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It’s been a while I posted here. I wanted to share that I have a GRE voucher I’d like to gift someone. Reach out and let me know why I should give it to you and it’s all yours. Good luck

Lol are you suggesting I get a clipper and cut my hair by myself ? I don't want to experiment with my hairline abeg I can only manage to shave myself but that can only save $3

imperiouxx:
https://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/fighting/fighting0056.gif If you do that again.

Now go get yourself a clipper and pay no barbers no more!

Harry4cas:
Congrats bro... First of all, I'm the assistant Secretary of team silent readers. I must confess, your visa transcript was well worth the time ( I actually did read it twice).

We happen to somewhat have same interest, I studied Statistics too. Finished September 2017 from Unilorin and I'm presently serving. I'm very much fascinated to read the line where you mentioned ML. Everything about A.I intrests me. I'd love to also go for my masters in Data Science & Analytics in USA.

Presently, I'm on the the look out for schools with good track record on my intended course of study; it's really tiring to say least because DS is a field with a lot of sub niches, different school with their different area of core concentration. This has contributed to making the whole school search of a thing look very tedious.

Your transcript just motivated me to continue being steadfast in my research and preparing for the greater things that's yet to become of the 'hands that typed this'...


I wish you the very best in your studies... I'm coming very soon to join you guys (hopefully when the time is right)

Data science is a relatively new field, there is a small number of schools offering the programme. Just take your time. However, while you spend time to research for schools, remember that your GRE score will be a major deciding factor to where you end up applying to. So you need to start preparing for that as well.

Also, consider the points Chidinho10 made about the path to follow.

All the best

I am a huge beneficiary of this platform and I have been in US for four months now. I didn't have any prior travel experience before coming here, infact my trip to US was the first time I entered a plane. Regardless, I got most of the information I needed for both admission and the visa application from here.

I'd like share some of my experiences and the ways I have been cutting cost. In my first fews weeks here, I was spending about $20 each day on food and taxi. I couldn't escape it because I didn't even bring one food stuff from Nigeria and the truth is that I didn't have any intentions of cooking, not until I got here and realise that eating outside is best way to go broke. A basic meal would cost at least $7 (obviously cheap for a working class person earning in dollars here). Two meals a day at this price for 30 days is already $420, for a BASIC meal oo. Long story short, cooking is my new hubby . On the flip side food stuff is relatively cheap and you can comfortably live on $50 - $100 a month if you make your own food.
The funny thing I noticed is that beef is the "premium" meat here. Hence it is more expensive than chicken(the irony of life).
ALDI and Family dollar stores are my favorite stores because their items are very cheap. Check them out if they are near you. It pays to also get the grocery store card you shop from for membership deals and it's free.

The transport system here is kinda wack and it doesn't align well with my school schedule. I had to get a bike and it's been a life saver. Walking to school from my place is about 25-30minutes but on bike is just 10minutes. Some people actually use the bus and it serves them well, it all depends on your location and your schedule. Lest I forget, someone tried to steal my Benz (sorry my bike) two weeks ago. I usually lock the Benz just outside my apartment and the thieve was trying to cut the lock. I dey park the bike inside house. No stories

For calls and data, I was using T-Mobile when I first got here. I was paying $47/ month for unlimited national calls and messages with 4GB data which is their cheapest plan. The annoying part is that I don't even get to use any of this, most people prefer texting and it's delivered through iMessage except for the few that use other OS. Also, WiFi is almost everywhere and I only get to use the data when I'm riding with google map. I went online to find a solution and discovered RedPocket mobile. I had to port to RedPocket while retaining my number, right now I pay $15 for 1000 Minutes and 1000 Messages plus 1GB data. It serves me well and their network seems pretty good. I am even considering switching to their lowest plan of $10 for 500 calls and 500 Messages with 500MB.
Check there coverage for your area if you want to switch. The good thing is that they use T-Mobile reception, so it works wherever T-Mobile reception works.

For intending students coming here, school location should be one of your criterias when choosing a school because cost of living varies greatly from city to city (not just the state). What I am paying for rent now in long branch, NJ is twice what someone is paying in say Newark, NJ. Also, just so you know, there is always a limit to the number of roommates you're allowed to have and it's usually limited to two persons. Some places don't even allow roommates just like mine. But contrary to what I heard before coming here, most houses include heat, gas and other utilities in their rent. The closer the apartment to school the more expensive it is. So if you have a car you can stay some miles away from school at cheaper rate.

