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TheCongo2:
Moving violation tickets.

And this is how you can fight a moving violation ticket in court.

dangermouse:
The problem is am sure you have not really seen an IVM,talk more of haven driven one.
All Car manufacturers adapts to all these you noted above including IVM.
When it comes to cars,you have the liberty of choosing your specs and going for it and of course budget also comes into play.
Coming to your so called big three, I wonder why they are not even among the five highest selling brands world wide?
Do the research and maybe you will get to know that nobody cares for brands anymore. It's all about specs and budgets and IVM would go places as they seem to have keyed in on it.

For the last two years, the VW group has sold the highest number of new cars globally. beating even Toyota. So I hope the big 3 you mentioned do not include the VW group

TheCongo2:
I am confused about the bolded. How can one learn to program without learning a programming language?

You see, programming is 40% of the code you write and 60% a myriad of other skills. You can know how to program without having those other skills. Very much possible.

Unlimited22, this small epistle is for you

If you can get your hands on any Introduction to Computer Science course by Harvard, Stanford or MIT, please do. The course will teach you basics that you will be glad you learned earlier. Secondly, try get your hands on Foundations of Programming by Lynda.com. Lynda.com is now part of LinkedIn so if you sign up for a premium account on LinkedIn, you'd get all Lynda.com courses for free as part of LinkedIn learning. Premium accounts have a 30day free trial period.

If you eventually go with the LinkedIn option since it is free, check out the Become a front-end developer learning track. It teaches HTML, CSS and JS. If I were you, I'd also check out the Improve your JS skills learning track followed by the Become a React Developer Track and then Improve your React skills track. These 3 learning tracks will improve your JS knowledge and you'd be exposed to the world of JS libraries, frameworks and Single Page Applications.

To learn Node, just take a look at the Become a full stack developer track. This track will expose you to the MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express, Angular and Node). But since you might be familiar with React if you took the React courses, you can swap out Angular for React thereby having the MERN stack.

In the end, you'd still need to learn about text editors, the command line, version control and testing. If you decide to learn a back-end language, you can't escape knowing about servers (VPS, Shared hosting, IaaS, PaaS), databases (design, implementation, etc), application architecture and a myriad of other things I can't remember right now.

This is not in any way to scare you, believe me, most people who want to learn programming don't know the number of things/technology they need to know about just to function as a programmer so they drop out when they realise how ignorant they still are despite spending 3 months learning HTML and CSS.

Lest I forget, Lynda.com beats Udemy hands down by miles and the only Udemy courses I have ever enjoyed are the ones by Maximilian (Academind is his YouTube channel).

All the best!!!!!

TEECANN:
Like seriously at the bold part above?

Wouldn't have thought so by a long stretch. I don't actively do twitter anyways. So what do I know.

It will all end in praise IJN!

Twitter is where it is happening for developers but only if you follow other developers. You can't expect to see developer jobs on your feed if the only people you follow are Wizkid, Davido, Tiwa Savage etc.


Also, join developer groups on Facebook, you'd be amazed by the number of job openings you'd see. Also if you are already familiar with a language, it'd be nice to join slack channels that focus on those languages. For instance, I'm in the Laravel Nigeria Slack channel. I also just joined the for loop Africa slack channel.

Finally, meetup are good places to be noticed, begin attending some. All the best

GreatManBee:
Thanks I'll check up those channels. I'll be glad if you could help with radar also. Thanks alot.

Send a PM.

GreatManBee:
I've been trying to create account on radar.techcabal.com but no luck. I heard I need an invite. Is there any other way?

Been a while I visited Radar. It's gradually becoming a ghost town. But I don't think you need an invite to join. At least, I did not. But I'd also advice you join slack channels like Laravel Nigeria, forloop Africa and this facebook group https://www./DevCLagos/. Between those places, I'm sure something would pop up for you.

thebosstrevor:
i see nothing wrong again.abbreviating when typing on whatsapp does not mean laziness,it means you have find a easy and less stressful way to type and summarise your messages.

you have your own opinion and i do have mine.lets respect it

pls stop writing me.have a sweet dream.

