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I have been trying to update the thread since yesterday but Nairaland serve wouldn't allow it.

I received a message from ALX SE team today, I guess the countdown for elimination has begun!(Dramatic song plays in the background)...

Another thing happened today, someone from the 3rd cohort who specialized in backend was brought in to defend his projects, I really wanted to watch the video but I was a bit late and the link was removed. In other words, whoever finishes the program by luck through "copy and paste" will have to defend the projects to prove he or she did it without copying others before being added to the "ROOM".

Lately, my group has been very quiet lol, I understand everyone is trying their best to not get eliminated, which is why I urge the August cohort to put in their best.

You just have to give in your all, just imagine for today's C project, we had to study pointers, Array, Strings and basic data structures and still finish the project in 24hrs. It is just overwhelming, which is why I keep emphasizing on studying ahead.

TheTraveler:
Seems your group is active, the one I'm in, people are lefting back to back. Please add me to the group.

Please stroll up for the link

Adora20:
Please, I would also like to join. I am in the June cohort

Mail me your number then

This ALX virtual assistant program cost $750 but is being offered to Africans for free through several partners sponsorship. So don't listen to anyone that tells you to pay certain amount of fees.

I think this is the second batch but they already commenced the program today, so if you register now, you will be starting on August 15th.

Hello
I know certain questions popped when you saw this thread

I'm undergoing the software engineering program of ALX and I don't intend to quit!

This thread are for people who applied for virtual assistant. I will be updating this thread with information pertaining to alx virtual assistant program, Incase you want to pursue a career with a short learning duration.

ALX Virtual Assistant Program is a two(2) month program, (8 weeks) that will equip you with the skills you need to become a virtual assistant, 40-50hrs a week and 10hrs a day or less.

If you apply for the program, you will undergo four stages of test and if you pass, you will accepted on board.

If you succeed in the program after 2months, you will be added to the "ROOM" for job opportunities and networking. Below, I will be sharing the brochure and curriculum for better understanding of the program.

IhateRetards:
June cohort

Alright
I will message you then

Good Morning Everyone

I want to start on this note, please don't email me to add you to the group, because I usually read my emails late, so you won't think I saw your mail and ignored it.

That was why I dropped the group link here so that anyone can easily access it and join. If the link stop working, I will always resend. You might send me a mail to add you to the group and it might take days before I reply because I hardly open my mail, I hope you won't take it the wrong way, Thanks.

The week just started but my work already tripled. So I just checked my email today and saw a mail for something I applied (though I forgot I applied...lol). It was actually an internship offer but I won't be paid, when I'm done, I will be given letter of recommendation and other stuffs.

VA program also started today, will create a different thread for it.

I slept pretty late last night, was in a google meeting with my colleagues till 11:30pm before we finished. We were discussing on this week's project and how to go about it. Some of the topics we include... (Pointers, Array, Strings).

Lord!!! String in C is nowhere similar to string in python. ALX projects even gave me added to my headache yesterday . I had to read and watch different sources to get a comprehensive note. I was just so happy because my colleagues explained it so well, we actually shared the project tasks amongst ourselves so that each person can explain one but whoever explains it wrongly will be assisted by us.

Skyblazer:
I tried using the invite link but it seems it has been reset.
Please can you post a valid link.

My apologies
I just noticed that someone keeps changing the link
This is it below


For anyone that wants to join the group, here's the link

( https: //chat.whatsapp. com/Gl5BmRzcf0NIO7SU9Dwn3M)

Copy the link to somewhere else and close in the spaces, there should be no spaces. Then you should be able to use it.

Cyberdotman:
I've been following this thread for a while now and got admitted for the August 15th cohort. Please add me to the group. Thank you

ogunsonaadeleke @ yahoo[dot]com
090..60..10..71..72

Stroll up, you would see the link for the group.

Please guys, let's not derail the thread. No need to drop your numbers because the link is up there and if it isn't working, I can repost the link, please...

IhateRetards:
I will love to join you guys group so I will not crash outta the program

What cohort are you?

Elevenn:
Good morning @Anonymous6o6, I've been following this thread & I want to thank you for what you do here. I just got accepted into the program today which will start on the 15th of next month (thanks to this thread for the Information + motivation) & I look forwards to it.

