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nwikpab:
Good tips.
I don't have a skill and still have many things in my head. I have tried to learn Java but just can't understand nada. I am planning on looking forward to python.
I am really really confused. My head no just want carry this programming of a thing.

Programming is no easy skill. It takes time.
Keep pushing!

It's not because of the protest but due to the inhuman response to the protest by the government.

Ravon:
https://brandspurng.com/2021/03/27/bmw-drops-ufc-star-israel-adesanya-as-brand-ambassador-over-rape-comment/

I know that was not his intention. It was just a playful banter, however, he should be careful with his choice of words in the future.
I think over censorship is gradually destroying the world, like, we are humans and we all make mistakes haba!

Draslo:
So it's even because of just $2k. Social media no let us get sense again. Must you post everything? What a ridiculous way to show appreciation.

Modified
Make una no vex. First of all, I'm not dashing anybody money. 2nd, $2k isn't a lot of money from where I stand so make una no vex. I know Naija is hard. Make una take heart.

I been won like this reply but the present likes is 69 and 69 is a special number if you know what i mean �.

Righteousness2:
Get wisdom! In all thy Gettings, get Understanding!

Simply explain it to him and stop this pharisee-like response.

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.

Good post, however, as a developer you should be prepared to learn new technologies according to the market or your company.
Many people and companies use nodejs.

You suggested Java and C# for starters, those languages have steep learning curves.

Dsa are important no matter what

Naijatask:
Good evening boss. Please may I know your stack? I want to compare it to see if I'm threading the right path.

My road path is :
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Git and github
Deployment tools like netlify.

Then learn :

Jquery
Bootstrap

Finally learn :

Ui and Ux design
And
Adobe Xd for web design.

You need a js framework say React.

zedegit:
Nigeria should look at the crises in Cameroun between English speaking parts and French speaking parts.

It's a disaster waiting to happen.

There would now be the English speaking part, Hausa speaking part and the French speaking part.

ijustdey:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/panic-in-bayelsa-community-as-crude-oil-mysteriously-erupts-from-ground-2/

There is crude oil in the south and not in the north. It's simple geography.

kufre2010:
Just advise, just should incase u want to fight Fulani, use juju, Fulani fight with juju. Don't engage them in battle without your protective juju.

You are right o.
I have had a discussion with one

Carchoice:
they will dig and dig and jam satan

Kobicove:
This guy wants to project himself as the saviour by publicly contradicting the CBN which was his former employer

Can you just listen to yourself?

thebosstrevor1:
it seems you are the one that need google the most.

dude i am tired of argument.

1.the elon man said, if the regulation permits. do you know that it is illegal to use bicoin as a means of payment in the US.

2.We were not disqualified from receiving covid vaccines... go read the news again and stop spreading fake news

3.Tech is for qualified people...a shoemaker cant work in tech, if he knows nothing about tech or programing.

Why should Tesla invest over 1billion dollars in a system he doesn't believe or trust. And I never said the US uses Bitcoin for payment.

We were disqualified from using the Pfizer vaccine but not other vaccines.

If a shoe maker was given the resources and training in tech, tell me why he would not be able to go into tech let alone our graduates and other youths who are interested.

Talking about being tired in this argument, I can't be more tired in this argument. It is not rocket science.

thebosstrevor1:
1.You lost in amc shares not because of volatility but because of unattainable bubble organized by retail buyers.

2. No top company is accepting bitcoin as a means of payment.

3. It is true people are making money off crypto through speculation, also lot of people are also losing their savings, while also many yahoo boys are using to launder money.

4. The Who didn't deny Nigeria from getting covid vaccines, it is fake news .

5. Tech does not eradicate poverty, sure, it create jobs but jobs for highly qualified people.

Elon Musk the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has invested over a billion dollars and plans to accept Bitcoin has a valid means of transaction.
Just Google big companies accepting cryptos.

People have been losing their savings since time immemorial (you should not force an adult to spend his or her money in a certain way. It's a free world). Yahoo boys and other fraudsters have been laundering money before the advent of cryptos and would still launder money through other sources. It's not only through sentiments and speculations that drive the rise and fall of crytocurrencies

We were disqualified from receiving Pfizer vaccine because it requires a storage facility of -78deg Celsius. We don't have constant power supply to sustain that. It's not fake news, just call a spade a spade. You can Google for further verification.

Tech is not for the most qualified. You can even work in any FANG company even without a college degree. For starters, you can be learning and still be earning via freelancing and doing some jobs for startups. It can create employment for our teeming digital-oriented youths. I can go on and on on this

thebosstrevor1:
Even the writer of this article criticizing government policies is clueless.

You mean people shouuld open a PayPal account that they can't operate from Nigeria.

People should go to the unregulated p2p crypto market where you can be easily scammed.

You cannot buy crypto with any Nigerian visa or debit card and you can’t withdraw crypto to any bank says the writer and then he wants you to open a paypal account

Now, Deposit in naira to buy crypto have been stopped by most exchanges ( binance and luno) now, this will affect everyone in crypto, another method will be found that will benefit those who have a trusted buyer living outside Nigeria.

