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Avast:
Me guidance ke, wey I just wan join.

Avast:
Xup bro

Avast:
Just got accepted into the program.

tensazangetsu20:
Tech is honestly the best industry to get into right now. The opportunities are numerous. Almost every job vacancy out there is tech this tech that, developer this and developer that. I stayed in school for 4 years studying for a useless engineering degree and I have never in my life seen a vacancy for the rubbish I studied but there are tech roles every day. But in spite of so many jobs in tech, a lot of new developers struggle to get opportunities. I started being active in the tech community recently and I am meeting developers who have been coding for 5 to 7 years but have never had an opportunity. Talking with them has led me to discover that it's actually not the tech industry but a few of the reasons I am listing below.

1. You follow the trends: A lot of us developers love to focus on the sexy trendy stuff. Newsflash, what is sexy and trendy isn't used and even when used is used by very few companies. So millions of people who have struggled to learn the sexy stuff are all going to fight for those few roles out there. Take for example the latest coolest CSS framework tailwind. It's really cool and hyped up and it's like the go-to framework right now but the thing is in the industry people are still using bootstrap. People are learning tailwind but they don't know the number one CSS framework out there. Just because something is cool and sexy doesn't mean that everyone is going to switch to it overnight.

If you give junior developers a chance between Angular, React, and Vue. A lot of people are going to pick Vue. They will say it's sexy and cool and has a ton of GitHub stars. There are jobs using Vue but they are so few compared to React and Angular that you would be pigeonholing yourself by learning that. Theres a whole of difference between coding for fun and coding to get a job.

2. You have unrealistic expectations: This is something I usually see on Reddit cscareerquestions but it seems to becoming a norm amongst everybody. People believe that if your salary isnt starting at 100k USD a year or you dont work for a tech company, you arent a developer. Its so elitist and unfortunately a lot of developers in Nigeria are beginning to have this mindset. They learn HTML, CSS, JS. They have built absolutely no projects but because someone said you need the knowledge of DSA to get a job they immediately start grinding leetcode day and night with the hope of getting into Google. You learnt to code from a Udemy course and you really want to compete at DSAs with people who went to MIT. People who have been doing competitive programming since 5 years old. People who get gold medals at the international olympaids of informatics like its nothing. . Funny enough, I also had this mindset when I was learning to code but corrected myself later on. The truth is that not every tech job out there tests with DSA or needs knowledge of DSA and not everybody must work for a big tech company. This reasoning is so flawed. It is like saying every lawyer must work for law firms like wale olanipekun and co or every engineer must work for exxonmobil. There are a ton of jobs that will pay you well as a junior developer like really well and you need not struggle to get them. They wont test you with DSA. They would only look at the complexities of your projects and go through them with you. By well paid I am talking of 500k and above. Ask yourself how many people asking you to do DSA in Nigeria have not yet worked at Google. There are even whatsapp groups dedicated to DSA and if you cant solve one you are kicked out. The person giving you DSA is not working at Google or Facebook hmm give yourself a brain o.


3. You do not know how to cut off the bullshit from social media: There's so much information out there today but if you don't know how to cut off the bullshit from what you need, you would waste your time. A lot of influencers and creators are putting information out there for themselves. They follow the algorithms and put out what is going to give them the most value in terms of money for their time. If I put out WordPress content, nobody will watch it but if I go out there and make MERN stack tutorials I would be getting millions of views but to be truthful you do not need the MERN stack as a junior. No one is using MongoDB in prod. Very few websites use Nodejs. You are just limiting yourself with that. If you want to be a full stack developer look at things like C# and Java springboot. Those pay really really well and there are even certifications you can acquire in those frameworks that can help get you opportunities at enterprise companies that use them especially if you don't have a computer science degree.