The one thing that breaks my heart is when I visit the barbershop. $18 for haircut and $3 dollar for shaving (Biko why would someone cut his hair without shaving). The same amount you spend on haircut you can use it to buy 4 packs of organic chicken labs and 1 pack has about 14 chicken labs(drumsticks). Sigh

Meanwhile, We just concluded the spring semester. The only thing that's on my mind now is how to make the best of this four months summer break. I'm yet to get an internship. Any ideas from the gurus is most welcome.

Umuks:
Good morning guys,
Please I need ur advice urgently, a friend of mine made a mistake while filling his DS-160 form. His intended date was suppose to be change to 3-05-2018 but he left it at the earlier date he picked which is 30-04-2018. Though is appointment is on 25-04-2018.

Please is there anything he can do to this and does this affect his chance

Ur advice is urgently needed. Thank you

Fill another DS-160 form and update the appointment portal with the new confirmation number

Chukason1:
Congrats on your experience subset .... So why didn't emirates provide you with accommodation?

According to their rep I spoke on the phone with prior to the trip, he said they only provide an hotel accommodation when the lay over is above 8hours.

Chukason1:
did you sleep where? ....

I simply sat and laid my head on a trolley and dozed off. It was just about hour sleep

Chukason1:
How are u making arrangements for permanent accommodation...

The Airbnb apartment I booked was for 2 days, so after my stay expired the school offered me a temporary accommodation for few days till I find a place. I have been on the hunt for accommodation but haven't gotten a place yet but I'm pretty close to getting one. I have some places I'll be seeing tomorrow. I hope it works out else I may have to book another Airbnb as the school temporary accommodation expires today.

This is my POE experience

I flew Emirates and I think the pay was worth it.My flight was scheduled to leave Nigeria to Dubai by 6:50pm on 8th Jan to arrive US on the 9th. I checked in online a day before and I think it helped alot.  I got to airport around 4:30pm thinking I was very early but to my surprise the boarding pass queue was as long as the people checking in. I somehow managed to bypass the queue without weighing my two big boxes - Huge mistake*

I was turned back at the place I was suppose to collect the boarding pass because one of the boxes was weighing 28.3kg. Tense started crippling in because they have started rushing everything at this point. However, the other box was weighing 21.2kg. so I had to unpack somethings from the over weighted box to the other box and to my back pack (the hand luggage) to balance the weights among all the luggages and I got each box to weigh approximately 23kg.

By the time I got back to collect the boarding pass they were almost closing the counter and I was the last person. Chai. I hate rush for my life,  all the adrenaline in my blood became super active. I was sweating like Christmas goat

Please if you can afford to pack all your loads in a box instead of using Ghana must go. Please do. I got a new box the morning I was traveling and unpacked my loads in Ghana must go in it. It was good decision because I was alone and dragging the two boxes didn't give me issues. I just dey imagine wetin for happen if na Ghana must go. Also, if you don't intend to make use of your laptop on the trip, abeg pack it in the check-in box. I can't count how many times I had to bring out the laptop from my stuffed back pack for check-in. It's not worth the stress of unpacking and packing all the time

Aboard Emirates, the flight was smooth. Their foods and drinks go well. Some no gree me eat sha..dem be like parboiled beans and sliced raw tomato.
We landed at exactly 4:33am at Dubai. I took a train to terminal 3 carcus A and stayed waiting for the next flight by 11:50am. Bought tooth paste and brushed my teeth and also got something to eat. Dubai airport is just on another level. I can't find words to describe it. It's very massive. I typed most of the experiences from Nigeria up to this point while I was waiting for the connecting flight to Newark. I slept for a while and made sure I set alarm on my two phones - me and sleep na 5 & 6. I can sleep for Africa. By the way I was wearing just a long sleeve shirt- big mistake* by the time I woke up after about an hour of sleep my lungs had started dancing and I was literally shaking. The cold inside the airport has penetrated into every bone in my body. I should have tied one of the cardigans on my waist for times like this. We spent 6hours 45mins in Dubai. There was no hotel accommodation and you are not allowed to leave the airport, so for most part I was window shopping.

On towards New jersey, check-in started around 10:30am and we left exactly 11:50am. Minor checking was done here as I expected a more thorough one from what I heard. The flight was as smooth as the first one and the usual meals were served. From what I experienced it seems taking off and landing is the most dreaded part of flying for most people. I don't know why it's like that though.

We had another stop over at Athens, Greece where we obtained a new boarding pass. I believe this is our Point of entry because I wasn't asked a single question when we got to Newark airport. The questions at Anthens were very straight forward:

Officer: you're coming from Nigeria
Me: yes
Officer:You are a student ?
Me: Yes,
Officer: can I see your i20?
Me: Brought out my envelop and gave it to him
Officer: what course are you going to study? While looking at the i20
Me: software engineering
Officer: how long is the program
Me: 2 years
Officer: Signed on my boarding pass and said "show your passport to the officer behind one more time"
Me: walked towards the office and handed over the papers
Officer: you'll go through further screening from the united States bla bla... I'll give you your passport after the screening
Me: ok, that's fine

I was called over by the guy doing the screening. He searched my back pack and did all the biometric scans. The whole thing took less than 5mins and my passport was handed back to me.

