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AngelicBeing:
Hian, for disparaging University education in Nigeria, l will ask DSS to detain you for 1000 years in kebbi state, hahaha 😂

For performing my civil duty by sharing my opinion in attempt to push for positive change?
Lol, that means i will first reorientate the DSS 😂

FutureFocus:
For performing my civil duty by sharing my opinion in attempt to push for positive change?
Lol, that means i will first reorientate the DSS 😂

Hehehe, haha 😂

The rise in tech hubs in Yaba, Lekki and Ikeja is proof that the city has become Nigeria's Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley was ground zero for digital innovations. ... the source of many new products and ways of getting stuff done. Are these our tech hubs places of innovation? ... or places of receiving information? If it's receiving information then we shouldn't be having Silicon Valley in the discussion. We've gone nowhere but already shouting about skill exportation. We need to stop putting the cart before the horse .... don't even have the eggs but already counting the chickens before they hatch. What happen to the people that ehmmm ...graduate from these tech hubs? ...are they employed? ...started their own businesses?...or are back walking the streets jobless as potential millionaires? I'm not saying these skills are not good to have.... but not let's think it is like a visa to employment or riches.
Youths gravitate to this kind "trend" for one reason ...the lure of fast money.I can see a clear path to riches ...as soon as I'm done with this course in four months.... it's goodbye to poverty. Really?

SQLmastar:
Hey, I totally get where you're coming from, and you're spot on about "Nigerian" tendency to herd everyone into one path like tech's the only golden ticket. There's a whole world of opportunities out there—finance, healthcare, biotech, supply chain, cybersecurity, compliance, you name it, and they can be seriously lucrative and fulfilling. You're preaching truth there!

Secondly, while AI would definitely replace tech roles such as coding and data analysis; AI isn’t quite the grim reaper for project management and product management. Those roles are super human-centric—think wrangling teams, aligning stakeholders, or steering the vision of a product. AI can assist with data crunching or automating tasks, but it’s not sitting in the driver’s seat for those anytime soon. The nuance, the gut calls, the people skills? That’s still a human game.

Also, just a quick note—those sectors you mentioned? They’re not tech-free zones. Finance leans on fintech platforms, healthcare uses medical software, supply chain runs on logistics tech, and cybersecurity and compliance are tech’s bread and butter. Even project and product management often rely on tools like Jira or Trello to keep things humming. So, tech’s more like the engine powering these fields, not a separate lane.

Great points overall, though—diversifying career paths is the way to go!

What do you mean by cyber security is tech bread and butter?

How about a degree in cyber security? Which institution in Nigeria is best for this course?
You sincere reply will be appreciated

Very true...if this continues and the number of enrollment in Universities where they teach nothing but notebooks dropped. Then Nigeria shall be great again.

Education is good but Nigeria needs an overhaul of its education system.

True education means teach me to fish and not give me fish 🙃 🙂 😒

maasoap:
How many graduates have you met that knew nothing? You think you could graduate from the University without actually knowing what you are being taught? May be you are trying to say that you knew many graduates who didn't know what you knew

Most graduates are not employable. That's the fact. It's beyond cramming your way out of school

SQLmastar:
Hey, I totally get where you're coming from, and you're spot on about "Nigerian" tendency to herd everyone into one path like tech's the only golden ticket. There's a whole world of opportunities out there—finance, healthcare, biotech, supply chain, cybersecurity, compliance, you name it, and they can be seriously lucrative and fulfilling. You're preaching truth there!

Secondly, while AI would definitely replace tech roles such as coding and data analysis; AI isn’t quite the grim reaper for project management and product management. Those roles are super human-centric—think wrangling teams, aligning stakeholders, or steering the vision of a product. AI can assist with data crunching or automating tasks, but it’s not sitting in the driver’s seat for those anytime soon. The nuance, the gut calls, the people skills? That’s still a human game.

Also, just a quick note—those sectors you mentioned? They’re not tech-free zones. Finance leans on fintech platforms, healthcare uses medical software, supply chain runs on logistics tech, and cybersecurity and compliance are tech’s bread and butter. Even project and product management often rely on tools like Jira or Trello to keep things humming. So, tech’s more like the engine powering these fields, not a separate lane.

