I dey fear on behalf of Emma as I dey watch the video.

Juliusmomoh:
I don't even know the right section to post this..

I lost my uncle some days ago and we put him into the mortuary. Our plan to buried him by january...

What brought about thread is that the mortuary attendant called us to take our corpse on the ground that he fight with the other corpse there.

We went there early morning yesterday to comfirm ourselves. What our eye see mouth no fit talk... E shock us.

He fought other corpse there. He even hang some on the window Attendant don beat him tire, they will still wake up in the morning and see other corpse scatterd and only him enjoying the room.

We where told maybe he's a cultist or he's in some spritual stuff before he died..

They ask us to take him away but we don't want to bury him now due to some family issues. You know.

Please exprience nairalanders, what do you suggest to do now to him?

Some ignorant kids will come here and be saying "Only in Africa". I'm not saying the story is true or false but not "Only in Africa". CBS Reality airs ghost programmes all the time. There are white people who are professional necromancers. Some secondary school children without any life experience are always quick to mention "Only in Nigeria or Africa".

In the meantime, ops story just made me laugh whether true or false.

So , this is a question and straight to the point.

I was part of a distributed team of Blockchain Engineeres that developed an application and I feared the idea was not validated before development. All we had was just the optimism of the promoters.

This is it..

You placed a bet and you lost, the sports betting company refunds your money instantly. No stories, no bullshit. Guaranteed, everytime. Guaranteed because it's on the blockchain, cannot be manipulated. I know this because I was part of the team.

Now my question to the regular betters...

Would you use such an application?

To the non-betters...

Would you consider betting just because you know your money would always be returned to you even if you loose?

Don't bother about how the winners will be paid or the technicalities.

Note, this is just a personal survey, I'm not acting on behalf of any company. The project is completed and the team has been disbanded. The company is even foreign. I'm just curious.

It's a prank abi?

BSsniffer:
You're young, broke and probably jobless but you decide that having a girlfriend is your main priority in life and pre marital sex without proper protection is what you enjoy. Do stupid stuff and win stupid prizes. Now you'd birth an innocent life into a cycle of hardship he/she didn't ask for, all because of a few minutes of enjoyment.

Bro take am easy o..

I'm sure he has learnt his lessons this past few days.

To the OP, most trials, both the ones we caused ourselves and the ones we did not, usually feels this way. It'll be like it's the end of the world, you may even loose interest in living. But see it for what it is... trials. All though you allowed youthful indiscretion dent your future with an unwanted pregnancy, you can still make something very good out of this. You are not the first to experience this and you wont be the last.

Remember, at this point, the somewhat easy actions would prove to be the wrong ones.

My advice to you is that you both inform your parents. Difficult, right?

YOU CANNOT TAKE CARE OF THAT BABY YOURSELVES no matter how hard you work. You are both in school. Your parents would be angry and disappointed but you need them.

You've both made wrong choices but for the sake of that baby, don't compound it with more wrong choices.

This too shall pass.

EjaikreTheViper:
That's what you may see when you are a citizen of a country with failed government

Can we stop this attitude of putting all the blame on our government.

Yes, our government is a useless and irresponsible one. In all my travels, I've seen the way Nigerians live irresponsibly, they are fraudulent and criminally minded. These people would rather make a living through illegal means than than do honest work.

Everywhere I go, there's this unspoken disappointment in people's faces when i introduce myself as a Nigerian. Few that bold enough and when discussions reach that point, they would voice out their reservations about us and I'll quickly clarify that it's not all of us.

Are you telling me it's the government that is making Nigerians take to crime even in a foreign land? The building I lived is a 26 flats building, about 8 of the flats were occupied by Nigerians, ALL OF THEM WERE INTO FRAUD and constantly being a source inconvenience to the remaining neighbours with the way they live. The property management company had to be involved in many occassions.

Our government is useless but we need to stop quickly passing the responsibility of our every terrible act on the government. THE TRUTH IS THAT A GOOD NUMBER OF NIGERIANS ARE BAD PEOPLE whether home or abroad.

tensazangetsu20:

I don't know about other industries but you see tech. It's easier to get a tech job in Nigeria than it is to get a remote job. It's just that the pay is not that good. 100k to maybe 150 for a junior max. Some companies pay like 500k to seniors. There's no tech job in Nigeria that has up to 20 applicants and honestly most of these applicants majority of them don't even know anything about tech. They just apply to jobs for applying sake.