I booked an Airbnb apartment for 2 days that's close to school from Nigeria before I left. When I got to Newark airport, I tried to get a cab to the accommodation which was about 40mins drive away. I got the shock of my life when they told me the least price I can get to that place is $110. Whaaat! No way I'm going to pay over ₦36,000 for taxi. I checked uber, the price estimate I saw was about $76 for uber pool but I couldn't order an uber because it's linked to my Nigerian card and they don't accept cash trips. Chai!!
Meanwhile I told the Airbnb guy I was going to stay at his place what's happening. He offered to come pick me for $50 and that's how I managed to cut down the cost. He even gave me free ride to school the next day. Really cool guy

I have been in the States for five days now and it's been going well so far.

Solomon27:
Congrats brother. I also have a BSc in Statistics. Going for BSc in Information and Computer Science.

Can I hook you up on whatsapp?

Sure bro. You can PM me

My people, my visa came through this morning. I follow for those silent readers. I'm yet to recover from the ecstatic feeling.
I owe everything to this thread. I read every darn thing on this thread. I'm specially grateful to lamexx for reviewing my prepared responses and for the mock interview. This guy even called me with his airtime. So much love on Nairaland. Thanks to walspring for paying my sevis fee and to everyone that has contributed to this thread, you guys are awesome.

Abeg you guys should allow me to rant small. The idea for masters came to me immediately I passed out from service. This is the time I stumbled on this thread from a Google search, it brought a huge relieve knowing that most of the questions I have must have been answered here. I made it a duty to read at least 20pages of this thread everyday. It paid off !!

The stressed I went through for my transcript was just crazy. Shuttling almost every month from Lagos to Owerri to follow up on the transcript, even after paying one guy to help me expedite the process(Dude chop my money). The height of it all was when two of the transcript I requested was erroneously sent to one school. It took me almost 3 weeks to realize this error then I had to pay another 20k for another transcript which took one month again to process. Futo una well done!


To the transcript

The VO approved the three people in my front. One of them was an old woman going to visit her daughter, the other person was a lady on F2 going to visit her husband that's in school. She asked her how she met how husband and who will take care of her business when she is away. These people's approval bolstered my confidence.

I was very vocal as none of the questions were unexpected. I already have an answer for almost all the possible questions. Some people say you shouldn't rehearsed your responses but you should know what works best for you. I'm very good at memorizing things so I leveraged on that to practice most of my responses, this in turn strengthened my confidence. I practiced the questions every morning and every night even in my dreams . I just can't stand the thought of starting this process again. Some time ago I read on this thread about maintaining eye contact during the interview. It usually feels weird to me looking people in the eye for more than 3 seconds, so I knew I had to work on that and I did so by maintaining eye contact in all of my conversations with people for the past 2 months. It worked because I was able to maintain eye contact all through the interview. The VO was very conversational, her smile alone will mellow down your tension.

