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jUeLiZ:
please do you have any plan B you can suggest for me ... thanks...

Bro which kind things dey inspire/motivate you? What type of things are you interested in?

jUeLiZ:
please do you have any plan B you can suggest for me ... thanks...

Farming, real estate, there are so many research on it

jUeLiZ:
please do you have any plan B you can suggest for me ... thanks...

You can ask ChatGPT bro….

The other day I was on ChatGPT and told it the name of my remote village in Nigeria, and asked if to give me workable business ideas in my location that I could start with NO money.

My brother, I was so shocked when this thing began mentioning all sorts of business ideas and opportunities available to me. It even listed the names of places I could go around in my area to do the work, and search for whatever I needed for the work!

It even offered to write me a Business Plan, SWOT analysis etc, cash flow analysis.

Stuff we used to pay people thousands of Naira to do in the past, and wait for 2 weeks.

I was totally flabbergasted.

AI is something else.

And it’s only going to get better and more advanced in the decades and centuries ahead.

adaperry25:
The noise about tech got into my head and I quit my 8-5 job. Though the 8-5 job was becoming stressful and toxic, I couldn't cope and had to leave.

I had saved some funds and learned data analytics. Now here is where the issue lies.

I've applied to more than a thousand jobs and I keep getting rejections.

My hope was to get a remote job but I'm not seeing it coming.

Is tech all about noise or it's just saturated?

While learning , we were told a data analyst earns 30k USD annually. I'm just getting tired and frustrated

😂😂

Greetings Boss, undergrad SWE student here, I will greatly appreciate any tips, suggestions, advice. Thank you.

MT:
Again, obviously you are not an enterprise developer.

I laugh at most of the comments on this thread.

Even in many Nigeria banks, there are roles for tech guys, especially developers, with monthly net salary of 1.5 million and above as a senior dev. Banks are struggling to fill these roles.

Most people here don’t know the processes and stages of software from architecture to deployment and continuous improvement,

I see a lot of people focusing on the mastery of a particular programming language instead of focusing on how to deliver highly performant, highly scalable , highly available software.

Then most people here do not understand how to leverage on ML to deliver solution. ML is just a subset of AI. AI comprises of so many things and you only need to focus on an aspect which will help you.

There lies the difference between a rookie and an expert.

adaperry25:
The noise about tech got into my head and I quit my 8-5 job. Though the 8-5 job was becoming stressful and toxic, I couldn't cope and had to leave.

I had saved some funds and learned data analytics. Now here is where the issue lies.

I've applied to more than a thousand jobs and I keep getting rejections.

My hope was to get a remote job but I'm not seeing it coming.

Is tech all about noise or it's just saturated?

While learning , we were told a data analyst earns 30k USD annually. I'm just getting tired and frustrated

You don't get tech skill to start looking for work, you get a tech skill to start freelancing, build up a strong portfolio... Na job go dey find you.

jUeLiZ:
please do you have any plan B you can suggest for me ... thanks...

This boy enhhh, lol. How old are you, Biko?? As an adult, you shouldn’t be asking anybody to figure out your plans for you. That duty is yours exclusively.

PapaNnamdi:
Not all tech jobs in Nigeria is based on recommendation,

All jucy jobs are on recommendation
In short any employment opportunity in Nigeria is based on recommendation.

Even teaching , security nannyjob

Nigeria is not a country to seek employment without proper networking.


But the truth is,

Almost all tech jobs can be automated now with AI,
The speed with which it's application is increasing begs the question will there be jobs in the nearest future?

I WAS emphasis on was a graphic designer and web developer looking for paid gigs online,
Until I downloaded ChatGPT then realized my skill will become obsolete soon from what chat got could do as at the time,

Today AI is making videos, paintings, websites even cloning and maintenance,

Now who will pay for something that can be done almost free with AI

AI can replace anything, but not graphics design... Can AI design? Yes! Can it replaced it? Hell no.

I'm a designer and I've tried 50s of AI for graphics, the flaws are endless.

is Data Analytics "Tech"?

