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Next time he'll put himself first.

Seen something similar somewhere before, Na format. They want to scam you and your wife is involved somehow

Also did an introduction to the google cloud platform.

As a designer I'll say they did the layout well. Information is arranged in a way you can easily find what you're looking for. But for a first timer, it looks overwhelming and the color scheme and gray icons isn't enticing at all. Depressing is the word.

Don't know if they can be changed yet though, anyway not my business. It's a tool, if it works. Use it.

Description of command in above screenshot

ROOTDISK= $ ( df - h | grep ‘/dev/sda1’ | awk ‘ { print $4 } ‘ )

We are assigning the command on right as a variable for the word ROOTDISK using the $ sign

After running the check disk space info ‘df - h’

grep filters and looks for the specified parameter In this case the directory /dev/sda1

Then awk scans and prints the 4th argument/line as specified from the output of grep which is 1.5G

In simple English. I use the above command to display available disk space, Select the directory sda1 on column1 and print out the data on it’s 4th row

Still on bash scripting.. tried out one with grep and awk

Tried out crontab also but that stuff ain't working despite getting the syntax right, possible problems points to low memory space. Dropping it for now, not in the mood.

Doesn’t matter if you get your green card. Once you're caught, They would always refer you to as a nigerian. Who else noticed? Especially in the UK, people who never stepped into naija or even born here, no links except for their names.

Anyway, Noticed I was ahead of the online curriculum we were assigned. To the point I sometimes don't touch the reading materials before completing the assessments, would check them later and skip to the necessary parts. The physical practical classes really helped also.

Doing personal research is good, not running over the place this time. Focus on one course, one tutorial site etc. Finish one after the other.

I installed apache2 today. You'll watch a video, recreate the same steps and end up with issues on your own end Well at least I learnt how to read logs and edit config files. Think I've done this back when i was learning html with Vscode editor.

I had to configure the port and directory and error logs location in the <Virtual> Container in the apache2 config file, Starting to understand why rdfm is very important

Didn't work at first but the error output showed I didn't close some lines < Directory > < /Directory > , I saw it in the video but it skipped my mind.

Don't fully understand it all but I know about PATH, directories and ports for now

Noticed some of my colleagues were acting lack lustre about the cloud computing stuff, mostly the younger ones though. I don't blame them. Used to be like that before but at least I always tried to solve issues on my own in a do/die manner before accepting defeat.

You get sent a video on how to install stuff, you gave up midway and waited till the next class to say you still didn't get it

The older ones are battling with life, work etc but still show better a higher level of interest. Be like say na until dem leave this program and need to relearn this shit before they understand they'll have to cough up 300-500k for a course and more for certifications.

I'm not sure they fully understand this can change their life if they do it right. Suspect one of my mom's former junior colleagues is also in the class with me. Used to make her monthly salary under 2 weeks, now imagine how much a junior makes and he's a married man.

This country is hard, any opportunity to scale up must be grabbed like a thief, but that's just me though

Still on bash scripting. Starting to get more advanced.

We’ve been introduced to an overview of Kubernetes for this week. Hmmm. I saw the installation guide on Linux and minimized the page

Na kubernetes , minikube, kubectl installs using chocolatey on Windows Powershell dem give us for now make i no do pass myself.

Setting up a new external adapter switch using the Hyper-V manager gave me issues and I browsed a lot of forums before I could get the solution.

Went to sleep after. This stuff can stress brain ehn.

Used to wonder how the hell I’ll recall most codes but practicing daily makes it easier

Archaic, Lots of unnecessary info. Pain to read especially if you don’t have a practical lab to do hand-ons with.

No wonder we off for new horizons classes back then in uni

Infact I got most of the info I needed within 5minutes of watching a youtube video.

But it’s good for understanding the core concepts and why it’s like that & the practice examples are very useful.

Learnt how to use arrays in bash scripting and how to manipulate elements ( swap, append, unset , print size and number of values etc )
Funny, I found the arguments easier to understand here since it was in numerical form.

Also learnt another way to write scripts using the cat > file . sh command. It's faster than nano, Will stick to nano though for now. And how to ru my scripts from anywhere in the zsh terminal basically eliminating the need to precede the script with . /

Cool

TLDR
Learnt the use of arrays in scripting
Create script Method 1: Nano filename + - .sh
Method 2: cat > filename.sh
Added script dir to PATH

linuxhandbook.com/bash for tutorials

InteliJ:
I try for over 30mins before e work

I'm telling you, you're even unqualified for them if you don't have other skills asides the main requirements they can exploit for free

Closeouts na for big men dem, I never participated in that one

Okay thank you! make I use last card go register so I can know if I'll be able to do the hustle Any tips?