Below is my transcript

VO: Good morning (she is always the first to greet)
Me: Good morning
VO: please pass your passport and your other documents
Me: Gave her my passport, the i20 and sevis receipt. She returned the sevis receipt
VO: Looking at my I20, why are you applying to software engineering degree (with sharp eye contact)
Me: I've always been a tech savvy person. I discovered during my undergraduate studies that my strength and motivation lies in the field of computing. I developed a penchant for programming during this time.It has become something I'm very passionate about. This program will help me solidify my knowledge and give me the ability to design, implement and improve software solutions across multiple domains. It will afford me the qualifications to take up a job as a senior software engineer in a Nigerian tech firm when I am back. I will be able to apply machine learning algorithms efficiently
VO: typing...
VO: how many schools did you apply to?
Me: 3 schools
VO: why did you choose this school
Me: Aside from being one of the schools that pioneered the masters of software engineering program in us. I chose Monmouth university because their software engineering curriculum matches my research interest and offers the best fit for my career growth. My research interest aligns with that of professor wizzy* which is on the application of machine learning in personalized marketing. I am keen on being part of her research group to enable me gain practical knowledge of machine learning concepts. I also like the fact that their program integrates applied computer science, mathematics and management science in the course modules which will give me a well rounded experience in creating software solutions. I was also offered $4000 scholarship
VO: what's your highest qualification
Me: Bsc Statistics
VO: why the change of program
Me: well this is not a change for me though. Studying this degree will equip me with the technical knowledge and expertise to be able to implement machine learning algorithms efficiently considering my background in statistics. It will afford me the qualifications to take up a job as a senior software engineer in a Nigerian tech firm specializing in machine learning solutions. This degree will make me very desirable when I return back to Nigeria because there is a high demand for software engineers in Nigeria.
VO: When did you finish school?
ME: I finished 2015, after which I went for my compulsory youth service and that lasted till April this year. I was retained at the eCommerce firm were I was working a software developer. My primary duties entails extending the website functionality by developing and implementing ad-on magento plugins. I also perform routine maintenance which involves security patch installations, module updates and reconfiguration, search engine optimization...
VO: what are the courses you will be doing and how will they be beneficial to you?
Me: I listed about 7 courses and I repeated some lines from "why software engineering question":
This will help me solidify my knowledge and give me the ability to design, implement and improve software solutions across multiple domains. It will afford me the qualifications to take up a job as a senior software engineer in a Nigerian tech firm when I am back. I will be able to apply machine learning algorithms efficiently (Though I said it in a different way, so won't start sounding like a robot)
VO: I can see that your brother is your sponsor, what does he do?
Me: He is major distributor for so and so
VO: Has he traveled out of Africa before?
Me: Yes he's being to Dubai, Us
VO: Then she started typing for about 20secs and then asked: did you write any standardized test
Me: yes, I wrote GRE (I got 292)
VO: Let me see your score card.
Me: I reached out to my envelop, at this point I can see her dropping my passport in the tray. Then I passed the GRE result
She now said the sweet words.

My people my ear was still wide open I didn't go deaf oo. She now started rapping the usual " your i20 is as important as your passport always keep it on you, you'll need it at the POE and be ready to ...*I helped her to complete it* explain myself. Then she said I'll get a message in 7days to come pick up the passport.

Some people were denied but I didn't see any blue paper flying around. Abi na the 214g be the blue paper?

This has been a huge relieve. I can now close all the endless tabs that has been open on my system the past 2months

My advice to folks just starting the process: This has been repeated here countless times, please note that GRE is a vital component of your application whether you are seeking for funding or not. If you have enough time, abeg prepare for GRE and smash it.

All glory to God

lincolnpix:
Infact, he doesn't even know that the domain name was registered on his boss company's name. As of today he has never asked me to change the admin email attached to that domain.

He asked via skype and i used the infos
https://www.lagoslabs.com/images/uploads/assets/skype-paschal.png

And he keeps coming up with unnecessary information that isn't the bone of contention.

Did I ever mention that the domain was registered in your name? You are the person that registered the domain for us not in your name. Nobody asked you for this crap.

keeping mute to all the points I raised against your services is a clear sign of your incompetency and conning nature.

Answered the questions I tendered. Lincoln

Cc: emmatok

pak:
@ lincolnpix
Please stop antagonizing those you feel are not in your support. It's in bad taste and gives a very bad impression.

You are a businessman and even if you are perfect, there are people who would still criticise your work, It part and parcel of the deal.
Wisdom is being able to separate constructive criticism and empty ones.

Customer relations is probably 50% of your job and in this field, everybody is a potential customer

Once again, I'm grateful to everyone that has shown interest in this thread.

@ pak, I appreciate your manner of approach on this issue.

Now Note this;

This website was developed using ExpressionEngine which is a CMS to the best of my knowledge and it comes with bunch of plugins and Addons.
That stated;
There were some instances, where I asked lincolnpix to modify certain part of this website and after working around it, his response will be " the system is configured to be that way" which means he can't change this part of the website to my taste. Now, this is a site that was built from scratch as he claimed and this is also the developer that is hammering "my codes"

That aside;

Have you ever wondered why Lincoln has chosen to ignore all my questions, more especially the point I raised about his code as stated in the agreement "licensed to use only for this project" and everyother question raised so far.

This is simply because, Lincoln knows that, all I have stated so far are facts.

Lincoln has resorted to calling names to people that does not support his claim, this is just to tell you his own definition of "integrity" and the kind of man he is.

If anything else is remaining of all this story, lincolnpix would have stated so, but he is simply a con man and does not have any point to prove himself innocent from all the allegations laid on him.

This is a link to the site: http://buytecnophones.com hosted under nexcess.net

pak:
@ lincolnpix
Please stop antagonizing those you feel are not in your support. It's in bad taste and gives a very bad impression.

You are a businessman and even if you are perfect, there are people who would still criticise your work, It part and parcel of the deal.
Wisdom is being able to separate constructive criticism and empty ones.