Great points overall, though—diversifying career paths is the way to go!

Yes, you need at least basic to mid level of tech skills and data analysis skills these days , like python, power bi , excel, sql.. just like having computer skills to do most jobs these days
But dedicating a full time career to learning tech and focusing on it alone is what I’m talking about…

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pafra:
What do you mean by cyber security is tech bread and butter?

How about a degree in cyber security? Which institution in Nigeria is best for this course?
You sincere reply will be appreciated

To gain mastery in Cyber security, I suggest you enroll for an online degree. Coursera, MIT, etc would give you a foundation. Then you can proceed with certification in cyber security (not cheap).
AI can't replace IT security and compliance roles. As a matter of fact, if you can do a course that's related to AI security protocols and controls, then you will be a "hot cake" in the nearest future.

If you're thinking of dropping out of school or not going at all to join coding boot camps with the hope of getting a tech job in 2025, please rethink your decisions, except of course, you're doing it with the hope of building your own brand.
The market is already saturated with very experienced people with degrees. Nobody will consider a degree-less newbie when employers are looking for people with at least 3-5 years of professional experience.
Even internship you no go see, because that's even for people wey dey the school wey you no wan go. You have no shortcut to greatness in tech. Go to school.

ariesbull:
Today with AI you don't even need a software engineer or website designer

Good luck on building a tech company with AI.
You think software engineering is HTML and CSS abi?

University education is not for lazy people, you must be a graduate to understand what I am saying

pansophist:
People are coming to realise that lots of social issues of today have been handled by previous generations, and are reverting back to it.

Either it is tech jobs, freelancing, self-employed, part-time, remote work, working from home, etc, all boils down to one single fact, and it is that people are tired of being employees under stagnant salaries that is constantly under attack by inflation, tax man, reduction.

Our parents might be uneducated, but they didnt pass through the challenges current generations are passing through. They may engage in small trade, but they operate outside the eyes of unfair taxations, control their time, not under rude boss, and their income was proportionate to their input, not stagnant.

The idea that you cannot turn eba for your family because you have to rush to work, but you can go buy same eba in a nearby restaurant for you boss. Are you mad?

Even worse, you are expected to be grateful for that, afterall, more idiots out there are waiting to replace you if you dare mess.

Even worse, some enter uni go study philosophy, mass comm, drama arts etc, like, are you normal? those courses are for Scandinavians students where they will live a wealthy life even if they didnt go to school, not for third worlders where your survival is at stake.

Premium peace Be Unto You



I'm curious, and I would like to be enlightened. Is there anything wrong with Mass Communication?

DeOTR:
Good luck on building a tech company with AI.
You think software engineering is HTML and CSS abi?

You don't need software engineer today you need prompt engineer

ariesbull:
You don't need software engineer today you need prompt engineer

Yes, and you have to be a software engineer to know what to prompt. You can't learn that anywhere else.
You can't even use AI in some organizations without getting fired the next hour.
Microsoft named their own model "Copilot" for a reason. If you like, put your software engineering career on autopilot, you'll have yourself to blame.
The wey I dey write everyday and have to turn to stack overflow because AI can't generate a code that'll run?
Oga, software engineering is different from software development.

DeOTR:
Yes, and you have to be a software engineer to know what to prompt. You can't learn that anywhere else.
You can't even use AI in some organizations without getting fired the next hour.
Microsoft named their own model "Copilot" for a reason. If you like, put your software engineering career on autopilot, you'll have yourself to blame.
The wey I dey write everyday and have to turn to stack overflow because AI can't generate a code that'll run?
Oga, software engineering is different from software development.

When AI is designing great website and managing backend, writing fantastic codes

The truth is that AI has remained many techs from job

Suicideboy:
Those courses you disregarded are highly useful especially in nigeria which is more of a consumerist nation which is why entertainment tends to do very well

No it doesnt.

If you come from a wealthy family, and do not depend on your degree to live a good life, then feel free to study whatever you want.

But like most Nigerians, if you are going to uni to bag a degree that will set you up for life, then the aformentioned courses rank very low. Infact I will advice to avoid programmes under arts and humanities.

