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Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by tensazangetsu20(m): 10:06am On Jan 30, 2022 |
genaro2000:It's not even a requirement for backend development but as a developer you would be seriously limiting yourself by not learning data structures and algorithms. It's the path to the very high paying jobs. Jobs that pay 10 million naira a month salary can be gotten by grinding DSA for six months to a year. It's pretty much a straightforward path 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by Laryfrosh: 9:14am On Feb 03, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20: Did you just mention 10 Million naira? |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by tensazangetsu20(m): 9:22am On Feb 03, 2022 |
Laryfrosh:Dey there if you know what some people are earning you will be humbled. I went for a programmers party late last year and I was the poorest nigga there. Come and see the kind of cars people brought to the venue despite being told repeatedly not to drive down there. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by emmyN(m): 11:32am On Feb 03, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20: You went to chill with the big boys |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by tensazangetsu20(m): 11:47am On Feb 03, 2022 |
emmyN: Omho shame catch me when I came home. I really envy those who started their coding journey 2014/2015 when the tech industry in Nigeria was just taking off. The very smart ones are multi millionaires stroke billionaires in naira now. 1 Like |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by Hopeful123: 12:44pm On Feb 03, 2022 |
Chai. I just wish we could reconfigured some young people's brain to think in the right direction and not yahoo yahoo thinking. If they invest the time they use in scamming into other ventures such as programming they will be better off. tensazangetsu20: 1 Like |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by emmyN(m): 3:03pm On Feb 03, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20: Same here. I'm just starting out and wish I saw it earlier. You see those people doing web designs for 20k, 30k, they are major confusionists. They were they earliest people I was exposed to. |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by Nobody: 4:44pm On Feb 03, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20: Who are those at that billionaire table? let me guess? those startup kids @ paystack, kuda, andela, flutterwave? I remember circling around cc hub in lagos around 2010-11 and there was some hotshot programmer who wanted to build his own phone OS. I don't know what became of him. I'm old enough that I remember thinking 2011 was already way too late to get in the game. Thanks for all the kind work you do in educating & guiding folks here. I rarely post, but come occasionally to read your very insightful commentary. 3 Likes |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by tensazangetsu20(m): 5:12pm On Feb 03, 2022 |
helovesnyash: Most of the crypto startup guys are in the naira billionaire category. Patricia has so much money that they gave employees cars. Even oil and gas companies dont do that. 3 Likes |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by Hashabiah: 11:19pm On Feb 03, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20:My lord , please show thy servant the way into this thing called fullstack web development 1 Like |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by Nobody: 2:00am On Feb 04, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20:Wow! |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by fuckpro: 7:31pm On Feb 10, 2022 |
U Ilekokonit:...I'm really taken aback that people like you still exist on this forum its well appreciated I happen to be into Linux 'programming' how will that help if at all with frontend leaning curve 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by fuckpro: 7:32pm On Feb 10, 2022 |
fuckpro: 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by akaahs(m): 11:41am On Feb 11, 2022 |
remi1444:Senior man, me too. akaahs2014@gmail.com. Thanks sir. |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by Nobody: 12:40am On Feb 12, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20:Good morning. Can you pls teach my bro, if yes, how much will you charge? |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by DDayve: 6:24am On Feb 12, 2022 |
@tensazangetsu20 Thank you so much boss |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by Ilekokonit: 11:48pm On Feb 12, 2022 |
fuckpro: Linux is not a piece of cake and as a Linux programmer, you can master a lot of other IT skill sets with relative ease. I don't know a lot about front end development but from my opinion, it seems that if it interests you, then going for it with the same vigor with which you learned Linux is the way to go. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by Ogbuzuru1: 3:02pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
Please Sir can I get your WhatsApp number.... I'm just seeing this, I need to ask you some questions privately.. Thank you |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by airsaylongcome: 4:10pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20: Are these official vehicles? Or the companies bought the vehicles in the employees names? Talking about oil and gas, abeg nor talk o. I was briefly in that industry. There was a Nigerian O&G company paying Graduate Trainees unbelievable amounts of money as GTs |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by tensazangetsu20(m): 4:41pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
airsaylongcome: Men oil and gas glory days are over. I know people in my network who are not even up to 20 who got internships at faang. These are level 100 Nigerian students already in mad fucking money. The great thing about tech is you don't need to know anyone to get a job. All the jobs I have gotten I just applied I was invited for interview did well and asked to resume. For oil and gas if you don't know anyone you are bleeped. 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by airsaylongcome: 5:18pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20: This is not true. At least not for the biggest Gas company in Nigeria. I know loads of people who were hired by this company who did not know anyone in the business. All hired purely on merit. It's the same with Shell, Mobil and Chevron. They hire purely based on competence |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by tensazangetsu20(m): 5:22pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
