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marceeesty:
Self discipline is the key, try to read atomic habits and eat that frog, maybe 5 pages per day. Determine to be seated and on ur lappy by a particular time only get up at ur stipulated time. Draft ur timetable a day before.

motivator

i want to eat chicken not frog abeg

marceeesty:
True, no mentor but God with but burning passion. At every slighted opportunity tell ppl that care to know what you do.

i dont like wenpeople say passion.....


burn that thing.......
if u say passion.. specify the type of passion


for me money is my passion... not just money the beauty in it. building sumtin u can use,,, sumtin u have been seeing people doooo is crazzzzyyyyy

Edipet:
how I wish I can ask for support to get a good laptop, planing to get a laptop this weekend with my Life saving.

i can helppp u out..........

where re u livng?

funny bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


uuuu made me laugh out loud

2Radii:
Aahh

I swear u raise my morale with this statement.. so which mean no matter how bad it is, if I understand what I am bn taught there is high probability that I will secure job.

Edipet:
I'm learning Alone not yet in alx

i will teach uuuu

SeunWedsLinda:
bro Lagos no be where you fit practice this thing. I literally leave house by 6 to return home by 6/7. No time bro

na lagos island i dey........ steady light 247

jesmond3945:
when do you go to bed? Reduce your sleep.

reduce whatttttt

SeunWedsLinda:
So I have this administrative job that pays me 100k on the island in Lagos. The job doesn't actually afford me any opportunity to grow and I have done a serious introspection of what the future holds and I am not particularly pleased with my analysis.

I am seriously considering resigning from the job to venture into tech. This has been bothering me for quite some time now and it's even compounded by the fact that if I should decide to venture into tech, I would have to go from zero to hundred in six months(don't know how possible this is but I feel it's doable with intensive self learning)

On the other hand, I'm confused on which to go for between data science/analysis and web/software development.

Should I quit my job and venture into tech? In terms of having job prospects and getting employable in 6 months, which skill should I go for? Also considering my age.

I will also appreciate advice outside the scope of what I posted. I know a lot of people might have been through this one time. How were you able to surmount it?

sir invest in my project... u will not regret it...

dodgelord:
funny bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


uuuu made me laugh out loud

How??

But it's not funny na

dodgelord:
i dont like wenpeople say passion.....


burn that thing.......
if u say passion.. specify the type of passion


for me money is my passion... not just money the beauty in it. building sumtin u can use,,, sumtin u have been seeing people doooo is crazzzzyyyyy

Lolzzzzzzzzz, wake up.
Everything can be learned and be reproduced. You can make money and chop life but HOW? L_EARN

dodgelord:
i dont like wenpeople say passion.....


burn that thing.......
if u say passion.. specify the type of passion


for me money is my passion... not just money the beauty in it. building sumtin u can use,,, sumtin u have been seeing people doooo is crazzzzyyyyy

Simply put, let passion to chop life make you dangerously desperate to learn coding, Outside coding OYO is ur case o.

Hi Kroger.

Please I would like to seek your professional counsel on tech aspect to progress with. I have resolved to venture into tech but I'm confused on which part to take. My resolve is primarily based on financial freedom and I have outlined cybersecurity, cloud computing and front end development as possible options. Which would you advice I go for Sir? One that I can be readily employable on getting the necessary skills and one that can also help me when I have made much from it and looking to relocate abroad.

SeunWedsLinda:
Hi Kroger.

Please I would like to seek your professional counsel on tech aspect to progress with. I have resolved to venture into tech but I'm confused on which part to take. My resolve is primarily based on financial freedom and I have outlined cybersecurity, cloud computing and front end development as possible options. Which would you advice I go for Sir? One that I can be readily employable on getting the necessary skills and one that can also help me when I have made much from it and looking to relocate abroad.

Hi Bro,

Glad to know you want to venture into the tech space, cyber security and cloud computing is in high demand. Most companies are moving to the cloud and seeking professionals to migrate and manage, either AWS, AZURE OR GCP. you can never go wrong with both Cyber security and cloud computing. I Dont know so much about front end.

SeunWedsLinda:
So I have this administrative job that pays me 100k on the island in Lagos. The job doesn't actually afford me any opportunity to grow and I have done a serious introspection of what the future holds and I am not particularly pleased with my analysis.

I am seriously considering resigning from the job to venture into tech. This has been bothering me for quite some time now and it's even compounded by the fact that if I should decide to venture into tech, I would have to go from zero to hundred in six months(don't know how possible this is but I feel it's doable with intensive self learning)

On the other hand, I'm confused on which to go for between data science/analysis and web/software development.

Should I quit my job and venture into tech? In terms of having job prospects and getting employable in 6 months, which skill should I go for? Also considering my age.

I will also appreciate advice outside the scope of what I posted. I know a lot of people might have been through this one time. How were you able to surmount it?