Customer relations is probably 50% of your job and in this field, everybody is a potential customer

Once again, I'm grateful to everyone that has shown interest in this thread.

@ pak, I appreciate your manner of approach on this issue.

Now Note this;

This website was developed using ExpressionEngine and this is a CMS to the best of my knowledge, which comes with bunch of plugins and Addons.
That stated;
There were some instances, where I asked lincolnpix to modify certain part of this website and after working around it, his response will be " the system is configured to be that way" which means he can't change this part of the website to my taste. Now, this is a site that was built from scratch as he claimed and this is also the developer that is hammering "my codes"

That aside;

Have you ever wondered why Lincoln has chosen to ignore all my questions, more especially the point I raised about his code what is stated in the agreement "licensed to

GuiltySpark343:
(clears throat)...let me introduce myself

First degree: Electrical/Electronics and Computer Engineering
PgD: Strategic Business Information technology
Msc: computing with IT management
Certification: Oracle certified Associate Java Programmer

Before I contribute in anyway @wethebest,@wallie and @zeking have spoken justly ( with is appropriate in this case)

Now...It is evident that subset does no much about E-commerce which also has to do with using websites to carry out transaction, what you did wrong was not to have consulted an expert to tell you ALL that is entailed, if you didnt have money for consultancy(which is my most of us run to NL in the first place), you should have asked of help by posting in the programming section of NL, and you would have gotten 70percent of the work done, you would have known what Website for e-commerce entails, and all knowing NLers would be happy to assit you.what you did was to look for a contractor on NL, and what you are experiencing now you would have experienced it with some other person

Now, weather contract or no contract this is the entitlement and responsibility of parties involved

Linonpix
Develop and deploy website according to customer specification and ensure the safety and predictability of this code if he has sence
Charge a little stipend for maintenance, means that the client can shout on him if the website is non responsive, so he wont hesitate/ decline refreshing things
Must sell source code, remember i said must(the client must ensure this is possible initially)

The client subset
Pay for webhosting and increase payment when higher storage and bandwidth is need to cope with increase in sales
(that is as much as I can remember for now..oh wait)
Own all customer details contained in the website

Subnet lincolnpix is not as bad as you make him to be...Let me give you a scenario, what if the ownership of your domain name is ascribed to him, it means you have to re-register a new company name(what a night mare)...people literally register domain names that the think will sell and wait for people to come and buy it off from them

lincolnpix gave you some right which is a good gesture from him and now you are asking for ascess to the database(I dont know if you are a programmer), the content is yours even without a written contract!!!!!!!!!!!, I advice you to tell him what you what to do...see the stages involved in software develpment are
1 finding out of requirement - means the programmer finds out what the client wants
2 the design - the programmer designs stuff, flowcharting and algorithim conception
3 implementation, translate client requirement and specification to codes(
4 .verification(Which you didnt do- the client verifies that software is designed to specification and can scale appropriately, lets leave scaling for now
5. maintenance - involving paying fees for website up keep


Also you are not clear about that you want the website to do, you dont need any access what so ever since you are not a web developer
, further more little tweaking can be ofset by maintenance fees

we are a family in NL and miss understanding should be settled amicable, unless the person is a scammer.

To help you I also want you to get to know the NL with moniker @avosoft, I was thinking he has the person you are talking about, men this guy is an all- rounder,hell-of-a-guy, he was ment to tweak my programme but I ended us solving by myself,his number is on his profile page, give him a call

What you should do are
1. ensure your domain name is owned and registered to you and you have sole right over it
2. use a company not an individual, (a small one for lower cost)... so your business doesn't come to an end if the person falls of the planet
3. agree on how you will be charge if you what to make addition to your website, afterall you previous you state your requirement and have been billed

Remain blessed
A Nler that has your interest at hand

I wish I can quote everyone that have asked the question " what am I (the client) using the access to the database for? But I will use this quote to address the question

As spikesC, DualCore1, Afam4eva earlier mentioned

This is very clear, I'm displeased with the attitude of the current developer (lincoln). How can I be working with a developer that threatens to shut down my business because of 6days delay of his monthly maintenance fee --A maintenance fee I have No idea of until the project was completed. We were literally force into it as a means of extortion from him.

Currently, as I stated earlier, Lincoln is yet to complete the deliverable as regards to the website and he has refused to do that, all because we stopped paying him his monthly stipend.

At my own expense and time, I have outsourced a developer to give me what I want on the site but the greedy guy won't give me access to the codes

Funny part is, he also registered the domain name for us - I know this might sound stupid. But it was all because of the trust and relationship we had.

What's your opinion in this case?

lincolnpix:
Perfect,
Question... didn't your uncle (Boss) slapped you and sent you home for some days because youd lied to have payed the domain renewal?