"Proper I.T." has a high barrier for entry and steep learning curve. The real problem is the typical naija herd syndrome, "tech tech tech" so every one wants a piece of the pie without putting in so much work. So you have millions of product managers, data analysts, ui/ux people.

Database nko? Networking? Infrastructure? Cybersecurity? Architecture nko? Development / Software Engineering?

You have not stepped into I.T. yet my brother.

adaperry25:
The noise about tech got into my head and I quit my 8-5 job. Though the 8-5 job was becoming stressful and toxic, I couldn't cope and had to leave.

I had saved some funds and learned data analytics. Now here is where the issue lies.

I've applied to more than a thousand jobs and I keep getting rejections.

My hope was to get a remote job but I'm not seeing it coming.

Is tech all about noise or it's just saturated?

While learning , we were told a data analyst earns 30k USD annually. I'm just getting tired and frustrated

adaperry25:
The noise about tech got into my head and I quit my 8-5 job. Though the 8-5 job was becoming stressful and toxic, I couldn't cope and had to leave.

I had saved some funds and learned data analytics. Now here is where the issue lies.

I've applied to more than a thousand jobs and I keep getting rejections.

My hope was to get a remote job but I'm not seeing it coming.

Is tech all about noise or it's just saturated?

While learning , we were told a data analyst earns 30k USD annually. I'm just getting tired and frustrated

From your statement, you learned data analysis with a desperate get rich quick mentality that immediately you finish, high paying jobs are waiting for you.

It may have been like that some years back but the level of competition is getting higher everyday and secondly, AI is reducing jobs in tech.

Where did you learn the data analysis, from a Nigerian institution? What you need to do is look for a company for internship even if it means you paying a little amount - that will serve as your work experience in data analysis. There are many competition out there so your certificate from a training organisation (which in some cases may be some hungry set of trainers who haven't really worked in the field they are teaching) isn't an automatic route to get a job

Data analytics is very saturated at the moment as the supply of skilled workers is 2X higher than the demand, hence why.

hartson:
very true.The fact generally is that there lot's of pirated softwares in the open market where computer village guys bypass original softwares or download fake softwares and their crackers or activation keys.Because of fraudulent act top computer giants like HP,Dell,Acer,Lenovo even microsoft no longer package oem OS and apps CD Plates with their brands rather they have them pre-installed in the systems before shipping.
But overseas the original OS, apps,drivers for hardwares are readily available for downloads from their respective sites.People over there know what piracy laws are so they are very careful not to breach them

In most cases they don't even think of backing up personal files and likes.they rush to format the hdd or sdd.they may not be able to find all the complete drivers the system came with even if they search online.

Quacks computer systems engineer over saturated the market....

No one is sincere enough to control the market... Full of fraudster and scammers....

Everything nah system virus diagnosis and next thing format.....

This thing is simple. Its almost as if those supposed "leaders" don't get it.
A place where the whole country loses power supply simultaneously every week is talking about A.I.?

Acidosis:
Does Nigeria really have a viable tech sector, or is it just people in tech-inscribed T-shirts with laptops hopping from one remote work hub to the next? I mean, our tech industry is basically a glorified game of "brilliant minds" with Wi-Fi.

When we're actually ready for a real tech industry, we'll be calling on the government to build a proper industrialised environment for real tech companies - think mobile phone manufacturers, satellite companies, robot factories - basically, places with actual addresses, not just free Wi-Fi and coffee.

How can we talk about a tech industry when we still import ordinary POS machines? What is you people's idea of tech? Free WiFi, website design, coding, and crypto? Walai, we are not ready.

As always, we always want to jump the process. How can we talk about modern day tech without proper industrialisation? After learning to code, what next? Look around you, apart from banks, who your coding help? Schools still struggling to pay minimum wage or market women??

After paying taxes, electing a central government, putting them in charge of the vast resources to do the exact things you describe, you still want a private citizen to build roads?

Please, I'm trying to remain civil here

Sultan5:
You go wait tire. Government that haven't completed federal roads, look at the national grid, this same government will come and build these things for you dey play. Either you build it yourself or get investors thats how it is everywhere in the world. No body will come and put food down for you especially not the Nigerian government

DrBrainstorm:
Greetings Boss, undergrad SWE student here, I will greatly appreciate any tips, suggestions, advice. Thank you.