Also I tried to join the August WhatsApp group, but I got the notification that the link was refreshed. Please could you post the new link? Thanks

Use use of this one ( https: //chat.whatsapp . com/HV7Ym3W03KxIQdQNkABlX2)


Copy the link to somewhere else, close in all the spaces and it should work

I have once stated here that I opened a private group with few colleagues whom I can associate with during tough projects to help one another. Well guess what? Since we started C project, the group has been dead as hell!! Only few guys have been able to keep it going but I knew it was quiet because of the difficulties of the projects. I also rarely spoke there because I usually do my projects after the first deadline which affected my score and my work has been taking too much of my time (I usually arrive home late by past .

But yesterday, I kept sending everyone of them a private message to know their challenges on C, we made a decision to do a Google meeting to explain all the C project from the first project. Everyone were going to participate and talk! That way, they're able to remember easily and feel the responsibility.

Because of the rain, network was shitty and it was already getting late (past 10pm), so we rescheduled the meeting to today. We shared materials for this week's projects. So that everyone can read ahead, prepare and participate in solving the task together, that way, we would be ahead.


The point I'm trying to derive from this is that, you will need your peers if you want to finish ALX!! David, who got hired by Amazon emphasized the role his peers played in helping him till he graduated.

For this week's projects, we will be starting basic data structures and algorithms. Not going to lie, I'm a bit anxious since I have heard all the hypes about data structures and algorithms but I'm also excited too.

japajapa2canada:
Am at that stage. No one to turn to. Self learning isn't the best option for programming newbie

I am quite confused of how you can use Nairaland programming section to comments but not ask questions when you're stuck. Nairaland aside, is stack overflow a joke to you?

You don't know discord? Quora? I have been stuck a lot of times and simple googling and reading different sources helped me find my way. It will be difficult for you if you want it to be.

The only thing I can admit that makes physical classes good is the commitment. Since you have a mentor who frequently check on your progress, you know your way about and keep progressing but then again if you can't be motivated enough to code on your own, then I rather not be impolite but maybe it's a waste of time.

chukwuebuka65:
True, he needs to make research and Google. But at least, if he gets stuck, he has someone to help him out. But if he self-learns, bro if you are stuck, you are stuck. And that can lead to project abandonment which is not good. If you cant finish one project, how are you sure you will finish the next one.

If I speak in the context of ALX, he can easily screen where he got stuck, paste it on ALX slack community and tag mentors or his peers for help.

Besides if you are learning on your own using YouTube or PDFs, you can always reference stack overflow, Nairaland, Quora for help. If you speak from experience then I assume you never optimized google to be of good use to you.

demmyhandsome:
Am i the only one experiencing this?

The link is not working

But a lot of people joined this morning
Try this one ( https: //chat.whatsapp. com/Gfja1lMN9Dh0yLTbahl5PT)

Copy it and close in the spaces

chukwuebuka65:
Bro pls dont do self learning, go and enroll in a boot camp or any physical class. If you cannot self learn , if you are not ready to be Googling every now and then, reading about 10 different blogs post just to fully understand one topic , just go and register with a school , which I believe will come with a mentor. I am learning on my own, so I know what I am telling you. Unless u want to be a half-baked programmer

Lol
So if he enrolls in a bootcamp,.he won't need to google? Or having a mentor automatically means he won't make research?
Lmao this is hilarious

I admit self-learning requires a lot but from your post, I don't see the point you're trying to make about him enrolling in a bootcamp. Won't it still be online? Or if given a project, is it his mentor that's going to do it for him? There are aspect that requires a mentor and there are aspect one needs to do on his own

ABUPHARM:
I would also advise you to opt for decagon, Alx is 90 % self study, and most time you get depressed when u could not find a head way to get task done before deadline. Another problem I have with Alx is that u don't get much time to research and study what is needed to get task done before deadline. And most time it's feel like u ain't learning anything but if you are a bit smarter and understand all the concept which Alx is taking u through, the sky isn't your limit.

I can agree and disagree on this depending on how I chose to go about it.

The whole essence of being on slack is to bond with your peers and meet them for help if you're having any difficulties.

I for one am in a lot of ALX groups which helped me. It's not 90% study. Some of us held google meeting and explained the concepts of what we have learnt previously.

I'm not disputing the fact that you have to study on your own but whenever you are stuck and you meet your peers, they will help you! Unless you feel too shy to ask for help

Socrates1111:
Hi Tracy, I spent the whole night since around 11 till about 4 AM following this thread. I love your spirit. Please how do join the group for the August cohort.

