kriss27:
I am 32 to be 33 this year Sept. I want to venture into software development. I have not even started, yet to get a laptop! Are you saying I am too old to start?

Don’t let age stop you. I was 3 years younger when I graduated from Uni at second attempt. The sky is your stepping stone. Do it

headboyprince:

you mean through western union, or is there another way of making direct bank to bank payments from Nigeria to foreign countries?

Yeah something like that.
Like getting the money on a domiciliary account

TheManOfTheYear:
Yeah something like that.
Like getting the money on a domiciliary account

Good evening bro. I've been going through your thread and i find it quite insightful. I'm currently on a job hunt myself. Do you think you could take a look at portfolio? I'ld like to get your thoughts on it. I haven't been getting any positive feedback from my applications.

CapedBaldy:
Good evening bro. I've been going through your thread and i find it quite insightful. I'm currently on a job hunt myself. Do you think you could take a look at portfolio? I'ld like to get your thoughts on it. I haven't been getting any positive feedback from my applications.

Lol, my portfolio isn't even production ready yet.

My CV is what have been getting me the few interviews so far. Just showcase the best of your projects on your CV and some relevant experience you've gathered so far. Internships, hackerthons, pair programming etc

TheManOfTheYear:
Lol, my portfolio isn't even production ready yet.

My CV is what have been getting me the few interviews so far. Just showcase the best of your projects on your CV and some relevant experience you've gathered so far. Internships, hackerthons, pair programming etc

Alright thanks.
These are currently my best projects
https://cryptostatz.netlify.app/
http://product-feedback-app-seven./

I don't have experience with hackathons or internships

I have one of my very first technical interview tomorrow.

I'd keep y'all updated on what to expect in a frontend technical interview.

Though it may not be the same for all companies, but some questions and processes are definitely transferable

CapedBaldy:


Alright thanks.
These are currently my best projects
https://cryptostatz.netlify.app/
http://product-feedback-app-seven./

I don't have experience with hackathons or internships

Nice project, the second link seems to be broken.

I built something similar to your first project during my early days in react.

TheManOfTheYear:
Nice project, the second link seems to be broken.

I built something similar to your first project during my early days in react.

http://product-feedback-app-seven*vercel*app

nairaland wont let me post it

headboyprince:

hello. please which payment platform do you use to process payments and do you collect payments in advance for your writing jobs

Grey.co
Wise.com
Bank Dom account
Get a receiving PayPal if you can also.

This is great bro. I love the interaction on the first project. Welldone.

CapedBaldy:


Alright thanks.
These are currently my best projects
https://cryptostatz.netlify.app/
http://product-feedback-app-seven./

I don't have experience with hackathons or internships

TheManOfTheYear:
I have one of my very first technical interview tomorrow.

I'd keep y'all updated on what to expect in a frontend technical interview.

Though it may not be the same for all companies, but some questions and processes are definitely transferable

we're waiting boss

Bro, I'm interested too, do you mind?

TheManOfTheYear:
Sure, I'd hit you up

Emeraldfynest:
This is great bro. I love the interaction on the first project. Welldone.

Thanks

TheManOfTheYear:
Nice project, the second link seems to be broken.

I built something similar to your first project during my early days in react.

HelloBro I wish to connect with you on Twitter, can you drop your handle?

Tekhthings:


HelloBro I wish to connect with you on Twitter, can you drop your handle?

You can DM me.

Your writing here has inspired me to work harder. I'm through with html now and deep in to CSS through YouTube videos. I wish to get your contact for information and other things please.

TheManOfTheYear:
You can DM me.

hello ManoftheYear

I sent you an email request. Please can I have a sample of your CV sent to my email: desmondudah5@gmail.com

I am a technical writer and a budding Javascript developer, but I know my CV isnt looking good at all.

Thanks in advance.

TheManOfTheYear:
Me I don't have a mentor, I never had one.

Just utilize communities like twitter to get a clear path depending on the path you're taking.
In regards to courses, platforms like YouTube and Udemy, udacity, codecademy are there for you.

If you're stuck with a bug or how to add a feature, you can check sites like Stackoverflow, geeks4geeks etc or you can also read official documentations.

Na so me I dey run am o.

Can’t we also have our own Naija WhatsApp group where we can share challenges and job advert at the same time. I think it will be great

olawhyte:
I’ve been on JavaScript for a month now and it’s really making me loose my mind. I would like to know how which platforms helped you

To learn JavaScript buy John Smilga Udemy course and rest….

TheManOfTheYear:


Now I have a technical interview and a rugged task to prepare for and work on respectively.

.