You may be correct. I know absolutely nothing about the Nigerian market.

tensazangetsu20:
Of recent, whenever people try to learn web development, I see comments desisting the person and telling them the field is over saturated and they should try things like data science and machine learning.

I feel its hogwash. With regards to Nigeria, the field of web development is honestly a 7 year old career to be realistic. The tech industry didnt start gaining any waves till like 5 years ago when a lot of funding went to the industry alongside the huge paystack exit. As of 2013, how many programmers even existed in Nigeria. Things were so bad that when Andela launched, they were paying people to learn to code. I mean people were being paid to learn to code. 80k alongside a brand new MacBook alongside many other benefits. Most of the people who were smart enough to take advantage of such opportunities are out of the country now as senior or mid-level devs or running very successful tech startups in Nigeria eg the founder of Eden life.

So how is a 7-year-old thing saturated? Its like people think web development is all about downloading pirated WordPress themes and installing them and you can call it a day. There are so many parts of web development that there arent even any developers in Nigeria for. Like they dont even exist. Even the so called wordpress how many people dive into the deep end?

What a lot of people are yet to understand is that the internet as we all use it is less than 30 years old. Big tech giants controlling the globe today like Amazon, Google and Netflix are less than 28 years old. Imagine what will happen when the whole wide world has the same internet access that the west has. Imagine what will be built and who will build them? Web developers. Just look at india, Bangalore (india's sillicon valley) salaries are matching those of sillicon valley now. People are earning six figure dollar incomes. The same thing is going to happen in africa, I am not optimistic about the continent sha and with the advent of remote work, your location does not stop you from earning a good income. A lot of sillicon valley startups are removing location based pay. So if you in Nigeria manage to get job with them you will be earning the same thing with your counterparts there. Imagine earning 150k USD a year in one village in osun state.

If people want to see saturation they should talk about engineering. Fields like Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical and petroleum engineering. Jobs dont exist in this fields now. Things are so bad that even with a very good first class, its still very tough getting a job except you want to go and do a Masters and PHD and end up lecturing. What of the field of law, teaching? Web developers can work anywhere in the world. Aside remotely, a lot of visa sponsorship jobs exist catering to web developers. You cant get this in engineering.

We can also take a look at linkedin jobs. I will post the picture of petroleum engineering a supposedly hotcake engineering field which a lot of people are dying for and believe in getting a big oil company job and just wordpress which a ton of people hate. Petroleum engineering has just 2000 available vacancies worldwide with most jobs having over 50 applicants while wordpress has over 30000 vacancies online. Wordpress is like the lowest hanging fruit in just web development. If I start to mention the gazillion amount of jobs in other places eh

Please web development is not saturated at all. That is a lie.

Of a truth, the industry is not saturated. We had the agricultural revolution and then the industrial revolution, now it's the technological revolution and it has not even peaked yet so if you're entering the industry now, you're still early.

But this post would have been better if you added statistics especially the Nigerian market and for people targeting Nigerian employers. How many tech jobs are available and how many people are jostling for those jobs? I have a feeling that the Nigerian tech industry (as with every other thing in Nigeria) is near saturation. Ratio of opportunities (in any sector) in Nigeria to people is just too low. At my first real job in 2012, we were told by the HR at the induction that 44000 people applied for the job with first class and 2.1. Countless 2.2 and below.

Figures would give a good sense of what the true situation is in Nigeria. But for international roles, there are literally thousands of open positions. The question is just how good are you to fill those roles. Some of us were just favoured by God.

arantess:

Her son will get to see mummy video too and might be broken for life

This is the only part that should bother her. Huge impact on the son.

Apart from that, she had sex, the video got out... and so? She even acted "decently" in the video. One stupid 11 secs video, mtcheww. That one na sex video?. See me searching the whole internet thinking na one 30 minutes sex tape.

ezechidera:
You may be a Software developer that can code in Java, Python, Go, C#, etc. You may even have experience in using Frameworks and Apis to provide solutions.

But guess what? There is a major shift in the tech space. The industry is changing at a rapid rate. With the sudden boom of Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, there is a huge demand for the development of Blockchain applications, Not just outside Africa, but in Nigeria.