Thanks

Brother, I have read your back and forth with the person you are arguing with and please, stop defending the indefensible.

A lot of Nigerians are actually ignorant of the capabilities of their devices and simple grammar if not, they wouldn't abbreviate.

Before smart phones became a thing, there was something called T9 predictive text input on feature phones. A lot of people disabled it on their devices when sending text messages because they didn't know it's usefulness. Ever since someone taught me how to use it, I stopped typing the normal way. You see, t9 text input works with a dictionary that can be trained and when you master it, you type faster than someone who doesn't use it.

It's that same dictionary and principle that t9 was based on that modern day keyboards use. Do you know there is a difference between American English and British English and choosing either of the two affects the suggestions your keyboard would give you? Currently, I rarely type on the keyboard because I use swipe gestures.

My point is this: if you want to be lazy, find cool ways to do so. I can't count the number of times people watch me type and ask me how I swipe without making grammatical blunders.

No matter how much you try to justify it. sending messages to a potential employer using abbreviations is wrong. These days. Facebook asks me to share status updates I updated years ago but I don't because I'm usually ashamed of the way I wrote them. Typing with abbreviations is not a sin but not knowing the context of formal and informal communication and adapting your mode of communication is.

Shikena

When I first saw this topic some days ago, I dismissed it with a wave of my hand; another nairalander has come to post an excerpt of a post that would be long enough to get me interested but so short I would have to follow a link (probably to his or her blog) to read the full gist. But yesterday out of boredom, I viewed the topic and I'm so glad I did.

Even though I have never heard or read about most of the terminologies here, I can totally relate to them through my life's experiences. Truth is, most societies since time immemorial (Africa inclusive) have taught women to be conservative in regards to their sexuality while allowing the men have a jamboree expressing theirs. Their excuse for this is that it prevents a woman from being a slut as a woman is the "homemaker" that should be submissive and massage the ego of their philandering husbands.

What these societies forget is that the day the lioness finally finds her freedom and experiences the satisfaction of expressing and fulfilling her sexual desires, there is no turning back. This experience also opens her eyes to the power of her body; she now begins to see it as the most powerful bargaining chip she can ever have and begins to use it to get what she wants. She wants an alpha male; she hunts him. She wants material possessions; she gets them. And if she happens to be blessed with a body that ages gracefully, she can do this for a very looooooong time.

Personally, I have learnt to deal with my relationships on a case by case basis; not judging the person based on my past experiences and hurt. This is quite hard as our experiences greatly shape who we are. However, I am not fooled into thinking that love is only what women see in a guy. A female friend once told me she finds guys who are "clean and neat" very attractive and sexy; this was pure desire and lust. And from a young age, I have learnt never to allow a woman use her body as a bargaining chip on me; or use it to control me even though I learnt this the hard way. The lady that taught me this only gave up the coochie whenever she felt like it and because of my naivety, I was always happy to oblige. After trying to initiate the act a few times with rejection, I realized I was just a pawn in her game. The day she pounced on me and I said no, even when Mr Johnny was already at attention, she was shocked. And yes, my no included not doing anything to quench the burning flames between her legs. I saw disappointment written all over her and was happy deep down; game on! Since then, all the ladies I have dated have always been surprised at my level of self-control. You say no; I stop even when we're both butt nak.ed. I say no too; just to let you know that no gender has the exclusive right to refuse s.ex. The moment I sense you only give up the goods when you want or need something, I'll practically show you pepper.

What I have also learnt is allowing a lady unravel herself to me. Every woman can become a lioness in bed; most are already. What makes them hide this part of themselves is the stereotype men have that her body count must be high for her to achieve this expertise! I once met a lady back in the days of africhat. We became quite close and during one of our conversations, she told me she was a virgin. As a rule, I never ask a woman about this; she told me willingly. 1 year later, our relationship moved from just friends to toaster - toastee levels. She now told me she was no longer a virgin. She was not a virgin even at the time she told me she was. I shrugged it off because genuinely, I couldn't care less. After this, our relationship kicked off. One night while in bed, I teased her that her previous boyfriends were rookies who never allowed her take control in the other room. That weekend, she showed me her true colour. Some weeks after that, she told me she had had an abortion for her immediate ex. I remember looking at her while she slept and imagining how much she was yet to tell me. And this is a lady that is the true definition of a "sister" in church. Who would have thought!!!