4 Your projects are not worth paying for: People put out calculators, todo lists, tictactoe games and a lot of bullshit on their portfolio and wonder why they aren't getting interviews. You have applied for 100 jobs and haven't been called back and you absolutely do not know the reason why. Nobody is going to hire you with a to-do list and a calculator on your portfolio. Even if you get an interview, is a calculator something you are going to show your interviewer. What happened to making a social media application, a chat application, a blog, an analytic tool, a dashboard. Something that people actually use in the real world every day. I remember one of the first interviews I have, one of my projects was a payment application I used paystacks API for. Everything was done with HTML, CSS and Javascript and once my interviewer saw the project and the button I used to connect the API, he made an offer to me immediately. Your projects matter especially as a beginner. One solid project is better than 100 garbage projects.

5 You don't research: Honestly, in this tech thing, I take what everyone is saying as bullshit. The senior developer I work with an Australian guy was telling me to learn web assembly if I really want to get a job with visa sponsorship which I so desperately need. I am tired of remote especially doing it from this shithole zoo of a country. I went to Linkedin Jobs and various countries indeed websites and I couldn't even see up to 500 jobs total in web assembly. Why would I waste time learning something that has no jobs because it might be relevant in ten years. Nodejs came out in 2009 and it is still not relevant in 2021. What is the probability that web assembly will be relevant in 2031. Research. When people tell you to learn a technology. Go to linkedinjobs and indeed and check how many jobs exist for that technology worldwide. People always advise you from their own point of view but the point of view of a senior developer in America, Europe or Australia is not the same for you a junior developer in the world's poverty capital.

Tech pays provided you do it right men.

peacefull:
Oh!!
You are beatmonster?!
You have 2 names now
One person can have another account on this Website?

peacefull:
Sorry, What do you mean?
I know beatmonster
But your name is not beatmonster?

peacefull:
I'm good. Thank you!
How about you?

peacefull:
Wow Amazing!!!

Learning another language is not easy.
I like learning English. But still difficult to me

Anyway, Thank you so much! I appreciate you!!

Ifexontop:
which year? What's the name of their school

blackbriar:
YES...They do not give visas for language schools to Nigerians(guess why)
Infact langugae schools are super expensive, more expensive than graduate programs.
Your best shot is to apply for a masters program in a National University, Japanese language is taught for free at national Universities.
Read this thread form the beginning for guidance how.

Trysage:
Which one (Employment or Visa); givn employment in NNPC and givn England visa? Would you accept... Please give reason, someone needs urgent advice.

ednut1:
my neighbor left uk after her 1st year in uni as the thing no easy again money wise due to buhari. She use the result do direct entry in a private school here. That guy should do same instead of moaning like mumu

ednut1:
This dude is nothing but a sadist i have blocked his channel. No one forced u to go there and u saw the fees and living expenses required before applying. U were granted visa because u showed proof of funds. So where d fund na

edwards0125:
CELPIP is now more trending than PTE. I just tried PTE exam Preparation from many popular websites. TCYonline was the most cheap and useful. Now looking for CELPIP exam material.

sarahthomas:
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edwards0125:
To prepare for anything, we need practice. To practice for PTE, students should know the format of the test. They should know what they are preparing for. A student should try PTE mock test Online for exam preparation.

pte79879:
All PTE materials other than the SCORED OFFICIAL PRACTICE TESTS from Pearson are available

All PTE materials other than the SCORED OFFICIAL PRACTICE TESTS from Pearson are available...For those that can't afford the scored test, there's yet another FREE Complete Practice Test which is also approved and recommended by Pearson. All you do is register and you'd get 2 COMPLETE (Partially scored) Practice tests and 9 short tests to practice with. The complete tests don't score your writing and speaking but provide sample answers. It has the same interface and selection of questions like the real test to give you a feel of what it takes. You can use it to practice but it's advisable to also take the official scored practice.

COMPLETE PTE PRACTICE TEST

https://www.tcyonline.com/tests/pte-mock-test-9


OFFICIAL SCORED PTE PRACTICE TEST

https://www.tcyonline.com/

I also hope the admin of this thread would help guide new members to the FREE practice materials that have helped most of us ace PTE if this has not already been added to the FRONT PAGE.

Best Wishes All.

Tmex:
pls check the link, it seems not valid

Bamz:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-PTE-Pearson-Test-in-English

I'm following Joshin John's method with some modifications.