Venture capital investors and Angel investors are on the lookout for startups that rely on blockchain in developing their business solutions. That is why Bitmama, the only blockchain-backed startup in Nigeria closed a funding of $350k.

The highest-paid software developers are the blockchain Engineers and Developers.
The least blockchain developer, that is junior developers earn $96,000 per year. imagine what a senior developer earns.

Nigeria is known for cheap labour, that is why most remote tech companies from the USA, UK, Germany, etc outsource their work to software developers at a cheaper rate.

I am a Blockchain developer working for a remote tech company in the USA. I am paid $8,000 per month as a senior developer.
Not only that, I do free-lance that earns me $20k, some go as high as $50k.

In Lagos currently, Some of my colleague that works in Bitmama earns as little as N200k per month

The Demand is High. There are few developers in this space.

Even if you are already a developer, You can find yourself a good tutor and gradually upgrade. So that in less than 6 months, you should be able to start a project effectively.

There is huge Money to be Made in Tech especially if you work for Remote Tech Companies all from your house.

Have a Good day.

This is exactly what I've been saying. It's not until when the blockchain ecosystem becomes saturated that people will now start making effort. We need to understand the times.

The best decision I made early this year was that I pivoted as full stack developer to blockchain development. If you have some experience, the demand is crazy and the pay is insane. My first pay as a blockchain developer with a US company almost drove me mad for the first few days even though I had little blockchain work experience.

It's not necessary to abandon your current tech stack, but if you find passion in blockchain development, please do not hesitate. Its happening already.

Lorex6:


Boss, can I pm you?
I specifically created this account today for this. Thanks

Yes please. I responded already.

devmek:

Sir, I've sent you a request for permission to be able to send you a mail. Thank you.

Responded.

airsaylongcome:


Lol! It's 68 actually! Hopefully we can grow that number and keep it active daily. I will do my part as best I can.

Yeah. Let's help one another. The sky is big enough for every bird to fly. I just joined too.

devmek:

Yes sir, this is it,how to tailor my resume to meet the internationally recommended standard for developers. It will be extremely helpful, thank you very much sir. Please how can I send the resume across to you?. Thank you.

I think an email is linked to my profile.

devmek:


Good afternoon sir, please can I send you a copy of my resume to help me crosscheck if I'm missing any of the recommended keywords that are necessary for an entry web developer as so far I have been getting screened out by the application software algorithm. Thank you very much.

To be honest, I'm not qualified to give tips on how to beat HR's Applicant Tracking System. However, you'll be surprised at the volume of information available for free on the internet from qualified and experienced HR consultants.

I didn't even bother about ATS, I just made sure I tailored my resume to meet international standards and specifically for a developer. If this is what you want, I can take a look at it on Sunday and give you tips if any.

Nabi2000:


Still asking boss, how likely do you think it is to get a remote job as an entry level dev. Would love to hear your reply

Entry level devs are getting employed everyday however, you'll need to put in a lot of effort in the application process. Assuming there's no question about your development skill and your job application tools are top notch, you still have to develop a tough skin for rejection because most companies would still not trust you because you have no experience. But be comforted with the fact that it is only hardest when you're just starting out without experience.

My advice to most beginners without experience (assuming the conditions I mentioned above are met) is to increase the number of QUALITY job applications they send out. At this stage, it may be down to a game of numbers.

Myself as an example, when I started out, my first 100 to 200 applications were rejected. Some would not even reach HR because companies use automated screening tools to screen out resumes that failed some key words based on the advertised role.

Once I got my first response/interview/chat/technical assessment e.t.c, I knew how to gauge the range of how many applications/rejections I needed to send out to receive a positive feedback(I learnt this during my banking days). I just targeted that number of applications per day. Thanks to LinkedIn, I filtered the type of jobs I wanted and experience level required and I started applying. On a particular day, I sent out up to 50 applications in 10 minutes( I dont advise this but I was desperate). I targeted ONLY foreign companies. Also, be ready for algorithm and data structures test as a beginner. They just want to be sure about the risk they want to take on you.


Once you break that jinx of getting your first job, it becomes really easy. Depending on your experience, recruiters may even start messaging you privately and try to poach you away from your current employer. The interview becomes a mere chat. Nothing like tests e.t c.