Firstly, nothing of such ever happened.
All the payments I make online is linked to my boss credit card. He gets alert of every transaction I make with his card, so there is no reason to lie about that.
My boss is currently viewing this thread as a guest.

I'm sure you will find it had to believe that I'm a student working part time. So if at all I was not available at any moment, that will be because of my school activities - which is very rare.

Secondly,
I don't understand how this question is related to all the questions I asked or are you simply creating another diversion?
Where are the remaining facts you said you will share?

You've not made any attempt to defend yourself of all the "claim allegations" and you even denied of being my friend...I don't know what to use to describe the kind of person you are Lincoln Gbenga.

Did you violate our agreement or not after we stopped paying you the maintenance fee?

By licensed? What do you mean?

I greatly thank everyone that has dropped one or more comments on this thread.

I will simply go ahead and reply Lincolnpix's first post.

lincolnpix:
Morning all,

Hi, Paschal, i hear you.

thanks to all contribuitors on this thread @adewasco2k, @Dmayor7, @Afam4evCraigston, @spikesC

Relationships with clients are always tricky, neither of you are mind readers, so what you come up with and what the client sees in their head may not always be the same thing. And then comes the feedback.

I’m a very trusting person with a huge heart, and over the years I’ve been stiffed out of tens of thousands of dollars.
Not to mention all the time and energy I lost beating myself up for being naive or trying to get people to just honour their agreements and pay for what they received.

What exactly are you insinuating? Trusting you was the biggest mistake I made in 2014. You used my faith against me and my company. The idea and structure you initially developed for the website's homepage was a total flop, what the website runs on now was my idea...so where exactly did you put in the energy and time you are talking about? Despite all the delay the project suffered because of you, we still paid you, your complete fee without a single hesitation/delay.

lincolnpix:
No matter what you sell or what industry you’re in, you’re going to experience negative word of mouth (this post is my first experience) it just happens.
Would try to use this negative word of mouth as an opportunity.

Subset is talking complete and utter nonsense.

In this case, there is no single good deed you did. All you worked for on this project was paid for in a timely manner.
Probably this is the first time, someone knows his right enough to expose all the crappy structures you've setup up to extort money from innocent individuals.
Most developers strife for long term relationship with clients,but what you are interested in is the money. This was the first project I gave you...Look at how you messed yourself up.

lincolnpix:
My answer to the OP is very simple..
I'm not giving him access to the Hosting cpanel because i dont want him to copy my codes, the site is not a ready made script, i designed and developed from scratch and this aspect was previously addressed in the contract.

Guys, to explain my own side of the story attached is a screenshot of the copyright section on the contract with with Paschal's company.
https://www.lagoslabs.com/images/uploads/assets/contract.png

Full contract link: http://d.pr/f/15hf1

I might not know much about legal matters, but your terms were;

"You(the client) also own text content, photographs and other data you provided, unless someone else owns them. We(developer) own the XHTML markup, CSS and other code and we(the developer) license it to you for use on only this project"

By my understanding of simple English, you implied that, you own the codes but you've given us authority to use the codes just for this project.
I'm wondering why I don't have access to the code that I have been licensed to use and how it extents to denying me access to the database /codes.

Nevertheless, I hope you do remember when you violated one of our agreement the moment we stopped paying you the maintenance fee. You went ahead to insert your company's link on the website. Maintenance was never part of the agreement, however we both agreed that, you shouldn't put any link on the website. Yet you went ahead to put the link without my consent all because you have control of the cpanel.
All the emails I sent to you that period, you never replied any, because you knew what you did was wrong.

You said I should be honest? But you blindly avoided everything I said about you.
kindly point out the ones that were wrong. You think you are smart enough?

lincolnpix:
My one cent Nairalanders.... I ask that everyone reserve judgement until all the facts have come to light. No need ruining a someone's name by jumping to conclusions.

Paschal, try once in your life to be honest.

Cheers,
Lincoln Gbenga Olagbaju (armed with integrity and passion)

You are already afraid of your reputation.

you said "all the facts". I'm waiting to read the remaining facts...

Because we are not done yet.

I appreciate the effort of everyone that has commented on this thread.
The Nairaland username of this developer is Lincolnpix. He is a Nigerian man that is base in Italy. Pls be informed.
This guy is only interested in your money and little or nothing to do with well being of your business.
You can make a Google search with the name lincolnpixel to see more about him on the web.

Thanks.

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olyivy:
If you did not at any point agree that the guy owns the codes and he is in talkings terms with you, make him understand how seriously you are taking this issue and the steps you intend to take which includes but not limited to online campaign against him.
Call his attention to this thread too, the guy might not understand the seriousness of the whole thing.