I have no hard copy textbooks.

stepo707:
Here is good https://ptestudy.com for loads of real practise and answer. infact i saw 5 of the questions that were given to me in describe image there.also some questions from reading...in other words pte uses past questions a lot...just to practise from this sites.

Bamz:
http://toefl.uobabylon.edu.iq/papers/pearson_2015_12619610.pdf

Bamz:
stepo707

My last mock test result is similar to your outcome. I think you're on a good path considering that your fluency is okay.

The aim for speaking is to look out for model answers and try to answer the same way.

Trying to improve fluency may somehow backfire on pronunciation because the more you want your speech to be smooth without unnatural pauses, the more you find yourself speaking faster.

A tip to note when doing Read Aloud: in the time allocated to skim through the text, have a mental note of the focus words as much as you can and ensure you hit high decibels when pronouncing these words.

I'm afraid the only way is practice practice practice.

spyroxy1:
Use the below material

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B1AAAk8zTJxWMXhDY2FUS1RiWUU

spyroxy1:
Yeah...

Use the below.


https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B1AAAk8zTJxWMXhDY2FUS1RiWUU

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B5GBbYQDrSmNRXl6dG5TTG9xRE0

Azy123:
Probably to ensure people don't just cram responses especially for repeated takers like us. I think the best thing is to prepare for all possible images and not over focus on the popular images. Pictures and maps included. The exam memory is coming back now, Imagine I got 4 pictures and 2 wicked line graphs. No bar chart, pie chart.

1 is a picture of London. Left side of picture,london in 17xx & right side of picture London in present day.

Azy123:
I dont know if i am qualify to give tips as I am still not successful in hitting the 79 barrier in speaking. DId another one LRSW - 90,85,70,90

Mctowel posted a link on the 1st page it has tonnes of material.

In addition visit

http://ptebible..com/

For Exam memories

Use google chrome to visit ( so it can translate chinese to english) - http://www.enflares.com.au/category/pte-experience/pte-recall/


Use google chrome to visit ( so it can translate chinese to english) - http://www.feifan.com.au/download/zhuanxiangdiandu

fonseca1929:
Good morning house

I wrote my first pte last month 8th sept and got R s w l as 78 71 83 and 79.A day before that,I took the mock test and got r s w l as 72 60 73 and 70.other stuff increased substantially in the enabling skills except pronunciation which was 49 on both occasions.i hope it helps people that want to write later.I did not do much thing different except that I spoke on a faster pace and more careful when reading and listening.i need at least 79 in each of the communicative skills.e2language videos helped me to understand the test.It was just regrettable that I did not prepare so much for the test.i just need to work harder especially on pronunciation

Azy123:
I just pray I will do better in the real thing when I finally summon the courage to retake it again.

What I did differently:

- Spoke faster than before.

- Did not explicitly pause for comma, just a very small almost unnoticeable pause. Fluency 90

- Observed word stress, sentence stress and intonation in the best way I could (this was not easy). Pronunciation increased to 52 from 39 and 43 in the last 2 mock test.

- In addition to my normal way of describing image, I added a statement to include the vertical axis. Maybe it increased the mark for content also I'm not sure - "the vertical axis shows a range of number from ____ to _____".

That's all I did

Azy123:
Hi all, Any one with good news recently on this PTE test ( mock or real ) to motivate the rest of us.

I was able to achieve 77 in MOCK speaking after some preparation. Going for the real thing next week. Preparation continues with some luck we will get there.

Please share your methods lets help ourselves. The following links are very helpful -

A video on pronunciation introduce to me by a friend: - Teaching Pronunciation: Seven Essential Concepts with Judy B. Gilbert

https://www.soundsofenglish.org/stress--intonation

http://www.manythings.org/e/pronunciation.html

http://www.learning-english-online.net/pronunciation/stress-and-intonation/

http://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/how-to-improve-english-pronunciation/

40manlappy:
She practiced vigorously with the aid of the book "The Official Guide to PTE Academic" (comes with a CD-ROM) and took many mock tests. We got a headset with which she practiced Speaking and simulated live exam environment.

We also benefited from some tips given by either Bnimz or Mctowe01. Will share once I locate the page. Cheers

cc: spyroxy1