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Introduction

I do not need to say my name, with time we will communicate on first name basis.
But right now this is how my ALX Africa Software Engineering Journey began.

My crave for web development has been immense. Anytime i visit a website i always wonder what sorcery is going on there.
I have tried all self learning and built some little projects on my own but my progress is not direct even with my wordpress skills.

I was just everywhere, from one language to the other but my hunger never diminished, not even for a day.
I know i will learn the sorcery behind it all and i have actively chased anything that will set my path right.

I stumbled on ALX Software Engineering and i checked a lot about them from reviews and all.
The curriculum is what appealed the most to me and i got hooked.

You see, my reason for joining is not for the job prospects.
I just want to be able to build things, those software that will solve problems.

I have a business outlook to it all.
You know, solve problems and people will pay for the solutions.

Thus, I did the application and it was successful with resumption on the 19th of September, 2022 but i had another problem ...
I have a full time job, your ideal 9 - 5 and i do not know how i will balance the hours required by my job and ALX Software Engineering.

But being who i am, with a knack for crazy adventure and challenges.
I have decided to take this head on.

I will do my job and i will conquer ALX Software Engineering.
This is why i made this thread so i can be accountable to myself and YOU!

So if you are in my cohort and starting by 19th of September, 2022.
This thread is for all for us, let us be accountable to ourselves.

What Have i done so far

I have gone on to study the following:
- EMACS and VIM
- Shell Commands
- Git and GitHub
- I am now studying C

My Strategy

My strategies are simple:

- Study Ahead
- Do my tasks
- Build Projects
- Teach what i have learnt (You can only teach it when you understand it)
- Solve problem for others
- Actively engage with other learners

I cannot tell what will happen in 12 months but i have decided to take it day by day.

The journey of a thousand miles starts with a step!

sensivism

Anonymous6o6:
Send a message to my email and I will drop my WhatsApp number

Qtrpst4:
Alx refused to take me because am above their age limit. This HOLBON do they have that limit?

Anonymous6o6:
Lol...
Google Metaverse program, they train software engineers for 6months, you have to up and ready from 8am - 6pm I assume.

Even if 5 people graduate from Alx, they're human beings, one thing tho about the program is that, it is advisable to do it while you're unemployed.

I'm currently on the program, my 4th month actually. It hasn't been easily doing it while working an 8am - 8pm job but this is why ALX advise connecting with your peers. You can always meet them when struck.

Op probably didn't have close Colleagues in the program or never went to them when it was difficult.

airsaylongcome was right, passion
will play a role in keeping you for a long time in the program.

Anonymous6o6:
Lol...
Google Metaverse program, they train software engineers for 6months, you have to up and ready from 8am - 6pm I assume.

Even if 5 people graduate from Alx, they're human beings, one thing tho about the program is that, it is advisable to do it while you're unemployed.

I'm currently on the program, my 4th month actually. It hasn't been easily doing it while working an 8am - 8pm job but this is why ALX advise connecting with your peers. You can always meet them when struck.

Op probably didn't have close Colleagues in the program or never went to them when it was difficult.

airsaylongcome was right, passion
will play a role in keeping you for a long time in the program.

naijaguy123456:
Go to the bank ask for your statement of account, confirm you’re debited officially. Cut out the part containing your personal information, highlight the particular transaction and go live on Twitter. Try message like this

@unionbank Nigeria

It’s been 8 days my account was debited with this transaction highlighted. Your ATM failed to dispensed me the money. This error your management at (*** branch acknowledged). I have made 6 trips to my local branch without meaningful outcome. Please do the needful. I will think am entitled to access my money whenever I want. Thank you

Next day send out same message

This is now day 9 …..

Next day send again

It’s been 10 days now…

plaindealer:
Over $1 Billion worth of groundbreaking and investment in less than a month...

$537 Million US Embassy groundbreaking, the largest US embassy in the world.

Now, this massive $250 Million Data Center

Equinix acquired Nigeria's MainOne for $320M and opened Nigeria's largest data center in Lagos.

This is huge...

God truly blessed Lagos with good, competent and visionary leaders.

chukwuibuipob:
Young man,CURSE is REAL.Stop speaking useless English,go and beg ur mum and Nd mind ur biz.Whether ur mum sleep around is nothing,God Will still honor the curse.Why? Honor ur father:mother so that E go beta for u.

inoki247:
ISWAP dey attack pass Man City Lately....