Thanks for the advice.

I'm most likely to start an online campaign against him.

Craigston:
Always keep your relationships away from your job. In matters like this, let your diction be professional and strictly so.

That's it. He wants job security, a steady stream of passive income. Autopilot income. Does your company have a legal department? Your lawyer should have intervened at this point. Instead of paying him for those months, a lawyer would have received that money and kicked him out for good.


I don't know much about legal matters, but I think you can file a lawsuit in this case. Try negotiating with him. Write him letters to make him see reasons you should have the source codes. Have some of these discussions with in the presence of your lawyer and have copies of your correspondence for evidence. If he remains adamant, offer to pay him a token for the codes, and have this offer recorded. Make it about 20 - 30% of what you paid him. If all attempts at negotiation fail, sue him. If you win the case, he should be paying for damages, real and punitive, done to your business. Yes, his actions are disrupting your business administration.
Btw, did your agreement state who has ownership of the codes?

Really appreciate the time you dedicate attending to this thread.

The agreement did not in any manner state that he owns the code. I read the agreement verbatim and if at all it was in the agreement he would have pointed it out. But he hasn't said anything of that nature.

I'm sure we've gone beyound negotiation, I have tried to talk to him in all way possible bt he is still insisting. Probably making an offer will be my next step, which depends on my boss.

Thanks.

Dmayor7:
Hey guys, please do not bother with this guy!....

I cant understand how somebody being duped could afford to hide the identity of the person duping him.

Simply, it shows he is not yet ready for deliverance

OP when you are ready you let us know the person's username....

Till then...

I will assume you only want to get comments, and make frontpage....

I will also assume there is no such thing as you said, that you only framed this story up...

Till then....God's guidance...

Initially I don't want to reply any comment that will derail this thread and make me end up not getting the information I need. Bt...

I framed the story for what? To make Frontpage and then what?. Don't really understand how people reason most times.

I have my reasons for not including the developer's Username in this thread.

If you are someone that has information that will assist me, I believe you would have said so, username or No Username.

If you still insist on the username, I can send it to you privately.

Thanks for your understanding.

spikesC:
Probably, there was never an agreement/discussion on who owns the code.

On this topic, I always favor the right of ownership to the client. When developers own codes, it restricts the development and maintenance of the service to the developer which has a lot of negative factors.

1. What happens when the developer is not available due to extenuating circumstances like death, change of career or indefinite loss of contact.

2. What happens when the client is not satisfied with the developer's services or new terms of contract. The client is indefinitely tied to one developer who can do as he pleases including raising service fees abnormally and the decline of service quality.

3. What if the client just want to change a service provider, or hand over the project to a new developer for upgrades.

These are just few examples which can go on and on.

Morally, you can't tie a client down to purchase your service this way even when he wants to leave. An unhappy client is never good for business. There're so many other ways to keep a client coming back, holding him at ransom is definitely not one of them

I appreciate your understanding on this issue.

I read the agreement verbatim and there was no mention of such. If at all the developer has such in his agreement, he would have pointed it out when this matter came up.

That I gave him permission to host the website with his name was because I trusted him.

Just as you mentioned,

There were a lot of things I told him to include in the website which he has not done. Bt I'm not worried about, 'cos I already feel he is not as competent I as I imagined.

I didn't just see this issue coming.

What's the best way to handle this?

Pls advice.

spikesC:
Probably, there was never an agreement/discussion on who owns the code.

On this topic, I always favor the right of ownership to the client. When developers own codes, it restricts the development and maintenance of the service to the developer which has a lot of negative factors.

1. What happens when the developer is not available due to extenuating circumstances like death, change of career or indefinite loss of contact.

2. What happens when the client is not satisfied with the developer's services or new terms of contract. The client is indefinitely tied to one developer who can do as he pleases including raising service fees abnormally and the decline of service quality.

3. What if the client just want to change a service provider, or hand over the project to a new developer for upgrades.

These are just few examples which can go on and on.

Morally, you can't tie a client down to purchase your service this way even when he wants to leave. An unhappy client is never good for business. There're so many other ways to keep a client coming back, holding him at ransom is definitely not one of them

I appreciate your understanding on this issue.

I read the agreement verbatim and there was no mention of such. If at all the developer has such in his agreement, he would have pointed it out when this matter came up.

That I gave him permission to host the website

Craigston:
I think the guy's speculating a job there: he wants to maintain the site and have you pay him. If under your agreement the source codes belong to you, then you are free to use legal action. Given that you've made full payment, it's all yours. And if he refuses to yield, he too is yours
But do you know any other thing about him? Oh, you've not met him before? Talk about freelance. Do you have any valid identification of him? His portfolio, facebook, phone numbers, real names? Do you have a copy of the agreement you signed?