Provide me with your preliminary information

MT:
You can reach out privatelY

Okay. I sent you an email.

300L undergraduate studying Software Engineering in a federal University with interest in C#/.Net.

MT:
Provide me with your preliminary information

hector:
This boy enhhh, lol. How old are you, Biko?? As an adult, you shouldn’t be asking anybody to figure out your plans for you. That duty is yours exclusively.

thank you for your kind reply. I understand you, but oftentimes in decision making, what you think is best might not be because you're limited in information. So o think it's always best to compare and contrast other people opinions. Someone opinion might set you on the right track you never can tell.

litaninja:
After paying taxes, electing a central government, putting them in charge of the vast resources to do the exact things you describe, you still want a private citizen to build roads?

Please, I'm trying to remain civil here

I don't understand your question, I want to be civil too but your question sounds like you didn't understand what I said and jumped to your own conclusions and sent this reply. Because tell me where did I say a private citizen should build road? Like I don't get is it that what I wrote was spanish or what?

litaninja:
is Data Analytics "Tech"?

"Proper I.T." has a high barrier for entry and steep learning curve. The real problem is the typical naija herd syndrome, "tech tech tech" so every one wants a piece of the pie without putting in so much work. So you have millions of product managers, data analysts, ui/ux people.

Database nko? Networking? Infrastructure? Cybersecurity? Architecture nko? Development / Software Engineering?

You have not stepped into I.T. yet my brother.

This is interesting to hear, so what's IT proper? A lot of people keep getting things mixed or upside down, information technology is as wide as Engineering but there are numerous fields within IT, all the subset listed up there are proper IT, you decide your path into the area then run with it, what Nigerians consider tech this day is programming abi na coding , and unfortunately everyone believes that is the only field that is lucrative .

Now, Data Analytics is proper IT because it involves scripting and writing queries in SQL, etc... PBI has its own language to write measures, see there's no one area of IT that doesn't have a technical bit, stop looking at it from the lens of MS Excel only

fitinwell:
Quacks computer systems engineer over saturated the market....

No one is sincere enough to control the market... Full of fraudster and scammers....

Everything nah system virus diagnosis and next thing format.....

on point my brother

jUeLiZ:
thank you for your kind reply. I understand you, but oftentimes in decision making, what you think is best might not be because you're limited in information. So o think it's always best to compare and contrast other people opinions. Someone opinion might set you on the right track you never can tell.

See it's always good to compare and contrast on views or opinions from people but you need to be careful otherwise you get overwhelmed by people's ideologies. The thing you must first understand about your decision or journey into IT is remove he mindset of money making, secondly always look for solution in any situation, rather look for complicated problems and how you can solve them, thirdly you must be someone with a very good abstract thinking, solution creation mindset...

When you have analyzed all, I said in the last paragraph then, start thinking of what area you think is best fit for you in the IT world. For Example, if you decide you want to be a full stack developer, you must understand logic, processes, flow chart etc. Do you have all these in place? if NO, do you want to still become a developer, then you must develop these hard skills along the line or you move into another line. So, in all you must have options and be flexible to switch until you get to where you're very comfortable

dauntless15:
yes email me

I've sent you a PM already.
I'll be expecting to hear from you soon.
Or better still, you can tell me other ways to reach you.

Can someone tell us the future Tech gig?

octavian:
See it's always good to compare and contrast on views or opinions from people but you need to be careful otherwise you get overwhelmed by people's ideologies. The thing you must first understand about your decision or journey into IT is remove he mindset of money making, secondly always look for solution in any situation, rather look for complicated problems and how you can solve them, thirdly you must be someone with a very good abstract thinking, solution creation mindset...