But the whole hassle is worth it. Even if you're paid $10/hr working 40hrs per week, it's not a terrible start.

islamics:

All the best too Boss.
I guess the other Oga here can reignite the workspace.
Oga Lindner and Oga Airsay, what's your say?

I'll join the channel but I cannot run it. I manage a very crazy schedule.

Lol.

genaro2000:

Thanks for your prompt response sir. I saw on the course that it was updated last month(you can cross-check), but can someone comfortable with reactjs do the course, although the course said no programming knowledge is required(am thinking it could be marketing gimmicks).
If not this which will you recommend.

If you know react, it means you know some JavaScript. Also, most blockchain DApps use react as the frontend. You should find understanding Solidity easy as against someone without any coding knowledge. Most of those tutorials typically say you dont need any prior knowledge but I advise against it. You'll really enjoy it if you know the fundamentals.

tensazangetsu20:

Lol women have it much easier getting roles than men. I have seen women who have to do lists on their portfolio getting very good high paying roles. Yeah build hard shit like an E commerce site, don't say there's a lot of E commerce site you can do it Jamstack and use WordPress as a CMS and use react to serve the data. You can build a blog using stuff like sanity and react. Make sure the designs are nice and good looking. You can use frameworks like chakra or material UI to really touche up things and animation libraries like framer. That's how you differentiate yourself.

I don't think women get roles easier than men. Perhaps because women are less represented in this field and men dominate, it may appear there are more unemployed men. All the women I've worked with are really "MAD" in terms of coding.

genaro2000:

I saw this on Udemy, it seems to be the best one I saw based on the reviews. https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-solidity-course-blockchain-zero-to-expert/

I think I know this tutorial. It's very good. I think it was done in 2017. It includes everything including frontend and web3. The only problem is that 4 years is a really long time in blockchain development. Most of the frameworks and tools are actively being developed. What you used last month may break this month. But altogether it's a good resource.

johnsavy:



Thanks for this cue. What resources can one begin the journey into blockchain as a beginner?

Blockchain resources are not as prevalent as contemporary software development but you can find a lot on youtube. Just search for whatever you want.

frankfab:


I'm learning about Blockchain too. Let's connect

For real. This is the best time to get into blockchain development. Even if you dont need a job, you can freelance or work with bug bounties and get paid for finding bugs. I literally declined a job offer last week.

tensazangetsu20:

Me I just use LinkedIn and apply to everything I see. It fucking works. Through LinkedIn I have interviewed with very big firms in Poland Portugal Vietnam south Korea and Japan but one day I just woke up and got a very huge pay rise from my boss. The zeal of looking for a new job just vanished but I am sure if I kept at it I would have gotten an offer.

I can confirm that LinkedIn is effective and it's global at the same time. I could remember interviewing with a Netherland and Czech based company through LinkedIn.

Springboot:
I will respond to this when less busy. I believe I am qualified to give you the right answer to this post, I work with a tech giant and started my career in Boston Massachusetts(USA) before moving to Nigeria when we established here, I've been on a several recruitment boards both online and physical. OP your assumption is closer to false than reality.

No assumptions here whatsoever. I wrote what a recruiter told me. Those are her figures and it's heart breaking. If you've recruited engineers, share your experience with Nigerians and let's see. Note that we're not talking about local recruitment here.

airsaylongcome:
So I will try my best to keep this thread active by raising points of discussion so that prospective remote IT workers can gain some insights. I must state (even though I agree it is biased) that I am not so into encouraging people from other careers to jam pack the remote IT market in Nigeria. A lot of people are now beginning to rush into this space as there is the perception that it is very lucrative. There are several other career paths other than IT that also recruit remote staff. Accounting/Bookkeeping is one of such. Same with finance. And even Pharmacy (for drug trials). If anyone feels offended by this discrimination from me, I apologise in advance. But that's just me

So, often; most remote jobs advertised (at least for the US markets) are for full time employees even though you may have to work remote. Recruiters will indicate if the openings are Remote-US only or open to international applicants. Full-time remote jobs outside the US are very difficult to get (based on my experience) because your employer will have to pay tax to the Nigerian government and most US businesses aren't interested in that because it adds extra level of work for them.

The other alternative is to be hired as an Independent Contractor which is where we as Nigerians have good chances of getting hired (if you are good o!)

@Lindner and @qtguru what has been your experiences regarding this? Do you guys currently work FTE (Full time Employee) or Independent Contractor?