Thanks for the insight.

I know him to a good extent; facebook,twitter,skype,phone numbers, real names,company name and most of his personal website and I have a copy of the agreement he sent to me as well.

He is my friend on the social networks I mentioned.

Below is a Lil story to what I stated earlier

After the project was concluded, he requested to be paid a monthly maintenance fee which was not in the agreement, after much deliberation we decided to be paying him a monthly stipend, though I was very much aware that he was not doing anything.

A month came when his payment didn't come as agreed, there was about 6days delay. Withing this 6days, he sent an email to my boss and I, threatening to shut down the website if he didn't get his payment in 24hrs and this is an E-commerce website which has not even gotten one successful order - which he is aware of, bt he is only interested in his pay.

To cut the story short, we only paid for that month and told him that we will discontinue the payment to avoid such threat to the infant business.

Meanwhile the website has been running very smoothly without the so-called maintenance for the past 3 months.

Since then, he started acting up and recently refused giving me full access to the hosting account.

The thing is, we started off as a friend and I gave him this job base on the relationship I had with him. I convinced my boss that he can handle the work. This is somebody I accommodated a lot of mess from during the course of the project. A project that was meant to be concluded within 2 months, ended up in almost 7months.

Feedback pls.

Thanks.

herald9:
post his username.

Nairalander01:
and he probably doesn't have a name right??

Knowing his username won't make any difference yet. I will post it when the time is right.

What I need is your unreserved opinion on the actions I can possibly take.

Thanks.

Good day all.

I paid a developer to build and host a website for my company. The website was hosted with the developers name, which was the initial agreement, after which, he will transfer the account to my name.

Right now he is the only person that has full access to the hosting and has refused to give me full access to the account. His reasons, he said, were because of the database and codes he used in building the website.
This, I don't have any interest in 'cos I'm not a developer. Even If I'm one, I have made the complete payment for the website.

The access I have to the account only enables me to pay the hosting fee from my end.

This is a summary of everything that happened before we got to this point.

I brought this to Nairaland because, I contacted the developer here and he is a Nairalander. I haven't seen him before though. He is a Nigerian but doesn't reside in Nigeria.

Pls advice.

Jessyj616:
You ve gotten a name, you have gotten a number what is the next step? What do you say to her to make her feel comfortable with you but still not be friendzoned?
How do you make her smile but still feel the sexual tension without being too obvious?
How do you tell her of your intentions whilst making sure she is leaning towards the answer YES?
There are so many topics on this issue on nairaland do i need to continue on it?

Interesting one. Keep it up. meanwhile learn how to format your sentences very well....Paragraphs will help.

Ok...I had my first kiss when I was 20yrz... In my year one in uni

But before then, I have longed for it, dreamt alot about it, was very desperate to get one . In as much as I do give girls dry perk before then,I never had the confidence to go for a Kiss even with full opportunity.

Until I got into uni...and I met my Ex then...we've only known each other for about a week and the love was sparkling.
Then I took her on a date-my first date ever, we were still eating and then I dropped my cutleries and looked into her eyes steadily while playing micheal jackson-speechless...lol, I drew her head closer the first time...but didn't have enough confidence to execute. she was like; I know what you have in mind but don't try it. Then I knew she was ready for that. Just a few seconds after I drew head closer one more time, this time the real thing went down. It was so so romantic, her lips was so soft...awwww. Am already getting emotional...lol.

Then when we were going back, the restaurant was close to her hostel, so we took bick....omehn, everything went down on that bick that night.. we kissed and kissed on the bick...lol. I'm sure the bick man will be wondering what is wrong with this children.

#myfirstdate. Story of my life.

Bro the best solution is to find someone else that will replace him/her. Otherwise you are most likely to suffer the trauma for a long time- that's if you really love the person

parrotibaba:
@op where r u guys located? n do u hv d white color?

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Probably you just started using Android. Any app downloaded from play store doesn't have raw file.

To get the raw file of the app- the one you can easily install and uninstall at will, you need to send the app to someone using flash share and then have the person send it back to you via flash share.

Go check your file manager and locate flash share folder > Apps. There you will see all your apps.

corperscorner:
[size=20pt]Anytime I hear TECHNO, it feels like someone just mentioned TAFAWA BALEWA[/size]

Guy you harsh oo.


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Call 08084667600. Free delivery Lagos and Abuja.

My username though. .I forgot to capitalize one of the letters. I now get quotes whenever someone uses "subset" in their sentences.