@OP, you really tried to have decided to make this plunge however I would give you these few advice.
I'm close to 40 but I feel life still holds more for me so reaching or getting to 40 should push you to do some tough stuffs so you dont regret later.
I'm a web software dev but I have realized that the business side of tech is more glamorous if you can climax around there.
take this seriously:
You can either keep doing the work AND use your evenings to read/code. Start with C and more to python and specialize on backend, you can easily port to data analysis with that stack. You may start with freecodecamp.org.

OR

Save 3 months of your salary and resign but ensure that you are going for a stack that can get you a job in 8-10 months. Both tech fields will give you a good start but this 2nd option may be tough prior to getting a job o.

Danyl:
@OP, you really tried to have decided to make this plunge however I would give you these few advice.
I'm close to 40 but I feel life still holds more for me so reaching or getting to 40 should push you to do some tough stuffs so you dont regret later.
I'm a web software dev but I have realized that the business side of tech is more glamorous if you can climax around there.
take this seriously:
You can either keep doing the work AND use your evenings to read/code. Start with C and more to python and specialize on backend, you can easily port to data analysis with that stack. You may start with freecodecamp.org.

OR

Save 3 months of your salary and resign but ensure that you are going for a stack that can get you a job in 8-10 months. Both tech fields will give you a good start but this 2nd option may be tough prior to getting a job o.

Hi, please I'm in my early forties. I desperately want to go into being a web software developer like you, too, but really confused on how to Kickstart this journey. I'd really like to have us contact on WhatsApp. This is my number: 09071043449. Thanks.

Techstar:
they are all remote I.e you learn online, although I'm not so sure about decagon which is in lagos. Google them for more details

Decagon isn't remote and you need a collateral.

marcopollo:
Hi, please I'm in my early forties. I desperately want to go into being a web software developer like you, too, but really confused on how to Kickstart this journey. I'd really like to have us contact on WhatsApp. This is my number:. Thanks.

Just know that being 40+ does not in anyway limit you. You’d need more determination no doubt (children and wife no dey let person see front at this age). But it is completely doable. Set small milestones that you can accomplish. Applaud yourself when you do accomplish them. I’m no longer into programming so my advice may be somewhat dated. But I like to go hard or go home. I will hazard a suggestion and say learn Java. Many of these youngsters will kill me for saying that. But when I learned programming it was with some really tough languages. And Java was my second language even though it was a first language for a lot of my contemporaries in the US. If Java is too “tough”, then try Python. Note that whatever Programming Language used is just a tool. The most important thing is to develop an algorithmic mindset of seeing a problem, breaking it down into small repeatable steps and then writing a program to solve the problem.

marcopollo:
Hi, please I'm in my early forties. I desperately want to go into being a web software developer like you, too, but really confused on how to Kickstart this journey. I'd really like to have us contact on WhatsApp. This is my number: 09071043449. Thanks.

I'd connect. Thanks. I'm Emmanuel by the way.

Danyl:
@OP, you really tried to have decided to make this plunge however I would give you these few advice.
I'm close to 40 but I feel life still holds more for me so reaching or getting to 40 should push you to do some tough stuffs so you dont regret later.
I'm a web software dev but I have realized that the business side of tech is more glamorous if you can climax around there.
take this seriously:
You can either keep doing the work AND use your evenings to read/code. Start with C and more to python and specialize on backend, you can easily port to data analysis with that stack. You may start with freecodecamp.org.

OR

Save 3 months of your salary and resign but ensure that you are going for a stack that can get you a job in 8-10 months. Both tech fields will give you a good start but this 2nd option may be tough prior to getting a job o.

What is this C you people are talking about

airsaylongcome:
Just know that being 40+ does not in anyway limit you. You’d need more determination no doubt (children and wife no dey let person see front at this age). But it is completely doable. Set small milestones that you can accomplish. Applaud yourself when you do accomplish them. I’m no longer into programming so my advice may be somewhat dated. But I like to go hard or go home. I will hazard a suggestion and say learn Java. Many of these youngsters will kill me for saying that. But when I learned programming it was with some really tough languages. And Java was my second language even though it was a first language for a lot of my contemporaries in the US. If Java is too “tough”, then try Python. Note that whatever Programming Language used is just a tool. The most important thing is to develop an algorithmic mindset of seeing a problem, breaking it down into small repeatable steps and then writing a program to solve the problem.

What are you into now sir. And what is this C people are talking about, I’ve seen learn C and python many times

I'm a UI UX designer with 4years experience, I gained lots of hands-on experience working on different designing Apps and websites, for fintech, e-commerce, SAAS products etc and also worked on different products that are live and available on playstore

Email: alexsamuel048@gmail.com

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

space9880:
What are you into now sir. And what is this C people are talking about, I’ve seen learn C and python many times

Both are programming languages with different levels of rigour. C being more brutal than Python

airsaylongcome:
Both are programming languages with different levels of rigour. C being more brutal than Python

Yeah thank to people like you I’m not as lost as I used to be, at least now I know where to place my focus