Bro, how did the technical interview go, was it on data structures and algorithms ? I had one last month, after breezing through the first 2 stages, I thought the last stage would be to discuss price, omoh, na so dem use DSA shock me oo. Funny enough, after that failure, I went and started studying DSA. Later discovered the question I was given is cheap. Has to do with Priority Queue

DDayve:


Bro, how did the technical interview go, was it on data structures and algorithms ? I had one last month, after breezing through the first 2 stages, I thought the last stage would be to discuss price, omoh, na so dem use DSA shock me oo. Funny enough, after that failure, I went and started studying DSA. Later discovered the question I was given is cheap. Has to do with Priority Queue

Mine last year was just to write a code to iterate a tree. Just 3 lines of code. I didnt know. A japa job that I had suffered to reach the final stage.

frankfab:
I can relate with everything you said. I'm currently in this stage and have been procrastinating on writing.
Have few articles on hashnode, dev.to and medium.

I'm planning on writing 1 article per week from next month and would need accountability partner.

Hello,
I think we're in the same boat. Written a few articles already and I'm hoping I could find someone as a partner to speed up and improve my writing skills.

Do you mind having me as a partner? We could start a group for technical writers to share professional tips and helpful materials. The group will be strictly by invitation and we'll need some mechanism to verify if truly a prospective member is a valid author.

I await your reply, chief.

tensazangetsu20:


Mine last year was just to write a code to iterate a tree. Just 3 lines of code. I didnt know. A japa job that I had suffered to reach the final stage.

How do you find these japa jobs?

onyeadurunujoel:

How do you find these japa jobs?

LinkedIn mostly.

Andrenalin:


Can’t we also have our own Naija WhatsApp group where we can share challenges and job advert at the same time. I think it will be great

I think this is a great idea. I'm going to create a group and put the link here



Here's the link:https:///DFD1p2H6dL0IvnCLhKZYt3

Nairaland can't allow it. Just add "chat dot whatsapp dot com " before the DFD

Please let's join, share ideas and job adverts to people that may need it.

Andrenalin:


Can’t we also have our own Naija WhatsApp group where we can share challenges and job advert at the same time. I think it will be great

Yeah, if you can create the group. I'm sure we'd be happy to come together

DDayve:


Bro, how did the technical interview go, was it on data structures and algorithms ? I had one last month, after breezing through the first 2 stages, I thought the last stage would be to discuss price, omoh, na so dem use DSA shock me oo. Funny enough, after that failure, I went and started studying DSA. Later discovered the question I was given is cheap. Has to do with Priority Queue

My interview was great. I'd rate it 8/10.

I was already in the meeting room online about 5 minutes to the start of time. The first question was the usual "tell us about yourself and your background".

I gave a brief narration about my work experience so far, (didn't let them know they were internships), also talked about some of my technical writing experience.

At this stage, I quickly chipped in on some of the open source works I've done. The CTO guy immediately developed keen interest when I mentioned open source.
I've actually been doing some beginner friendly open source contributions on GitHub. Both in code and in technical writing. The guy seemed to love that fact.
I made sure I use that moment to shine.

He asked me to show some of my open source contributions on GitHub, which I did.

Now, after about 30 minutes of chit chats, it was time for some technical rounds.
Unexpectedly, it was my projects on GitHub they decided to use to fire me questions.

They went through the different code on my GitHub and ask me questions. For instance, the guy would enter a file and see a block of code somewhere, he would ask me to explain what the code was doing, why I used that approach rather than another approach (which he would mention).

Omo me wey don forget why I write some code sef
However, I would do my best to explain to the best of my memory and knowledge.

I made sure the interview was as communicative as possible. I expressed myself a lot.

So after one hour, they finally relaxed me.
Now it was time for me to ask them questions. So I decided to ask about their product. What their product really do and what the aim was in the near future.

So yeah, interview process differs, the main thing is to give them a reason to employ you.

But as for DSA, well, that's different lol.
Not all companies use DSA, that must have been a very high paying job role.

They gave me a specific time they'd get back to me, so fingers crossed.

TheManOfTheYear:

My interview was great. I'd rate it 8/10.

I was already in the meeting room online about 5 minutes to the start of time. The first question was the usual "tell us about yourself and your background".

I gave a brief narration about my work experience so far, (didn't let them know they were internships), also talked about some of my technical writing experience.

At this stage, I quickly chipped in on some of the open source works I've done. The CTO guy immediately developed keen interest when I mentioned open source.
I've actually been doing some beginner friendly open source contributions on GitHub. Both in code and in technical writing. The guy seemed to love that fact.
I made sure I use that moment to shine.

He asked me to show some of my open source contributions on GitHub, which I did.

Now, after about 30 minutes of chit chats, it was time for some technical rounds.
Unexpectedly, it was my projects on GitHub they decided to use to fire me questions.

They went through my different code on GitHub and ask me questions. For example, the guy would enter a file and see a block of code somewhere, he would ask me to explain what the code was doing. Why I used that approach instead of another approach (which he would mention).

Omo me wey don forget why I write some code sef
However, I would do my best to explain to the best of my memory and knowledge.

I made sure the interview was as communicative as possible. I expressed myself a lot.

So after one hour, they finally relaxed me.
Now it was time for me to ask them questions. So I decided to ask about their product. What their product really do and what the aim was in the near future.