The method can be, find a reliable Nigerian living abroad, deposit equivalent money in the person Nigerian account and then the person helps you to buy the crypto you want and then send them to your wallet, this method is good but it is crazy when people understand that sending btc and ethereum from one wallet to another is very expensive that will make you lose.

People don't understand how very volatile crypto is. The volatility can make you panic and make you lose your cash very fast.

Imagine you buy ethereum or btc worth 100k from luno, when that 100k worth of ethereum shows on your ethereum wallet, it can be 98k, in 2 weeks, that ethereum can be worth 110k, in 4 days time, can be worth 99k..this volatile coin can play with your emotions and make you panic sell.

What about network fee.

If i send 10k ethereum to my friend's ethereum account, sometimes, sending fees can be 6k.

The crypto world sometimes when you look at it clearly, works like an organized ponzi scheme.

At the end of the day, i prefer stocks to the crypto scam even though the returns can be huge, if you are an early buyer

Who cares about its volatility and the risk of people losing or making money. You made reference to shares: who told you shares are not also volatile. Do you know how much i lost in AMC last week. Top international companies have started accepting cryptos as valid means of payments. Do you know how many patriotic Nigerians are making a genuine living from cryptos.
We are so backwards that WHO denied us from getting the Pfizer covid-19 vaccines due to inadequate storage facilities. Other developing countries are investing in Tech and other potential sectors capable of eradicating poverty and uplifting the standard of living for their citizens.
I am fed up with loyalist blindly supporting this clueless government even when policies do not favour the masses.
I am handicapped being a Nigerian.
The real problem is fools are full of confidence and the intelligent ones are full of doubts.

Esseite:
Atiku is just chasing clout... CBN took the best decision.

Unregulated Crypto currency is a lazy investment that tilts more on outflow of FX rather than inflow.. it is death sentence to import dominated countries.

E.g- I buy bitcoin with N10m that would be domiciled in source Nation(not Nigeria).. if it rises in 1 year by maybe 10%, I may have gained 1m as an individual, but I have starved my country economy of recycling my 10m if it was domiciled in a Nigerian bank or invested into the society which could have produced more than 10% while creating jobs.. note as an import dominated nation, the chance of loosing that 1m as another escaped forex is 95% on foreign goods while 5% I may spend on local food.

The Nigerian greed for small margins has blinded a lot of people, imagine Crypto currency trading far beyond your indigenous Stock exchange and some feel it's okay

Modified:
With all the mentions and insults, if we put this same energy into investing in Nigeria, would we be complaining of unemployment?... someone actually said he has over 1,000btc in his wallet, that's about $35m or N16.450bn just waiting to flip currency and make small margin rather than real investment that creates jobs for the economy, but we are quick to say no jobs.

I understand your point, however, whose business is it if I have 30million naira lying fallow.
I understand the decision was made due to economic and national security concerns, but keep in mind that the world is constantly changing. Cryptos are the currency of the future as many top international companies are already accepting cryptos as a valid means of payment.
Terrorists have been making huge financial transactions even before the rise of crytocurrencies.
Please don't support the government in making myopic and anti-people policies.

softset:
I have always said it that this government is run by insane people. How could you just wake up and make such a decision?

I won't blame them, next election, if you like collect 5000 you will get worse treatment.

Look at NIN, some idiot just woke up and made a decision without putting lots of things into consideration, so I arrive Nigeria now with no way to get a phone number. Many government decisions are never thought through.

We deserve better than what we are getting, Nigerians are smart people, we should never settle for less , mediocrity should not be an option when choosing leaders.

I apologize for being part of those that encouraged people to vote for Buhari during the first election, I encouraged over 80 of my employees in Lagos to vote for him, I thought he was the messiah. I later realized that this man really has nothing much to offer. Someone that thinks today is Monday

I think it's expedient for you to ask God for forgiveness.

I think there are some skeletons in the cupboard.
Breeze go soon blow and fowl nyash go open

Righteousness2:
At the Mention of the Name of JESUS, every knee bows.
There is no other name by which Humanity can be Saved.

Having Said that, lets leave Mary alone.
Mary, Martha, John, Peter, Paul, Elijah or James have nothing to do with the Salvation of anybody.

Mary was Privileged to be the instrument through which JESUS was brought on Earth. It could have been anyone. It was a Privilege and that's where it ends.

Salvation is ALL about JESUS and JESUS ALONE

It could have been anybody?
Are you thinking well

He who fights and runs away would live to fight another day. When you are overpowered, it is not cowardice to retreat.

This is a death threat and hate speech at its very best. I know those at the helms of affairs would turn a deaf ear to it.
The western men traded are common sense for religion.