Pick one or two options in the training and stick to it. And show up until you see results.

Learnt How to assign variables in 2 ways and command substitution.

Created a bin bash scri.pt and tried out my own commands. Gave execute permission to the scri.pt then ran it. Not bad, still struggle with all this arguments though.

InteliJ:
Nl is restricting me from commenting, not sure why

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and them go increase the responsibilities too, na one person go do graphic design, motion design, interaction design, ux research, ui design, ux design, testing, familiar with html, css and JS


Yeah some names must sell but they're rarely available to buy. I like some cities too; texas, cities in California, new York inshort white dominated cities

So Greedy, 20% commission like say na dem follow me outbound. They've the money too, I think they want to be mo.n.opoly

I saw she has a cou.rse on sel.ar titled "Enro.ll into Short Term Rentals and Virtual Property Management School" worth 20k. Is that the co.urse pls? Make I know if I go pro.ceed

That thing get choko for head.

Especially when they notice you had a lot of additional skills. No be me.

Sometimes but dem dey plenty for closeouts etc sometimes, That's godaddy for you.

Check her posts, she's registering people for training currently. It's 23k

InteliJ:
;D150k? I thought they pay well o...I've never seen such low offer before

Chai Ed that year, I dey scout names like say... funny enough when you select finish no be all go sell lmao. Its nice to hear the site is still running. I saw online that Dan is merging with afternic. Idk how such move will affect domajners

Okay thank you , I'll do so and let you know how far. You don try for me🙏

Companies that pay well exist. But some are taking advantage of the glut of designers in the market. No be say dem go reduce years of experience o, ndi ala people.

Everything na risk. Some will sell, some won't. After a while you start to notice a pattern. I know some keywords that would always sell. The unique ones are the ones that your gut knows would sell no matter what. It's a case of research/preparation meets opportunity.

Won't really affect domainers, just that godaddy is greedy. Dem fit increase commission later.

You're welcome

Somehow deleted gnome on my VM and broke a in important package , Lol. I don’t want to reinstall from scratch so I’m trying to update/upgrade from the terminal.

Gnome is the equivalent of your windows desktop graphical user interface display for those who don’t understand.

Edit: Resolved it. Still went to change my display manager from gnome to ssdm again, didn't like it and it had issues. Reinstalled the whole thing, seems i installed the basic os the previous time. Got the full package this time. Ran into network issues, went back to VM settings and changed adapter from bridged to NAT. At least I know the difference between the 2 now.

Now let me go and find that ani-cli that got me into this mess in the first place

Don’t give up. It’s worth it in the end.

InteliJ:
Quality education is top tier for real, the issue is design education is expensive. True, mentor is very important make person know wetin im dey do

Hiring managers are clueless, most of them favor "graphic designers" than product designers

The dollar rate now go make one geo from expired domains sell for 14k minimum. Ed names still get quality? Abi saturation don reach there too

I've checked it out, is like this business go require close to a million or more to start o

Yeah, it’s really expensive, I’ve been lucky most of the time.

Na still the pay dey vex me. They know what they’re doing, you’ll fill 3-5 roles and dem fit dey offer 80-120k. Lol.

Ed names has jewels if you know where to look and have the cash.

Nope, thats for those who want to provide buildings for AirBnb. We have investors who are looking for properties to buy, Property managers, Assistants to Owners etc. So many sectors where you don’t need money to start. It’s better you sign up for her course so you can understand better.

Linux Basic commands.

Was easy to get after some practice. Trying to learn the unusual ones like grep and adding arguments etc. ‘ History, man, apropos ‘ commands to the rescue if i forget

Learnt Git as a Product Designer, it’s now I fully understand it though, Prefer the bash terminal. Made some commits on my github and played around with the commands.

Networking basics Done & dusted, I have a compsci background & did all that especially networking during my IT. Keep that in mind if you think I’m moving too fast. Still have that gigantic New horizon Cisco CCNA textbook sef

So I’m currently at bash scripting. Step 4. And here I pause, Make I go practice over and over

After installing Kali Linux (GUI) on VM or booting up ubuntu server( Pure terminal) on AWS

I learnt how to use SSH to connect to the AWS Ubuntu server on my local host (laptop) using windows powershell.

This was after spending midnight hours troubleshooting how to connect to my github repository with ssh from my VM kali linux. Ordinary github o. Really made a mess of things.

The experience came in handy later as i was able to get access to the AWS server in windows PS, installed my own ubuntu server on VM and accessed it, then did the github own again to be sure I had gotten the process of creating private + public keys and getting access.


Pic 1 : AWS ubuntu server access on windows Powershell
Pic 2 : VM ubuntu server access on windows powershell

Step 1: Linux Fundamentals.