In summary, we should quit being naive that a change in relationship status automatically makes our partner saints who can do no wrong. We should be conscious of the dynamics at work in our relationships and look for ways to either level the playing field or make happen to our advantage. This sounds selfish but deep down aren't we all selfish?

There are many organizations and civil service jobs that pay well in this country. It is foolishness for any one to think a single survey can list them all.

But apart from payment, other factors include career progression, mentorship, trainings etc. So my advice is that while looking at the take home package of a company, consider these other factors too.

Nice list...

kachikapor:
Thanks Vascey.

The company i work with is a global business. I just leveraged on my relationships with the bosses i work with regionally and God was there using them to connect me with the Canadian Vice President and the HR people there who informed me of a role similar to what i was doing in Nigeria. We started exchanging emails back and forth since Dec 2017. In February i had a couple of interviews with them via Skype and the rest as they say is history. Truth is, my wife is very active "silent" reader here on Nairaland and she read a post someone put up here about an Indian family who was struggling in Canada after giving up their cushy jobs in Hewlett Packard and the bank where his wife worked and he was working as a security man in Canada while his wife was working as a nanny or something.One of the things he mentioned he regretted in that post was the fact that he never leveraged on the HP brand before quitting his job. I too was headed in the same direction until I came home from work one night and my wife showed me that post. That was when we began thinking about reaching out to my company in Canada to see if there was room for an internal transfer of sorts...na so i take reach here o.

The Yoruba's say that 'Ogbon o'ologbon la fi s'ogbon" meaning "studying the wisdom of others can make you wise".

Big ups to everyone who has shared one thing or the other here regardless of its source (Quora, personal experience, them say them say, Salon gossip, Google etc), your contributions have sure helped people make better decisions.

May the land be green for you!!!!

I can totally relate to this as my immediate elder brother is 2 years older than I am (I am the last born of the family). As children, we fought a lot and this continued well into our late Teens but the frequency reduced over time. He used to be short-tempered while I am stubborn. We are both on those character flaws but Yorubas will say "ki tan boro l'ara were". I call him by name even though I am not supposed to (Yoruba culture). An Aunt came to stay with us when we were Teens and wanted to correct it but it was too late by then.

On one occasion while we were children, our elder brother (the 2nd born) allowed us to fight till we had our fill to know who should have bragging rights. By the end of that fight, I had learnt a lesson: I could never match him in a fight. He is taller, has less fat and has very strong bones. I had a swollen red eye while his balls hurt (I continued pulling them as he rained blows on me). Then our bro disciplined us and hoped the fights would stop; they did not.

Now we never get physical, only shouting matches which happen very rarely. This is not because we have grown older (I am almost 30) but because of mutual respect between us. We now talk through issues and apologise. But if anything, I respect him more because over the last few years, he has shown that 2 years age difference can never be bought in the market. He counsels me, advices me, defends me and looks out for me.

So madam, the only lasting solution to the fighting is teaching them respect. Respect is reciprocal, the younger has to respect the elder and vice versa. But you really need to work on the older one. You have to teach him to lead his younger one, looking out for him, and defending him (boys will go out to play and fight; would he be crying while his brother is getting the beating of his life?). You have to teach him to assert his authority as the elder and also to be fair. You have to teach him to put the well being of his younger one first. And you have to do all these with love so that he won't feel his younger one is loved more than him.

It is his acts of leadership that will win him the respect of his younger one. Fighting may win it for him for a while, leadership will win it for him for life. And to that younger one, you have to teach him his place.

Godspeed!!!

pweshboi:
Hahahah nah ihialla mbano

Biko include Ehime Mbano and Dioka Nzerem

Ignyte:
For a web design crash course, I can hook you up a ten day (or less training for 15k) I can refer you to people that will charge more sha.