airsaylongcome: Well I don't doubt you Sha but when I graduated with a degree in marine engineering and was looking for work I couldnt even get any vacancies to apply to. Like there was none so what I did was just send unsolicited applications to shipping and oil and gas companies. There were zero jobs advertised anywhere but people were taken everyday. In tech all I do when ever I am unemployed is go on LinkedIn type my chosen stack and apply to everything I can find and start interviewing and sooner or later I will have a job. 1 Like |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by airsaylongcome: 5:30pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20: If you are talking underpaid contract jobs in oil and gas, I won't be able to comment on that. But you see those direct hire roles with the companies itself, forget it. They hire only competence. Even staff cannot influence the process. Of course in referring to the multinationals there (although a lot of the local also try to focus on competence). If we are talking local Nigerian Oil and Gas businesses, they aren't different from the local counterparts in Tech. It's a Nigerian thing. But for the multinationals, na competence o. And the recruitment process is very meticulous. The person that I know personally that was hired by the gas company in question said to me "When you meet your colleagues in the office, you go know say you jam fellow competent people". They hired only 0.01% of the total application pool. |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by tensazangetsu20(m): 5:39pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
airsaylongcome: Oh yeah for graduate trainee its competitive. When SEPLAT was hiring, 20000 applied for less than 50 positions. The NNPC hiring that was completed recently had thousands of applicants. The thread on nairaland has over 1000 pages. If Exonmobil is recruiting today, the number of applicants will be over 10000 people and thats me being modest but this a Nigerian thing sha. In the US, people dont kill themselves dying to work for such places. However, it is still easier getting a high-paying tech job than it is getting a high-paying oil and gas job even if you aren't a genius. No tech company cares about your grade or GPA or where you went to school. You went to MIT, solve leetcode. You went to umudike university, see leetcode solve am but in oil and gas if you didnt graduate with a first class you are pretty much bleeped. 4 Likes |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by airsaylongcome: 5:53pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20: Forget o! Oil companies too don't care about CGPA. It Nigerian HR that use first class to reduce the number of applications. And that holds whether you are applying for a Tech role in Interswitch or an engineering role in NLNG. |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by tensazangetsu20(m): 5:55pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
airsaylongcome: Do people work at Interswitch still? An elementor WordPress developer role which you wouldn't even write code at an American agency will pay 2k USD. Senior devs at Interswitch don't earn that and you will code like crazy and you need first-class to get that Oh I get what you mean. In Nigeria tech companies don't care about grades. I have never seen it on any job post. 2 Likes |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by airsaylongcome: 6:03pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20: Haba! That's not a fair comparison na. A barber in US will earn $30 maybe $40 an hour while a Dr in Nigeria will earn maybe ₦500k a month doing back breaking and brain draining work. And yes, Nigerian tech companies care about grades. They may not put it in the advert but the Applicant Tracking System is setup to have that as a metric. I know because I have set up an ATS for one and the HR people insisted that the system be enabled to allow them filter by that. I get your point though that IT levels the field heavily. A lot of people in IT easily earn over a million a month, working for foreign companies. Whereas to earn that ₦1m a month in Naija na Oil & Gas you go dey look. 1 Like |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by tensazangetsu20(m): 6:06pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
airsaylongcome: They use that as a metric seriously. Many developers I know didn't even finish school. They never ready o and what is worst is for the rubbish 100k salaries they are paying |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by airsaylongcome: 6:15pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
tensazangetsu20: Lol...tensa make we matter for matthias. Na dem sabi whether they need First Class upper sef. Personally though, what route would you recommend for people looking to get into IT. Especially entry level folks. A lot of people are diving into Programming but there is ample opportunity in other areas like IT Support or System Admin that don't necessarily require as much experience as Programming roles. Why do most people feel it's best to start in the deep end of programming? |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by Weyrehmod: 6:19pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
This thread is really insightful... I started learning programming this year and i fell in love with coding, i really wish to learn more and become a professional developer I pray God see me through this journey Meanwhile the major problem I'm facing with this skills is DATA.. Finding it difficult to sub daily cos most days man is always dry, always learning any day i have money to sub 3 Likes |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by tensazangetsu20(m): 6:19pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
airsaylongcome: I will guess it's just the information out there. Almost everything out there is centered around programming. I didn't even know we had other things in IT like support, systems admin until I started working as a developer. 1 Like |
Re: How I Would Go About Learning Programming If I Was To Start Today (2021/2022) by kennethfranc(m): 7:40pm On Feb 15, 2022 |
Weyrehmod:Midnight browsing should be your best affordable option....MTN gives 2gig #200 per night. Download more and stream less. |
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