When you have analyzed all, I said in the last paragraph then, start thinking of what area you think is best fit for you in the IT world. For Example, if you decide you want to be a full stack developer, you must understand logic, processes, flow chart etc. Do you have all these in place? if NO, do you want to still become a developer, then you must develop these hard skills along the line or you move into another line. So, in all you must have options and be flexible to switch until you get to where you're very comfortable

Thank you very much. I do appreciate the fact that you find time air your view.... I've learned from your opinion....

gabicon:
You can't learn AI in isolation, AI is like the seasoning and spices we put in our soup, these spices are not the soup but they sure make it pleasurable to eat. Find out the effects of AI on your field of expertise and become the person that can use AI to meet that change. For instance I create art pieces, through AI I have been able to replicate ancient art pieces which would have required getting a graphic designers to replicate.

Thanks dearly, God bless you.

Pls, where do you think I can start in the world of tech as a novice?

donmik:
Thanks dearly, God bless you.

Pls, where do you think I can start in the world of tech as a novice?

octavian:
See it's always good to compare and contrast on views or opinions from people but you need to be careful otherwise you get overwhelmed by people's ideologies. The thing you must first understand about your decision or journey into IT is remove he mindset of money making, secondly always look for solution in any situation, rather look for complicated problems and how you can solve them, thirdly you must be someone with a very good abstract thinking, solution creation mindset...

When you have analyzed all, I said in the last paragraph then, start thinking of what area you think is best fit for you in the IT world. For Example, if you decide you want to be a full stack developer, you must understand logic, processes, flow chart etc. Do you have all these in place? if NO, do you want to still become a developer, then you must develop these hard skills along the line or you move into another line. So, in all you must have options and be flexible to switch until you get to where you're very comfortable

Read this bit and start from there, Tech involves a lot of critical thinking and strategy

360who:
Data analytics is very saturated at the moment as the supply of skilled workers is 2X higher than the demand, hence why.

It depends on the side of the glass you are looking at the cup, it could be half full or half empty, when you are in the field you will understand that getting a job as a Data Analyst is beyond beautiful dashboards, scripting or creating pipelines. There are other fundamental components a hiring manager looks at during interviews, no one in all has mentioned anything around developing soft skills and the funny thing is without having soft skills even the best programmer will struggle in a job.

Another angle is data security, like I stated on another reply, there are parts of the data ecosystem that is not always talked about in 2-3 days data camps, data security, data architecture, the @adaperry25 need to go beyond what was thought in the class to latch on to other areas of data ecosystem, this way when interviewing with any manager he see a detailed professional even with little experience, but when the person is focused on visualization and coding as being suggested, hmmmmmm Lord have mercy

Acidosis:
Does Nigeria really have a viable tech sector, or is it just people in tech-inscribed T-shirts with laptops hopping from one remote work hub to the next? I mean, our tech industry is basically a glorified game of "brilliant minds" with Wi-Fi.

When we're actually ready for a real tech industry, we'll be calling on the government to build a proper industrialised environment for real tech companies - think mobile phone manufacturers, satellite companies, robot factories - basically, places with actual addresses, not just free Wi-Fi and coffee.

How can we talk about a tech industry when we still import ordinary POS machines? What is you people's idea of tech? Free WiFi, website design, coding, and crypto? Walai, we are not ready.

As always, we always want to jump the process. How can we talk about modern day tech without proper industrialisation? After learning to code, what next? Look around you, apart from banks, who your coding help? Schools still struggling to pay minimum wage or market women??

Walahi we are not ready Sir...😊

The challenge you are having is not getting a job, it is getting credentials that make you top notch candidate. People go ahead to learn the skills thinking a reasonable employer will just grab you because you are tech person. No , they have to trust that you can do the job.

jUeLiZ:
please do you have any plan B you can suggest for me ... thanks...

Yes, I have a plan B, I would suggest you consider it. there's an opportunity where you can partner with a reputable real estate company in developing properties and you earn extra annual income. Is it something that interests you? If it is, you can reach me on +2347037375580 let's discuss further.

But AI will give you some clue about the sophisticated apps!

Princedapace:
Anyone who is good, does not beg for tech job. This year alone, I have made over 5k dollars on coding gigs. That is just between January to this February.
Starting another coding gig for 7k dollars in few weeks time.
What most people don't know is the IT market requires one to be really solid and good.
Building sophisticated applications no be beans. And no be wetin AI dey run.