So yeah, interview process differs, the main thing is to give them a reason to employ you.

But as for DSA, well, that's different lol.
Not all companies use DSA, that must have been a very high paying job role.

They gave me a specific time they'd get back to me, so fingers crossed.

BEST OF LUCK

TheManOfTheYear:

My interview was great. I'd rate it 8/10.

I was already in the meeting room online about 5 minutes to the start of time. The first question was the usual "tell us about yourself and your background".

I gave a brief narration about my work experience so far, (didn't let them know they were internships), also talked about some of my technical writing experience.

At this stage, I quickly chipped in on some of the open source works I've done. The CTO guy immediately developed keen interest when I mentioned open source.
I've actually been doing some beginner friendly open source contributions on GitHub. Both in code and in technical writing. The guy seemed to love that fact.
I made sure I use that moment to shine.

He asked me to show some of my open source contributions on GitHub, which I did.

Now, after about 30 minutes of chit chats, it was time for some technical rounds.
Unexpectedly, it was my projects on GitHub they decided to use to fire me questions.

They went through my different code on GitHub and ask me questions. For example, the guy would enter a file and see a block of code somewhere, he would ask me to explain what the code was doing. Why I used that approach instead of another approach (which he would mention).

Omo me wey don forget why I write some code sef
However, I would do my best to explain to the best of my memory and knowledge.

I made sure the interview was as communicative as possible. I expressed myself a lot.

So after one hour, they finally relaxed me.
Now it was time for me to ask them questions. So I decided to ask about their product. What their product really do and what the aim was in the near future.

So yeah, interview process differs, the main thing is to give them a reason to employ you.

But as for DSA, well, that's different lol.
Not all companies use DSA, that must have been a very high paying job role.

They gave me a specific time they'd get back to me, so fingers crossed.

Good luck

TheManOfTheYear:

My interview was great. I'd rate it 8/10.

I was already in the meeting room online about 5 minutes to the start of time. The first question was the usual "tell us about yourself and your background".

I gave a brief narration about my work experience so far, (didn't let them know they were internships), also talked about some of my technical writing experience.

At this stage, I quickly chipped in on some of the open source works I've done. The CTO guy immediately developed keen interest when I mentioned open source.
I've actually been doing some beginner friendly open source contributions on GitHub. Both in code and in technical writing. The guy seemed to love that fact.
I made sure I use that moment to shine.

He asked me to show some of my open source contributions on GitHub, which I did.

Now, after about 30 minutes of chit chats, it was time for some technical rounds.
Unexpectedly, it was my projects on GitHub they decided to use to fire me questions.

They went through my different code on GitHub and ask me questions. For example, the guy would enter a file and see a block of code somewhere, he would ask me to explain what the code was doing. Why I used that approach instead of another approach (which he would mention).

Omo me wey don forget why I write some code sef
However, I would do my best to explain to the best of my memory and knowledge.

I made sure the interview was as communicative as possible. I expressed myself a lot.

So after one hour, they finally relaxed me.
Now it was time for me to ask them questions. So I decided to ask about their product. What their product really do and what the aim was in the near future.

So yeah, interview process differs, the main thing is to give them a reason to employ you.

But as for DSA, well, that's different lol.
Not all companies use DSA, that must have been a very high paying job role.

They gave me a specific time they'd get back to me, so fingers crossed.

Best of luck.

Good luck!

TheManOfTheYear:

My interview was great. I'd rate it 8/10.

I was already in the meeting room online about 5 minutes to the start of time. The first question was the usual "tell us about yourself and your background".

I gave a brief narration about my work experience so far, (didn't let them know they were internships), also talked about some of my technical writing experience.

At this stage, I quickly chipped in on some of the open source works I've done. The CTO guy immediately developed keen interest when I mentioned open source.
I've actually been doing some beginner friendly open source contributions on GitHub. Both in code and in technical writing. The guy seemed to love that fact.
I made sure I use that moment to shine.

He asked me to show some of my open source contributions on GitHub, which I did.

Now, after about 30 minutes of chit chats, it was time for some technical rounds.
Unexpectedly, it was my projects on GitHub they decided to use to fire me questions.

They went through my different code on GitHub and ask me questions. For example, the guy would enter a file and see a block of code somewhere, he would ask me to explain what the code was doing. Why I used that approach instead of another approach (which he would mention).

Omo me wey don forget why I write some code sef
However, I would do my best to explain to the best of my memory and knowledge.

I made sure the interview was as communicative as possible. I expressed myself a lot.

So after one hour, they finally relaxed me.
Now it was time for me to ask them questions. So I decided to ask about their product. What their product really do and what the aim was in the near future.

So yeah, interview process differs, the main thing is to give them a reason to employ you.

But as for DSA, well, that's different lol.
Not all companies use DSA, that must have been a very high paying job role.

They gave me a specific time they'd get back to me, so fingers crossed.