In my training you will learn how to set up:
1. Blog
2. E-commerce site (Online store with all its features)
3. Forum
4. Social Network
5. Portfolio site

Sorry to call you out but a web design crash course has nothing to do with how to set up blogs, e-commerce websites, social networks etc...

Those are web development projects. You should be more interested in teaching people who want to learn web design HTML, CSS and JS! While HTML may be a walk in the park, you and I know that CSS and JS are not.

Stop potraying web design as web development. They are not the same

Pronmix:
Good day brother, is there anyway I can get this curriculum you're writing for this person, trying to learn web development but always loose interest along the way because I don't have a pathway to follow, most teaching sites mostly dive into teaching the language it self and I loose concentration along the line. Thank you.

It's a curriculum focused on Web development using Python as the back-end language. Of course it includes HTML, CSS and JS. But the CSS part is just the basics so that the person would be able to read HTML and CSS. The focus is really on JavaScript and Python.

Dremca:
Which university in Nigeria teach all these

You say? Most Nigerian universities still teach using FORTRAN, BASIC, Pascal etc. So the curriculum is really outdated. So if you want to learn these stuff, you'll have to learn them outside the walls of the university.

Canadahelper:
Ah gotcha . I don’t have too much xp with remote jobs but I know there’s a couple sites where you can register as a freelance programmer and charge people hourly for projects such as a “Simple” Task Management system or even better there’s a ton of students looking for people willing to do their programming assignments for them . you could get 100bucks/ assignment , pretty sure that’s the rate .

Yeah definitely work on updating linkedIn and in our career personal projects are always a big plus . Try to add Continous Integration to whatever you build , it’s another in demand skill ( Travis CI , Jenkins)

I have thought about the freelance option but I would really prefer it if I did a remote kinda stuff. Believe me, working with an organization has its benefits (code review, mentorship, conferences, working on stuff people actually use etc).

And yeah, there is still a lot to be learnt; Containerization etc. People should respect programmers abeg. Our job is 40% the programs we write and 60% tooling, research and learning

Canadahelper:
Where do you live bro and what’s your major ? I see posting alerts for software / web developers in toronto almost daily . Ottawa isn’t as poppin but also has a good tech base in Kanata. A lot of the big companies are almost always hiring (Shopify , IBM, amazon but their interviews are tough )

I have glassdoor and I see lots of postings through that . Example attached

How’s your linked In profile looking ?

I know I need to do a lot about my LinkedIn profile. I used to be so interested in the Telcoms industry and I interned with one of the equipment manufacturers so my profile was built around that.

Now that I have switched to software development full time, I have not made changes to make that reflect on the page.

Moreso, I want my profile to really stand out not just writing about skills without any project(s) to show for it.

So I plan to build something using my preferred languages (Php and JS) and put it on Github/BitBucket. I have not decided what to build yet; I just know I want to build with React or Vue or both and I've not even started learning any of the two! More importantly, I would want to use both projects to hone my Git flow workflow skills and get a handle on Testing.

So when I said I'm about to, I actually meant in like 2 months time. And whatever I'm looking for has to be remote!!! And yes, I'm in Nigeria

Canadahelper:
As someone who studies software eng here and has worked at a few tech companies , I’ll say programming is 50% interest and you’re good

For most of the tech jobs Ive had , sure I had an overall familiarly with software concepts , principles and software patterns but the actual tech stack I always pick up on the job and at time of the interviews I didn’t know.

So what i’m saying is if you’re new to it rather than dive straight to a language , understand the fundamental principles , design patterns , and architectures and learning a language or framework would be very easy.

If anyone coming to canada will be looking for a software developer or designer or programmer job , I can let you know what the interview style for tech jobs are and what the interviewers generally want to hear .

Also lastly the most in demand tech stack right now : Ecmascript 2016 (updated Javascript) , Node JS , React JS , Express , MongoDB, Angular JS , Python and Ruby .. my fellow tech bros and sis focus on these if you’re tryna pick up a new skill and you can be sure of at least 70k cad at least in ottawa and toronto

I quite appreciate your thoughts... I'm currently writing a curiculum for someone who wants to learn web development. He was surprised when he saw CS50 (Harvard's Intro to Computer Science) in there. He was puzzled. I also included the Fundamentals of Programming learning track by Lynda. Dude didn't understand why he has to learn all these first.

