I'm trying to get inspired

my guy, not that i'm an igrate oh, but 120k(dem go still comot tax and pension oh) is [too] small for a programmer, considering the environment we live in. ok lets break it down:
daily tfare, food and miscellaneous: 1k * 25 ~ 30k
U have to have constant, reliable and uninterrupted internet access ~ 5 to 10k
U have to pay for courses online (as a developer u MUST keep improving urself and learning everything learnable from security to bigdata to devops to IOT to machine learning to embedded programming n co., cos the tech world is changing everyday and if one isn't updated u'ld be left behind)
U also have to pay for different softwares and cloud services(if u're d type thats says no to piracy(i used to b4, but owu na bastard ))

so at d end of d month majority of this 100k is spent back on the job itself!

That's why i feel a programmer shouldn't earn anything less than 200k(i feel we are getting there sha small small(only if peeps like our oga at d top here where serious)), at least 21 year old stanford grads for silicon val dey boast of $100,000 salary per annum and we we dey here dey happy for 120k/month! smh!

pcguru1:
my boss knows am on Nairaland , however mentioning pay scale is a tricky and touchy topic. it cost me nothing to tell you, you can personally i'd tell you not on a public forum. even of my staff had an article written on him on techcabal a very touching topic, and the company we worked for was mentioned, it was a serious issue. 120/130k hmmmm that's not bad it depends on your experience and relevance to the company. but then again you would get better in Konga/Andela but i never take jobs because of how much i can earn but what type of experience i can gain from the company. If not i'd be working for Andela. Experience with hardcore tools matter to me, you can never have enough money anyway.

ok. that's nice. i forgot to mention that i have about 1-2 years post NYSC experience.

I'm also a fan of working where i can gain alot(but the money has to be reasonable too, cos na 9ja we dey, no be america), that's why personally i'ld prefer to work where i have senior experienced programmers not ppl like me, so that i can tap from their knowledge, cos no matter how much u code on ur own there are some things u [only] learn (better and faster) when working in a team. U also get to be exposed to some devops skills that u might not be able to acquire when u freelance.

WhiZTiM:
The proprietor, seun, I believe, has so much on his desk daily, he can't and is not expected to spend much time trying work this out with everyone...

If he has so much on his desk, why not hire people, even if it will mean hiring foreigners, just to get the job done, at least i'm aware the money is there, and if there isn't, then i'm sure there are 100s of (angel) investors lining up to pour money into NL. Well, d best is for us to just be looking and wish him well.

But generally speaking, at least i feel he should carry us along(on the progress of NL) and jettison all these 9ja mentality, at least if u go to quora and other tech forums u'll see different threads where adam d'angelo, jimmy wales and co are answering questions about the state of their different projects, u would even see threads detailing the different technologies used in running their stacks and the likes, but here in 9ja it's a different story.

yes oh, oga kudaisi, na so we see am oh. i just thank God say them no ban me. I guess the msg oga seun is trying to pass is that we should just mind our bizness and use the site like every other Nairalander. Anyway, seun na still my guy sha, , how i wish say i sabi how to hack, i 4 try do am strong thing.

Automate the Boring Stuff with Python.
http://automatetheboringstuff.com/
please check this out, it's a nice free python book.

funny enough, i asked a similar question on a thread recently and got only one reply, i was curious cos then i was looking for a job (in strictly programming) (since everybody no fit be co-founder ), but only one person replied on the thread, i had to go out to search for d answers myself.
I did about 4 interviews in some core tech coys(mostly some of our super-startups) and the average salary they offered me was 120 to 130k. Although i consider myself an intermediate programmer and i do mostly web programming (php, JS stack, and small python and java).

I personally don't know why people like hiding their salary or where they work(it's not a must u state it exactly) cos if u visit sites like glassdoor, payscale, indeed and co, u will see d average salary someone with your skill-set earns, but here in 9ja, everyone behaves as if they are working for EFCC or CIA when asked about their salary or work details online! smh

Well I just came across this post, from another curious nairatechlander too.

Oga seun get to work abeg. NL suppose don dey jobberman's list of top 100 naija comapnies to work for!

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Jregz:
How come other social networks like twitter, facebook n co have public APIs that 3rd party devs harness and make intelligence from

this blows my mind https://github.com/BillCruise/BountyBot?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C3147316398

Nice one.


Here's a nice read to corroborate my post.

http://www.techcabal.com/2013/05/22/big-question-if-nairaland-is-nigerias-tumblr-why-hasnt-it-been-acquired-yet/

thewebcraft:
I use nairaland API (PHP)

Abeg tell me about it cos I haven't heard of such b4.

Oga seun I hail oh!

Observation(in addition to d ones I and some other peeps here have made b4):

How come other social networks like twitter, facebook n co have public APIs that 3rd party devs harness and make intelligence from these data thereby making a living for themselves and NL has none.

Please u need to sit up oh as boys are not smiling! if its for u to hire developers from outside d country to help with (re)building NL, then it won't be far-fetched since dis is d practice of world-class tech coys (e.g google hires d best brains around d world and even hired d creator of python to help build maintain and expand their empire, same thing for other super-startups like linkedIn, dropbox, facebook n co).

Please u really need to take NL to a higher level as I see NL having a potential of facebook, twitter and even google if you are really serious. There's a lot I wanna say, but I'll just leave it like this for now. Cheers!

Wow that's nice, I actually thought u were based outside d country. No worry we dey behind u gidigba.

As for d projects Qs I meant open (source) projects.

Well, Please u guys(nollyj, hcpaul n all d oda senior guys here) should increase d quality n quantity of tutorials and open source projects so that we d learners can learn more from u. These can be posted here or on some other 9ja tech forums/blogs.

Tnx 4 d reply.

My oga at the top, I hail oh! I just wana shout out to u, I swear I dey feel u die.
At least from our little interactions(indirectly) I can see u re very humble and that's a sign of ppl who are very knowledgeable, and I usually have natural affinity towards such people.

Anyways keep up the good works and we'll like to know more about u like where u based at(9ja or abroad), where u schooled, where u work and have worked, projects u've handled n are currently handling etc.

E be like say na u be our brian bi(all round nerd, popular on quora) for NL.

Likewise we need peeps like u on 'our' new forum http://radar.techcabal.com (that's if u've not registered) so that more mekunus like us can benefit from ur vast knowledge sir. Tnx

Cc: kudaisi

(Na wa oh, 2015 I can't @mention someone on 9ja's most popular forum. smh)

Wow! I found this detailed comparison between Java and C# by Dare Oabasanjo, one of Obasanjo's son who's a senior programmer at microsoft(i actually just learnt of him today and i was amazed)

Here's the link to the article on his blog(it'll be too long to post it here), where he also has many other interesting articles.
http://www.25hoursaday.com/csharpvsjava.html

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Kposkila:
Ibori is not an ijaw man!

Ok, but whatever d case, he's still a south-south person

This is really pathetic and shows how stoop these peeps reason all in the name of this eleyameya he's our brother or he's our man of a thing, even if they (alamesia, ibori n co) reap you off all your entitlements to enrich their pockets.

What these people should be asking is that even though states like Kano, Lagos and Ogun get far less allocation than them (and the fact that these states are more cosmopolitan with larger population than most SS states), how come they are more developed infrasture and socio-economic wise, but they rather prefer to live in slumps and blame all their woes on others.

Well I just thank God this Ibori's case isn't happening in Buhari's era (rather it's happening in one of their own's era), if not they would have said Ibori is being 'maltreated' and castigated because he's from the minority or because he's an Ijaw-man and all these their other baseless and stupid arguments