I just got accepted yesterday. Looking forward to hearing from you. Please can I get the link for the WhatsApp for August Cohort? This is my email address below

Ataubsm@gmail.com

My regards,

Ataubo Mbakwa.

Wow... I'm glad to hear that you applied
Meanwhile I already dropped the link for the group up there, so you might have to stroll up and look for it.

Looking forward to seeing you all join

ajerimitan:
Please can you add me up to the whatsapp group for August. My email is agboolaolawalesept 27@ gmail . com. or add 07.03 . 9533 . 80 3 thank you. I will need all the most relevant readable materials for the first month if possible also the projects and assignments thank you once again

I just added the link so y'all can join

demmyhandsome:
Please @Anonymous6o6, am still waiting for you to drop your email

I can't afford to lag behind for this August cohort

Good Morning
( https:///Gfja1lMN9Dh0yLTbahl5PT)

Omo
Even if you email me, I won't be able to reply immediately. That's the link

It's the weekend and you know what this means... No projects!
Will make use of the opportunity to study C, write some articles and read more. Lately my score has been going down because I keep doing my projects after the first deadline, which is why I'm reading ahead to prevent that, doing my project after the first deadline will automatically reduce my score from 100% to 65%.

We had an evaluation test yesterday (Questions were set from C language and shell), didn't think it was important but it was and the score was added to my foundation score as "Evaluation quizzes", oh Bleep! I have been quite careless this last week

I woke up early to study C because it has been frustrating me. I once had a misconception that it was easy because it had similar syntax with python, oh hell no!!! It's not! The difference are clear now and I'm suffering from every project. Even my weekend plans be looking too tight cause I have a lot to do with little time.

At this point, I'm tired of emphasizing that you study ahead (August cohorts), I'm pretty sure experience will be your teacher. Gotta go continue my learning

demmyhandsome:
Ok. Leave your email let me send my WhatsApp number to you

Alright

Galapagous:
Ok, so whats next on d what-app am also schedule for august

Well send your number to my email

demmyhandsome:
Please help us with August cohort WhatsApp link. The one posted is not working

@Anonymous6o6, I really appreciate your efforts, more blessings

I actually revoked the link some guy joined the link, copied everyone's contact and kept spamming their dm.

Geofavor:
Nice. Thank you.

I sent you a private message, because I want to be added to the WhatsApp group.

I will now.

learning22:
About two months ago, the curiosity in me to switch careers from what I studied in the University to Tech was awoken after searching for a job for over five years of graduation with nothing tangible to show for it apart from all these demeaning jobs around in Nigeria.

I wouldn't say I know nothing about programming because I borrowed some programming courses in the University back then from the Computer Science department, where python, which is one of the languages being talked about now happens to be one of them. But the truth of the matter is that I only read those courses to pass, and not to understand, let alone apply it to any real life situation.

That's to inform my readers that at least I am not ignorant to programming languages. Note: I said programming languages and not programming.

Maybe I should conclude that the programming courses I did then exposed my knowledge to something called programming languages.

By counting, this year will make it 10 years of doing those programming courses and I have practically forgotten everything I did then.

The only thing I can remember now is that there is something called programming languages which are used in the world of technology to solve problems. But when it comes to how to use it to solve the problem, I really don't have any idea.

Fast forward to the two months I mentioned at the early part of my write-up. After reading threads here on nairaland I could practically tell you that I have finished even threads having more than 125 pages on the programming section.

This has given me a little eye opener on programming and its application and many latest programming languages and the opportunity in it if chosen as a career path.

That being said, I have made the determination to switch from what I read to have a career in tech and to take it full time.

My concern now is that I don't really trust myself in self learning, that is to say I am not sure I will be effective at self learning as so many people here did successfully, as I wouldn't want the boredom of taking too much time to get things right be a discouragement. This is due to our individual difference when it comes to learning. But I am very sure that I can perform brilliantly if I will be training in any training institute.

The challenge now is that I have read about some nairalanders here condemning those training institutes with the claims that they don't train effectively saying they are just after the trainees money.

This is giving me a huge concern, because I have research on some training institutes online with most of them located in Lagos.

Some of them are Decagon and Univercity which are the ones I may finally opt for after seeking advice from you guys at the same time looking at some things from my side too in order to make the final decision.

One of the institutes I mentioned above charges 1m while the other charges close to 3.3m.

