DanielTheGeek:
*Yes, apart from Wordpress other CMS's have been used like Drupal, Joomla and the rest..
Frameworks like Zend, Laravel and Yii are being used by few Nigerian developers, and i think this is because our Developers have not been exposed to Object Oriented PHP, Node.js e.t.c Maybe organizing Hackathons in Nigeria can solve that problem.

sinequanon:


Some companies I have worked for, here in the UK, have moved away from framework dependency and proprietary software because they can sometimes cause awkward bottlenecks in product enhancement and bug fix strategy.

But I still see a lot of companies advertising for Spring , which seems like a great big organic mess as far as I can see.

losprince:
in Nigeria most employers want you to posses all skills known and unknown to man, they don't want specialty but an expert in all fields and still expect many years of experience from the developer. Most job posts you will see on nairaland are from un serious individuals who are not yet ready to run a business and most of the offers are low ball

kingMelvin:


thanks for your feedback losprince,

Sorry may I ask what development/ career experience you have in particular... are you working for a studio/ agency/ freelancing.
And what would you recommend a newbie web dev. in nigeria to focus on in order to avoid working for the type of client / company you refer to above.
The type that require the almighty universal developer and rather get a good position or client.

losprince:
When they see these companies looking for the omniscient programmer just ignore them hopefully they will get the message that such programmers don't exit, not in this economy.

sinequanon:


I think the requirement overload may sometimes be a way of scaring off bluffers. Imagine how many people look at a job spec. and think, "yeah, I could fudge my way through an interview"?

But, if you raise the bluff bar, by doubling the "requirement", only those with at least half the requirement will attempt to bluff. The rest would be scared off.

DanielTheGeek:


That is not an excuse at all, they should have a whole department responsible for Recruiting..
I believe any company doing what you said really has issues!

DanielTheGeek:
I think i have contributed enough to this stream, i will be unfollowing this thread now!

PM me for any other thing.
BYE!

DanielTheGeek:
**Note HTML & CSS aren't Programming languages, so Web Designers aren't programmers

DanielTheGeek:
After unfollowing this topic, why are you disturbing me?? lol, Just kidding

**Web design is just building the visual interface of a website...It would be bad navigating to a website and all you see are files and folders!!
So web designers use CSS or CSS preprocessors and HTML to build and style a web page!

**Web developers..hmmm, Designers are also developers..
But i guess you mean the Web Programmers..

Web Programmers work on web page interactions, Back end development e,t,c

**Note HTML & CSS aren't Programming languages, so Web Designers aren't programmers

You can't just look at a website and know what they used in building their platform (Maybe if you're a Wizard ) because what you see when you're looking at that website is just HTML and CSS. Don't get me wrong: There are tools for PC, MAC, Linux e.t.c, that will help you scan a site and detect the frameworks used..
So what you should be looking for are the tools that'll help you find the Frame work that site is using!
E.g: I heard Jumia was built on Yii or so..I'm not sure

DanielTheGeek:
After unfollowing this topic, why are you disturbing me?? lol, Just kidding

**Web design is just building the visual interface of a website...It would be bad navigating to a website and all you see are files and folders!!
So web designers use CSS or CSS preprocessors and HTML to build and style a web page!

**Web developers..hmmm, Designers are also developers..
But i guess you mean the Web Programmers..

Web Programmers work on web page interactions, Back end development e,t,c

**Note HTML & CSS aren't Programming languages, so Web Designers aren't programmers

You can't just look at a website and know what they used in building their platform (Maybe if you're a Wizard ) because what you see when you're looking at that website is just HTML and CSS. Don't get me wrong: There are tools for PC, MAC, Linux e.t.c, that will help you scan a site and detect the frameworks used..
So what you should be looking for are the tools that'll help you find the Frame work that site is using!
E.g: I heard Jumia was built on Yii or so..I'm not sure

Nascimento:


Thanks for you thoughtful posts. It's encouraging really, especially when I'm looking for a push. I've learnt html and css. Started learning Javascript, but I'm frequently loosing concentration, and thinking of taking a time off. Need people like u and @Dhtml for inspiration and strength. I followed u on Twitter @iphyviktor. Cheers!

DanielTheGeek:


I'm glad you found my posts useful, i'd follow you back on twitter.
You're welcome.

But before you take a break from coding, think of why you even started coding...have you achieved your aim? if no, then you don't need that break, you need extra hours of hard work instead to achieve what you set out to do. If it is only HTML and CSS you know, stick to it like that but be on top of the HTML/CSS game, be 90% and above, strive to be Nigeria's best Web Designer..or Africa's finest designer, or the world's best designer, that's a good name and it's better than riches.
Keep your game going, there's no reason to stop, even when you are at the top..you'd need to keep on going. Design 10 websites every 2 weeks, set tasks for yourself and trust me, you'd be one of the all time best web designers on the globe, but remember bro the journey of a thousand miles starts from a step.

Goodluck!