I've worked for three different US companies plus the one I currently work with (there's another one I currently do part time with) , it's true that it's easier for them to make you an independent contarctor. Health insurance, benefits e.t.c are typically waved. Some do full time employment though. All these is just to make it easier to recruit remotely because the process of hiring full time can be unwieldy.

Whether full time or contracting, just make sure you're well paid.

I don't know much about remote job possibilities for other careers but software developments, there are thousands of open positions. The question is whether you're a great fit for those positions or not.

Eggovic:

I may be wrong but for one who is new into tech and is basically looking to land his/her first job in tech don't you think diving into solidity is a little bit too steep? Also I think it requires understanding of javascript before one can go into solidity. Also most employers wand experienced guys and not a newbie working on contracts. Please correct me if I got it all wrong

You're correct. Diving straight into Solidity may not be a good idea for a beginner. Nothwithstanding, I've seen people without any prior programming knowledge trying to learn it but they suffered ALOT. They still end up writing smart contracts and deploying it to the blockchain but they still lack that basic foundation. Because it's an emerging technology, most employers too are not particularly keen about blockchain experience, they however require strong programming experience and knowledge of fundamentals.

airsaylongcome:
So let me correct one impression. IT goes beyond Development. Me I'm not a developer. I can "hack" together pieces of code if I absolutely have to. But I steer away from development. I steer away because of the nature of my personality. I find coding to be a dark deep never ending rabbit hole that you can never really get to the bottom of or retreat once you start. So I distract myself by staying superficial with a vast array of IT solutions. And I stay away from mainstream. I chose niche solutions that allow me to learn without the distraction of who is better than who in using the latest nifty data structure or the search algorithm with the smallest Big O metric. I'm currently into voice telephony and have home automation on the side to distract me

Yeah. The IT ecosystem is wide and deep. The best way to stay sane is to choose a niche based on passion and stick to it. I've done frontend, backend and full stack roles but it bores me to death. My newly found love is blockchain engineering especially decentralized finance. Perhaps because of my background in banking. Writing solidity codes that could potentially handle several hundreds of millions of dollars would send your heart racing knowing a single vulnerability could wreck the lives of thousands of people. It's like writing codes on drugs.

I really wish more people would consider blockchain development. That ecosystem is exploding and employers are desperate for talents. Unfortunately, it's when it becomes saturated, that's when you start seeing posts like "Help, I want to learn blockchain development". In 2020, the demand for blockchain developers grew by 512%. No other skill in any field had such growth and they're the highest paid also from statistics. With what I've seen in 2021, that growth is most likely going to be doubled.

jonddon:
The lesson here is that, never negotiate on empty stomach and never be scared to say what you worth, company wey go stay go stay

Lol @never negotiate on empty stomach.

airsaylongcome:
@Lindner and other more experienced remote workers, can we create a community to provide advice to potential Nairalanders looking for advice on how to navigate the murky waters of IT Remote employment? I'm thinking of a Slack (or Mattermost) group where only invited folks can join. Using Slack/Mattermost (as opposed to having a thread here or creating a WhatsApp or Telegram group) will provide a way of restricting those who can join while allowing prospective remote workers get accustomed with Slack which is a major Collaboration/Communication software for remote work. The community can serve as a means of "giving back" while empowering prospects with info of where to source for remote work, how to go about applying and all other contributions we can give. This is an honest no-ulterior-motives suggestion

Count me in!!!! If others could create it and manage it, I'll definately join. And if something like that already exist, I'm happy to join and contribute.

Sososo:
im also interested

Perhaps, this weekend. I'll create time for it. I have now received more emails. I hope it'll be worthwhile and save a lot of aspiring devs valuable time.

It's already too late. Your son also smokes and possibly do drugs. The only thing within your control right now is that he doesn't disrespect you by doing those things in your house. You gave him too much free hand.

You need to start by shocking both your son and the olosho girl. Wait till he smuggles her in again and throw both of them out in the middle of the night, seize the key to his room. He's able to bring olosho home because he has a room.

But again, you heaped all the blame on the girl, there is the possibility that your son is worse. He's not doing stuffs in your presence. Like I said, it's too late. Just manage him till he gets his own house and pray for him that he doesn't loose his life or encounters a life bending tragedy.