My point: most people just want to learn a programming language. Tell them to learn language independent principles first and they won't understand. But for those who learn those principles, picking up a language is like taking a walk in the park. And every web developer (at least those that follow the yearly StackOverflow survey) know that JavaScript is taking over.

I'm bout to start searching for them remote jobs or internships so if you get info on any, kindly give me a heads up. Thanks

Your fears are legit but with time, they would actually calm down.

A friend of mine went to the UK for his MSc. We his friends knew he won't be coming back home but his mum in her naivety thought he was. Guy has finished his program and gotten married.

His mum is low-key complaining that he got married without her ever seeing her daughter-in-law. I've told him to make sure he is gallant well, come to Nigeria with his wife just to introduce her. If he can't before then, then he should come back to the country with his wife and children. Believe me, grandkids melt the hearts of even the toughest parents.

Just make sure your marriage and relationship with your husband is tight and that you're one.

DadR:
Thanks Boss.

Is it easy for a Non IT sombori to learn these from scratch without much stress? Sombori from the Banking sector precisely.

Believe me, programming takes time to master as there are so many things to learn. So if you're looking for a stress free something, please kindly look elsewhere.

For instance, let's say you want to develop Salesforce applications, you'll at least need to know what a MVC architecture is. To have a deep understanding of MVC, you'll need to learn at least a framework that implements MVC pattern for a backend language.

Below is a list of some backend languages and some of their frameworks
a. Python (Django, Flask, web2py)
b. Php. (Laravel, CakePhp, Phalcon)
c. Node.JS (Express)
d. Ruby (Ruby on Rails)
e. Java (Spring)

Can you learn a framework without learning the language it was based on? Yes!

Should you? No!

The advantage of learning a language then one of its many frameworks is that you will
have all the basics of programming covered, so porting to another language or framework of the same language would be a breeze.

Then no one tells an intending programmer how much they are going to need to know about databases before they start learning how to program. Then there's Version Control that you will almost never hear about until you start reading job descriptions and you'll start wondering how you never heard it before. But if you're intrigued by the prospects of it all, please take the jump and be ready for the time of your life!

N.B: I'm not trying to scare you; just telling you as it is... Good luck

Fusion23:
Sharepoint is not much..it added to know dynamics and then sharepoint..cos share point is document management for dynamics...

but share point alone is not much...are u into share point and are you in canada?

I'm not into SharePoint and I'm not in Canada. Was just curious.

Fusion23:
Enterprise Applications..CRM to be specific.

here is the tip

dynamics which I do

https://www.nigelfrank.com/us/search?keywords=&country%5B%5D=30&technology%5B%5D=3&type=all&order=posted

and there is salesforce

https://www.masonfrank.com/search?role%5B%5D=&location%5B%5D=485&type=

I have stumbled on Dynamics on Microsoft's website a few times... Didn't know CRM development is a big something.

And that's the beauty of IT; you learn everyday. What's the market like for SharePoint developers?

sammyobi584:
thanks boss.. can I learn it online in one of these sites,that offer free courses?

You can learn by visiting Youtube, Edx, Coursera etc but where exactly would you start from? Which language should you learn? Python or R or both? Which portion of that language should you focus on? Should you bother learning about design patterns, solid principles, data structures or algorithms? Believe me, programming languages are deep!

So if you want to go this route, you'll do yourself a lot of good if you searched for a learning guide or syllabus that would tell you what to learn and more importantly, what not to learn; the order in which they should be learnt and in some cases where you can learn them from (books, online courses, blogs etc).

I'll also advise that you look for entry-level data science job descriptions most especially of foreign companies and see the skills they require. By the time you compare 10 job descriptions, I'm sure some specific sets of skills would stand out. Then look for resources that would teach you these skills.