If one must study those courses, I will advice that he should do it part time, and/or online, so he can have time to start a side hustle and grow it alongside studying.

There is nothing they teach under those courses that cant be studied online. Every single thing there. Degree programmes in the medical field for example is not something that AI will override.

The era we are right now does not give a shit about your degree. Degrees are increasingly becoming worthless. Degrees serves a capitalist system built by the west, which is fading off.

My grandma for example cooks better than lots of young folks with culinary degrees. Infact the best amala, ewedu and gbegiri I have eaten are from old women. No young girl cook am well like Iya Biliki.

If person brain no fit carry those heavy degree programmes wey dey give headache, then make him jejely accept say statistically speaking, he might remain poor.

Let thy brain save thee.

cc; suicideboy

pansophist:
People are coming to realise that lots of social issues of today have been handled by previous generations, and are reverting back to it.

Either it is tech jobs, freelancing, self-employed, part-time, remote work, working from home, etc, all boils down to one single fact, and it is that people are tired of being employees under stagnant salaries that is constantly under attack by inflation, tax man, reduction.

Our parents might be uneducated, but they didnt pass through the challenges current generations are passing through. They may engage in small trade, but they operate outside the eyes of unfair taxations, control their time, not under rude boss, and their income was proportionate to their input, not stagnant.

The idea that you cannot turn eba for your family because you have to rush to work, but you can go buy same eba in a nearby restaurant for you boss. Are you mad?

Even worse, you are expected to be grateful for that, afterall, more idiots out there are waiting to replace you if you dare mess.

Even worse, some enter uni go study philosophy, mass comm, drama arts etc, like, are you normal? those courses are for Scandinavians students where they will live a wealthy life even if they didnt go to school, not for third worlders where your survival is at stake.

Succinctly put and spot on

pansophist:
No it doesnt.

If you come from a wealthy family, and do not depend on your degree to live a good life, then feel free to study whatever you want.

But like most Nigerians, if you are going to uni to bag a degree that will set you up for life, then the aformentioned courses rank very low. Infact I will advice to avoid programmes under arts and humanities.

If one must study those courses, I will advice that he should do it part time, and/or online, so he can have time to start a side hustle and grow it alongside studying.

There is nothing they teach under those courses that cant be studied online. Every single thing there. Degree programmes in the medical field for example is not something that AI will override.

The era we are right now does not give a shit about your degree. Degrees are increasingly becoming worthless. Degrees serves a capitalist system built by the west, which is fading off.

My grandma for example cooks better than lots of young folks with culinary degrees. Infact the best amala, ewedu and gbegiri I have eaten are from old women. No young girl cook am well like Iya Biliki.

If person brain no fit carry those heavy degree programmes wey dey give headache, then make him jejely accept say statistically speaking, he might remain poor.

Let thy brain save thee.

cc; suicideboy

Gbsmsulotey, end of thread hahaha mucheche Hahaha 😂

ariesbull:
You don't need software engineer today you need prompt engineer

Yes, and good luck to that your prompt engineer without knowledge about software engineering.
I'd rather hire a former software engineer as prompt engineer than a dull guy without any knowledge about how software engineering works. Software engineering is not about writing codes.
Like I said good luck to you on building another Google or Microsoft using prompts.
Serious people are talking about Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, scalability, failed developers are talking about prompts.
Even the great Linus Tovald calls vibe coding "Very Entertaining But Inefficient". I'd rather take the developer of Linux systems and git seriously than someone who can not write the code can print his name to the console. You're on your own Oga.

ariesbull:
When AI is designing great website and managing backend, writing fantastic codes

The truth is that AI has remained many techs from job

AI is a Copilot, as rightly named by Microsoft. It's not meant to be your driver.
It's still a fact that for you to build anything useful with AI, you have to know what to tell it.
I have active subscription on ChatGPT that I use for my personal works. Where I work, you're not allowed to use it for certain things without getting fired.
Nobody will trust AI to write codes for critical financial operations.
My honest observation is that global economy is generally slow, which is the main reason for the slow tech jobs these days. It doesn't have anything to do with AI. Companies have been doing mass layoffs before the coming of AI. At the same time, organizations are hiring more people with AI and ML knowledge, reason why most of the jobs now is Python based.