DDayve:
I am sorry to dispute you my brother. Html, CSS nor JavaScript. Non of them is hard or difficult. Just that you must jack before you understand and know it. All this video tutorial just makes those stuff look difficult. Truth be told, we need all the video tutorial. Many a time, video tutorial skips prerequisite topics making assimilation difficult. I am a newbie too, how do I cope? Firstly, I used W3Schools to study all the basics of what I need, W3Schools takes everything step by step. When I am done, I proceed to video tutorial. At the end I only learn applications and a few new things in the video as I already learnt and understood majority from W3Schools.
The right tutorial also helps. Some tutors are only good at programming but not good at teaching. Teaching in the sense of organising their topics and codes. If you learn with the wrong tutorial, you will hate programming. I am a victim but I already made up my mind before embarking on this so I had only one option.
Thank God for God, I am on frameworks now building some projects using the MERN stack.
Secondly, do not depend on one tutor, learn from different tutors. As a newbie, any tutor you watch teaching, seems so overly good until you try another. I thought Mosh was over good until I tried Andrei. I also thought Andrei was overly good until I tried Brad. But this Brad guy, is over bursting my brain.

captainking:
Bro...
How much does IBM charge for their data analysis course as well as google? I guess you took the course via coursera??

Anagkazor:
You have sense ooo
See,what many persons don't know is that DATA SCIENCE is a very large umbrella where the future lies.

With BIG DATA using SCALA you can earn at least 4milli naira a month,yes you saw that right...Brush up your excel skills.

Join a group on telegram. NIGERIAN EXCEL USERS

and you will meet Data Analyst gurus that are ready to help you grow.

Remote jobs are taking over,and BIG DATA is the oil well now.

I have a friend who is a Software Developer using Python and Django,he works from home and earns 800k per month.

Give yourself 3months,get videos on YouTube by Michael Olafusi, Victor Momoh,Eureka, Udemy...forget any thing that will distract you and you will be glad you did.

If you are not in TECH,you will soon wreck.

Suspect33:
One thing I'm certain of, Data Analysis is better than OVERSATURATED web development

Also, If you have a passion for Writing and Selling and are truly gifted in the craft, you should give copywriting a try, it pays even more than Medicine and Law combined

Weedhustler:
Did he even read it before signing? Uchu of a president!

Patrioticman007:
Jesus son of Mary said " he without sins, should cast the first stone".

The evils of Christianity is still unmatched.
1. Adolf Hitler a Christian caused the death of more than 70,000,000. Souls during the WWII.

2. The Crusade wars led by Catholic church caused the death of more 15,000,000. Souls.

3. The transatlantic slave trade led by the church caused the death of more than 50,000,000 souls & destruction of lives in Africa.

4. The constitadors led by church of Spain killed & estaminated more than half the population of south Americans & lastly the neocolonialism is still unmatched.
The above facts are meant for minds that will Google them before insulting Islam.

HellVictorinho:
Maybe, you should ask him what he means by that



Some people actually think 'school na scam' because their teachers are poor compared to some other people.


They think "school na scam' because not everyone that attended school has millions while some that are not as good as their teachers towards reading and writing have millions as a result of luck.

I won't say 'school na scam' because the school was never a guarantee of an exposure to something that will make you a millionaire.


The school was never defined as an exposure to something useful towards
EVERYBODY becoming a millionaire.


If you come across what you can use to make millions, it's a matter of chance.

If you don't come across what you can use to make the millions, it's still a matter of chance.



Whether you like or not , you will require the knowledge of certain things to survive and that knowledge is either derived from school or private lessons/tutorials or one-on-one sessions because you can't be aware of the position of every necessary item which means you can't find everything you need by yourself


You will have to ask questions about what you have not seen even though it's in your environment since you have limits.

Nobody is independent of learning certain things.

CodeTemplar:
I spotted something strange. The article says same company is behind about 5 leading milk brands in Nigeria. That is like a disguise of monopoly.
One big company wants monopoly of the market and therefore creates many of the same product under different names, thereby giving the public the perception of a competitive market.

Remitush:
There are several clubs and rooms in clubhouse app you can learn a lot and even pitch your ideas if you think you have a sound idea.

To pitch your idea as a Nigerian to investors abroad is nearly impossible. Those who have been lucky so far are very very few and they go through rigorous process. Most times some countries are flagged and priorities are given to western countries.

In club house app, you get to speak to these investors and even connect with them freely.

Just make sure your idea is very sound, because a lot of people will be listening. Don't go and embarrass yourself.

Also, there are other room and clubs that I have found very interesting.

There is a club that focus on careers in tech and Remote opportunities for unpopular Tech Jobs that companies are looking for and willing to pay more.


This club talks about all the tech jobs that most people have refused to look into. Because everyone is talking about javascript or data analytics everybody's attention is on it. But what everyone fails to realise is, there are other roles too that even pay more than these popular ones and the reason they pay higher is cos there are very few people qualified for it.

So while you are looking at switching careers, know that regardless of your educational background, anyone can break into tech and get a very decent pay if they have the right information and mentor.

I currently work remotely as a Salesforce administrator. Got this job on indeed.com right after I received my training from a tech mentor whom I connect with at the NGO I was formerly working. She also runs the club (link already shared) on clubhouse.

One thing I can say is there is a huge difference between watching tutorial videos on YouTube or website and having a mentor guide you through a path.

I have the clubhouse app, but I've not gotten an invite. Please do well to invite me sir.