By the time you do this, you'll have a faint idea of the things you need to know to be a beginner data scientist.

In the end, learning any digital skill is expensive. You pay for them one way or the other. The time spent learning is a resource; you'll use a lot of data too. And sometimes, you\ll do exercises and assignments that would make you go crazy.And from experience, I can tell you that 8 out of 10 times, paid courses beat free courses. You just can't compare the production quality of a Lynda/Treehouse/Udacity course to that of Udemy/Edx. By even visiting the websites of the former and comparing them to the latter, you sef go know say khaki no be leather!

N.B: I am not a data scientist.

Bonus: visit DataCamp's Data Scientist career track and see what it looks like https://www.datacamp.com/tracks/data-scientist-with-python

sammyobi584:
don't,even have any knowledge in those things U listed.. How can I go about it without the knowledge please.. I am learning computer repairs now together with software installations and I want to add some other things to it...worst is that I didn't study any computer related courses...I studied Ind chemistry in the university.

Children crawl, then walk, then run.

If you truly want to delve into data science, you must be familiar with either Python or R or both.

If you don't have knowledge of any, it's either you learn it or forget about data science. Sounds harsh but its the plain truth.

N.B: I'm not a data scientist

TochiPhotos

I'm still quite angry with you with the way you abandoned the Humans of Lagos thread. I am a photography buff so I was very interested in that project and also thought we could work on it together at some point.

I'm quite proud of what you are doing. I am a Software Developer (Web) myself so I understand how stressful coding + schooling + new culture + relationship can be. Coding + hosting + maintenance + bug fixing is enough headache to last a lifetime. I work from home and I'm slowly turning to a recluse. I don't have a girlfriend but wish I did and honestly, I always feel relieved whenever I shoot my shot and it bounces!!! Imagine...

All the same, I'm still looking forward to that day I'm gonna get my full frame DSLR (has to be a Canon) and the whole nine yards [telephoto lens (180-300mm), 25mm/50mm portrait lens, 28mm-135mm general purpose lens, flashguns, tripod and filters]. I know this would be quite expensive so I plan to assemble the gear little by little. Writing it alone is giving me goosebumps!

And that six-packs... I'm jealous already

Fusion23:
woow considering the luggage restrictions ..you can buy almost everything mentioned here in canada ..but for the international price

Chisos!!!!

chyima:
good morning house,please. how do I get to National orthopedic hospital,igbobii from egbeda

From Egbeda - Yaba. Alight at Onipanu or Fadeyi. Cross to the other side using the overhead bridge. If you alight at Onipanu, you'll walk forwards. If you alight at Fadeyi, you'll walk backwards.

sylvacent007:
I hear you Baba Barca, because Chelsea too no get game plan abi? Dem come break melon for Camp Nou.

Did you miss road? Or did I imply that Chelsea isn't coming with a game plan? Why can't you make meaningful contributions devoid of sarcasm and snide remarks?

Oga, park well

As a FCB fan, I hope Valverde would actually play this cautiously. Keep the possession, if possible, let the first half end goalless. If this eventually happens, Chelsea would have to come out attacking in the second half and then we split them wide open. As much as possible, I don't want a red card tonight, its going to make Chelsea ultra-defensive.

Anyway anyhow, we dumping Chelsea out tonight!

Mes que en club

hubcruz:
please if u don't hv better thing to say on my thread dont make a comment. Have i scammed u before or have i collect ur money before ? Why will u just come here and tag someone a criminal pple are just too funny in this world. Please stay away from my thread. Thanks

You posted the VIN of a Lexus and it was discovered that the VIN you posted actually belongs to a Merc. And you say you're not a criminal? Will you keep shut!!!

KillerBeauty:
I can't believe they pay software developers 70k as salary. I always thought these guys average pay is 150k n above. Upon all their coding

I am a software developer and I can boast that no experienced developer would apply for that job.

A developer with all that requirements would earn at least 200k delivering just one project . A full blown data centric project using a JavaScript framework and any server side language would earn anyone that knows his onions over 300k. Why would I now apply for a job of 70k?

Rada rada