I don't believe this woman. She has an ulterior motive and she is trying to fabricate things to tarnish his reputation. Why would you marry someone you don't love and have barely spent only one year dating.
It's unfortunate that the society often favours women.
This case should be investigated and justice should be served to whom ever is found guilty.

kenzysmith:
Good move our children suppose to be taking it at least twice per day for healthy leaving

Lol �

[color=#006600][/color]I bet you drug business is related to his death. He was simply assassinated

Omooba77:
https://dailypost.ng/2020/12/04/those-killed-in-zarbamari-were-boko-haram-informants-not-farmers-community-source/

Common sense is indeed not common.
How would they kill their own informants. If they do, who would supply them information.
It's incredibly hard for some people to think these days.

tensazangetsu20:
The MERN stack is the most useless and the worst stack any newbie to programming will ever choose. Learn React Sha because it makes your life easier but forget nodejs MongoDB and express. React can be used with almost any CMS or backend now even wordpress.

Please don't spread falsehood.
Do you know how many MERN stack jobs are out there and their average pay.
As a dev, continuous learning should be your friend as the job market dictates.
There was a time PHP was the hotcake globally but not anymore, MERN stack is where the money is at the moment and would not die off soon.

Unbiased1:
PHP controls nearly 80% of the world's websites while Node controls less than 1%. Most of the people who promote Node are largely JavaScript developers who want to use Node simply because it's a JavaScript framework and would be easy for them to learn and use unlike PHP that requires you to learn an entirely new language. Node js also tends to be slightly faster than PHP when used in App development, even at that, Node still doesn't have enough features to uproot PHP as its developers had expected.

It's best to know both. Node js is waxing stronger globally day by day.

Idontknowyou:
Dev in the house.. I have been confused on which Backend I should venture into, but any one I ask usually suggest Node js over PHP..

Please can any expert here tell me why I shouldn't learn PHP but Node js..

And please suggest the best Backend I should learn before going into Js framework

Most backend jobs in Nigeria use PHP but the global job market mostly favour nodejs.

My advice is to start with PHP, then after a year or so learn node js

Vaughanlanrewaj:
I stated here before that heads will roll at CNN.

That was a horrible report.
Nigeria will sue them if they don't apologise and do more than this infantile recant.

Perhaps they still think it is joke.

How on earth can you state that 36 people were shot dead by soldiers without being at the scene and in the face of very credible question still hanging in the air "if soldiers killed even 1 person with their bullets,let alone 36 or 78 according to alleged lie by Switch, did soldiers kill all their friends,families,colleagues,neighbours, pastors/imams,boyfriends,girlfriends etc too?

All the revenue CNN generated on those days from the online traffic and on TV viewership while beaming that fake news must be demanded as damages and used to take care of victims of police brutality, victims of the carnage and those their fake news further destroyed. The request for the damages must co-copy HE Donald Trump, the Republic Party and CBS.

Amnesty international must receive their own letter too while Lagos State Government must investigate the audio of IPOB leader instructing and commanding his IPOB members to burn down Lagos and establish the nexus between the audio and the coordinated arson in Lagos.
If found culpable, he should be reported to ICC and Interpol and other international bodies and prosecuted in absentia if he does not turn himself in.

If HE Sanwo Olu does not investigate this IPOB leader audio telling people to burn down Lagos, Lagosians, indigenes and Association of Lagos indigenes like the Lagos State Council of Obas and others should sue the government for not doing its job and compel the government to investigate the whole audio and movement of youths from the South East to join the protest in Lagos when same protest was going on in the South East!

This injustice against Lagos and Lagosians will not be permitted.

It is completely despicable that someone will tell people to go burn down Lagos and still not be charged by now. It is enabling him to commit more crime or someone else to wake up someday and instruct people to go burn down Abuja or Onitsha or Kaduna or PH or Benin and those places get burnt and we carry on as if we can't enforce our own laws.
#Justice for Lagos and victims of the carnage in Lagos



I think they were reckless and their shoddy coverage will eventually make heads roll in CNN.
Heads will roll just like the last time they paid some people to act like MEND until they got busted.


They were absolutely reckless especially after HE Trump called them fake news media for 4 years.


This damning verdict by this independent body of journalists is just the beginning. They were not even at the scene yet ignored the report of those credible media houses present at the scene.

Yet they are grandstanding.

CNN used some of the fake creatives that IPOB leader and his followers used to distract while they allegedly carry out the instruction of their leader to cowardly burn down Lagos.

Oga shut up

Golden6:
Please What Is The Most Financially Rewarding Areas In Programing.

Good evening,
Please I'll just like advice on which type of programming provides more financial opportunity, like the best area to go into, if the plan is just to make money from it.

Ways to make money in programming:
0) You could work for a company like paystack etc.

1) You could make an app/software or a service that users can use.

2)You can be a freelancer(The average pay for React devs on upwork is about 20-30$ per hour)

3)You can offer paid programming courses or personal coaching.

4) You can be a white hat hacker
etc.

klentochka:
The thing is, css is гетагded*, and nothing works as expected.
What's more, there are different browsers and different screen resolutions so good luck supporting all that mess.
Solution: leave that job for someone else and work on backend, using an actual programming language.

*what's that censorship for lmao, had to use cyrillic letters

If he has that lazy attitude to css that is not a programming language, then, how do you think he would cope with backend languages/technologies.
Btw, css is not retarded and is a must for any decent web page. Nothing works as expected simply means you need to learn it.