You need to either use a VM or dual boot linux alongside windows or use AWS free tier Ec2 instance to boot up an ubuntu server. Use the youtube link I posted above for directions.

I did all 3. My advice if you’re a total newbie, just use a Virtual Machine or AWS Ec2 Else if you brick your laptop, You will sweat to troubleshoot your boot files/issues if you get it wrong

We mass installed ubuntu at the OAU IT center some years back for one of their students courses and we saw shege. Very easy to install, Hell to diagnose and even after hours of googling/days of troubleshooting , we just had to abandon some computers. Left a bit of trauma. Is this what sys admins are going through? That purple color gave me a sour taste whenever I saw it.

Until I discovered sweeeeeet Linux Mint around 2019. You’d better stick to Ubuntu or Kali For this. Leave mint for personal use.

Guess which is which below?

DevOps is simply making different processes in a software development cycle seamless

If we have 3-4 teams like
Developers
Quality Assurance
Operations Team
Etc

The DevOps personnel job is to help these teams work together seamlessly, so they can ship the product faster and better. Shikena

While cloud computing is just accessing services on the cloud instead of on site devices/premises.

Imagine having all your music, videos, pics and docs in the cloud and being able to access it from anywhere even kirikiri prison with the Warder’s Iphone 14 pro.

InteliJ:
Yeah

If its code atleast everyone knows when sth works or when sth doesn't work

For design, everybody get im own taste. Even hiring managers or recruiters have their own taste when screening portfolios

Your design lead is not professional at all or maybe cos it's a startup

Yeahh most product designers are graphic designers if you want to follow the strict definition of product design

Why is it expensive now na ? are you doing more of emd domains. There's this Airbnb group I'm in, its all about renting out Airbnb and all that...make I check out what Arbitrage is. Thank you

Yeah, they can’t ignore code. Nah, dude was just jealous I was better than him. There’s always a difference between designers who had quality training and those who didn’t. It’s why I don’t recommend the self-taught path without a mentor in the industry.

It’s a whole mess, Most of them are lowkey clueless what to look for. The experience is good though.

Domaining requires more startup capital if you’re just starting now, prices have increased, how many can afford even godaddy closeouts? I don buy domains of 50k+ 100k+ with nothing to show in the end talk more of months of sales drought. More of geos, I only foray into emds if I do proper research. We can’t give up though.

Yeah, you’re in the right place. Or check out Grace short term rental academy on Fb

InteliJ:
I was looking for this thread to read updates. I'm happy you've updated it. My issue with design is; its subjective. There's no "standard" measure for it.

For a quiet, laid back person you'll struggle to sell your design decisions to stakeholders and your team so the outspoken person decisions will be accepted despite that it is trash

Another issue is most employers value ui skills more than ux skills when the core of product design is ux and design thinking.

You've captured the tech industry in Nigeria in your post. Its not easy at all

I remember yiure one of the doman ogs, have you stopped Domaining? Which remote job are you talking about if you don't mind (man is hustling)

You’re right. Different standards abounds.

You better be able to sweet talk your shareholders. The so called team lead had bad ui taste & was the jealous small minded type. Fellow nigerian o, I zoned out when I noticed he went back & had my approved web edits redone his own way. Which was a joke for an org looking to attract investors. Already told them they wouldn’t be taken seriously if your webpages looked like something an amateur stacked together.

That aside, met so many outspoken designers with shitty designs, We had to clean up some of their designs. Imagine that one as your team lead, na die una dey. And they get paid more.

Even the UI, They tend to see you as just a graphic designer, Few understand the UX aspect.

I still do domaining. It’s expensive nowadays but worth it.

Look into Airbnb Arbitrage. Best of luck

I would be detailing my journey into DevOps/Cloud here.

I mentioned I did a AWS cloud practitioner certification a while back in my previous thread https://www.nairaland.com/6930545/2022-experiment-1-becoming-product

Well, a DevOps and Cloud computing scholarship I applied for a while back came through recently. Talk about keeping your options open.

I know it's a long term thing but I'm enjoying the little I have experienced. Guess that coding I've been running from eventually caught up with me. Gone through css , html , python before to a degree so it shouldn't be a problem. Already learning bash scripting.

Put the summary in a p ng file.

TLDR :
Learn the basics and get a good grasp asap
Build practical projects, end goal is to mostly revenue to your employers
Put yourself out there, referrals would get you a job or gig faster.
Have a source of income , never quit your job to jump into tech
Have a timeline. Pivot if needed if you didn't achieve your aims.

Lol, Empty promises

That nonsense spam bot wiped a post , think I’ll just summarize

Just scrolled through the first 2 pages of the programming section and nothing to write about.

Let me update my progress😂