The money may not be the problem, but the problem lies in the value of service they render if it is worth paying those amounts for.

Decagon promises to get students jobs on graduation, I wouldn't know how true this is, part of what makes me to create this thread.

In the course of researching, I came across ALX Africa, I applied and the application was successfully, class to begin online by next month.

They also said they help their graduates secure jobs on graduation.
But my challenges are the following

Power/Electricity: No explanation on this for fellow Nigerians

Time: As one has to be able to make 70 hours per week for the classes according to them. Implying that one will have to be online at least 10hours per day for 12 months for classes which I'm not seeing as 90% practicable here in this part of the world.

Ability to self train.

So, please should I forgo the institutes for the ALX Africa which is starting by next month and try to make everything work or I should prioritize the institutes.

Decagon promises to accommodate students, feed students, give students training materials, laptops inclusive and help to secure a job after graduation.

Please elder in this house kindly give your lucid advice



Cc: tensazangetsu20 TheManOfTheYear Ayinke93

Which of the ALX course did you apply for? Cause I know of a new batch of software engineering that would be starting on August.

I understand your point of view, which is why alx is great because you will added to a community of great minded people who share the same goal as yourself.

Belkid01:
Please somebody in that WhatsApp group should do something.... Numbers are not been added... It's been 4 days since I sent a mail to be added.... Just create and the post link here... Please

Hollup let me get the link

(https:///FyS3np1EyCL9bg4b6Th7i0)

That's the link for ALX August cohort

Geofavor:
How are you using your phone to code?

Well... At first it wasn't easy but I was able to make it work.
Let me give you a breakdown of how it works and I will drop pictures of how they look like when I use them.

- Termux - Termux for me is like a mini terminal for phones. It has it's limit but when I link it to my sandbox, I'm able to do my projects just fine.

- Sololearn - Sololearn is a very good app for learning and practicing what you learnt. I use it to practice my C coding

And if we start python, I already have an app for it.
Here are the pictures below
- Pydroid for Python
- Termux and
- Sololearn

Honestly I'm no longer conscious of date and time. The only days I ever look forward to is the Peer learning days(PLD) because it's like a spare time to study more and review previous projects.

Yesterday's rain really stressed me out and increased my work, I couldn't find time to study and the little time I had wasn't enough. Got home late and slept off with the thought of waking up by 3am to study and do my projects. Instead, I woke up by 6am, Omo I just tiya.

It was even worst because I missed the first project deadline, but there's a second deadline which would end in three days. Might sound like a good thing but my score will be reduced from 100% to 65%!

As if that wasn't enough, I checked my email today and saw a message from the SE team. It was a reminder that they would be dropping people on 15th of this month. Those who didn't make up to 80% and here I am getting my score reduced. Since morning I have been on YouTube, geeks4geeks, reading and taking notes. Yesterday's project was a no joke oh.

A lot of people I know couldn't finish because of the requirements for the project. I plan to go to work late as long as I achieve my aim.

Please August cohort, it would really sadden me that anyone of you would follow this thread and end up dropping out. This was the reason why a group was created, read ahead!! There won't be enough time because there is much to cover. Please help yourselves.

Odogwu002:
Thank you so much @Anonymous6o6, I appreciate the insight.
I already know Git and Github, but I am more concerned about Emacs, VI, Shell, & C.

With pleasure, I will really appreciate it if you could push up the recommended books on Emacs, VI, Shell & C to me. You can do this whenever you are available and free. Or maybe just drop the links from the main intranet dashboard for me to download all of them and the video links. I hope this isn't stressful for you.

I am really preparing ahead, I have all the time!
Please help, God bless you!

Actually an ALX group was created for those that will be resuming on August. I usually post materials from alx in there. You can send your number to be added there or send me your Whatsapp number so that I will send you the materials.

learning22:
@Anonymous6o6 and others.

Please I need your help on this.

It happened that I applied for ALX Africa program in which my cohort was to start in the month of June.

I have done all the preliminary tasks needed to onboard for the program. But unfortunately due to circumstances beyond my control, I could not start the program on that day.

I just got a login to my email now to discover several messages by ALX. I really know that I have missed a lot and I doubt I can meet up with all the assignment if I'm to start now owing to the deadline of each task.

I learnt a cohort will be onboarding by August, Is there any thing that can be done for me to be a part do this cohort?

You can reapply with another email