Tobedated:
i'm planning on studying computer science in unilorin but it seems the public consensus is that computer science taught in nigeria university is outdated so is it worth the money and time to still study it.
I love computer science but i'm mainly doing it for the money and i'm currently learning python so is it worth going to study it in the university to get the certificate or being self-taught is better

Let me give you my cent as a final year CS undergrad.
The school will expose you to the basics and fundamentals, you are left to figure the rest yourself. Just the concepts across various domains. No lecturer will sit you down and start teaching you the hottest framework in market. Just be solid in a language, and build lots of projects.

Advice based on personal experience:
- Start grinding data structures and algorithm from day 1 in school.
If you sabi number of opportunity wey I don miss because of DSA! I for don dey ball now.
- For practical oriented courses, build projects while taking those courses.
Most students will just learn / cram the language syntax, pour in examination hall and that's all. You can easily add these projects to your CV.
- Explore internship option early. If your algorithm is strong enough, apply to those tech and finance companies outside the country.
- Join your school tech communities, go for hackathon and competitions, etc.
My school is not even among the top 4 federal university in South West and we have decent tech communities.
- Make intelligent friends. You'll understand the crazy things people are doing.
- If you have interest in AI/ML, you are in for long ride. AI/ML has the craziest learning curve. You have to read research papers, publish articles, and so on.
I have a coursemate who is studying DSA for one of FAANG companies AI resident role after scaling through the application phase. His CV is badass, he has a research paper in top AI workshop, lots of projects, more than 4 internship and job experience, lots of community work.

A friend of mine currently have a job that pays above #350k (His first job). I also have a SWE offer, I'm expected to start after graduation. I recently had 2 promising interviews with remote companies, hopefully it comes well.

So, it's not just about the school but how well you can put in work.

Hello everyone.
I'm currently in my finals studying Computer Science. I'm going to be applying to grad schools next year (my target is Fall 2023). Based on my research, I discovered that I have to make my profile very competitive inorder to secure fully funded scholarship for masters degree (I don't think going for doctorate degree aligns with my career goals).
I don't have any cordial relationship with my lecturers beyond the classroom aside my project supervisor.

Background Information:
Current CGPA: 4.64
Research Paper: Nil (I'm currently working on one, in addition to my final year project , I plan on publishing both if I'm able to pull it off)
Internship: 2 (3 months and 6 months respectively)
Volunteering:
- volunteer with an NGO

How can I work on having a competitive profile? I have 7 months left to finish my bachelor's degree.

Codedboy95:
I have used Aws s3 and backblaze in production, just like karleb said, laravel offers easy integration with AWS S3.

First time hearing about backblaze, i'll read up on it. I think cloudinary will be by best bet.
Thank you.

Karleb:


I have only had to work with local file storage while uploading pictures.

Cloudinary is cool too and their is Amazon S3. Laravel already provides support for S3.

Ok. Thanks for your response. I'll try out cloudinary.

Good evening. I'm currently working on a project that involves audio upload. The website is hosted on heroku, based on my findings I discovered that it is advisable to use another platform for the file storage(e.g cloudinary, etc). Which platform do you use for your storage. I'll appreciate your view. karleb Codedboy95