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Andrenalin:
Can’t we also have our own Naija WhatsApp group where we can share challenges and job advert at the same time. I think it will be great

Yeah, if you can create the group. I'm sure we'd be happy to come together

Tekhthings:
HelloBro I wish to connect with you on Twitter, can you drop your handle?

You can DM me.

emmy512:
I've been more of freelance work, with my many skills.
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My side hustle skill just landed me a 300k pm job with one of our tech companies in lag, i'll be working from my base state where they intend to open an operations branch.
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Free meals, games, and my first task involves product design for a certain parastatal.
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With determination you can take yourself higher.
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Tech is the new oil.
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Straight forward interview.
Last question was to provide my instagram handle which i did.
They legit checked my posts and pages i followed.
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They even saw client reviews from my freelance services i innocently posted some years back.
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Congratulations bro. I'm really happy to see stuffs like this.
I wish you well on the new job

tensazangetsu20:
The crypto one is really neat.

Swears. The UI is great.

CapedBaldy:
Alright thanks.
These are currently my best projects
https://cryptostatz.netlify.app/
http://product-feedback-app-seven./

I don't have experience with hackathons or internships

Nice project, the second link seems to be broken.

I built something similar to your first project during my early days in react.

I have one of my very first technical interview tomorrow.

I'd keep y'all updated on what to expect in a frontend technical interview.

Though it may not be the same for all companies, but some questions and processes are definitely transferable

CapedBaldy:
Good evening bro. I've been going through your thread and i find it quite insightful. I'm currently on a job hunt myself. Do you think you could take a look at portfolio? I'ld like to get your thoughts on it. I haven't been getting any positive feedback from my applications.

Lol, my portfolio isn't even production ready yet.

My CV is what have been getting me the few interviews so far. Just showcase the best of your projects on your CV and some relevant experience you've gathered so far. Internships, hackerthons, pair programming etc

headboyprince:
you mean through western union, or is there another way of making direct bank to bank payments from Nigeria to foreign countries?

Yeah something like that.
Like getting the money on a domiciliary account

headboyprince:
hello. please which payment platform do you use to process payments and do you collect payments in advance for your writing jobs

Oh, depends.

Most of my payments were bank to bank payments

SuperModerator:
Hello bro, I am full-stack developer. Nextjs and Nestjs.

I feel isolated in my programming journey. I have no tech buddy. None of my friends is into tech.

We can be of help to each other. I can help you with your projects wherever you feel stuck and I believe you can be of help to me too.



Here's my WhatsApp contact if you are interested. 08053662673.

Sure, I'd hit you up

KushLyon:
Did you do them remotely or you were present on-site?

remotely

KushLyon:
Before I forget again, I noticed you talked about working as an intern earlier and I will implore you to throw more light on that please. I just have a few questions like how did you get the internship? where exactly did you work as an intern and other things you're comfortable sharing

Oh, they were remote internships I did during the pandemic in 2020.

One lasted for three months, the other for six. I did them almost concurrently.

There are so many internship these days.
You can always check twitter tech communities for updates on them

kriss27:
Sorry what type of job are applying for?

Frontend Developer/Engineer

kriss27:
I am 32 to be 33 this year Sept. I want to venture into software development. I have not even started, yet to get a laptop! Are you saying I am too old to start?

Lol, you're not even old.
I've seen 40 and 50 year olds, get their first job. I see them on twitter.

So you're not even old to start.

Something interesting just happened guys.
So the US based start-up which I applied to, it turns out that I applied to TWO front-end developer roles advertised by the startup.
One was for their subsidiary company, while the other was for the main company itself.

And I already scaled to the 2nd stage of the former. Which is a technical interview.

I just received a mail, with a task from the latter, meaning they've proceeded with my application.

The recruiter recognized my name and told me I applied for two roles (I been don forget aswear). She asked whether she should remove me from one, in order to focus on the other. I said NO!!!

I wanna play my cards on both roles. But this second test na die!!!

Now I have a technical interview and a rugged task to prepare for and work on respectively.

Guys, do not let anyone deceive you. Getting into tech is HARD!!!.
You have to be rugged enough to break in. The only ones who broke in easily, are those who had college internships with those big FAANG companies and big startups, and afterwards transitioned into full time workers after their graduation from Computer Science.


Me, coming from a non-CS background, means I have to prove more than just my CV. Everything is possible if we put our minds to it.

Note that.

Tekhthings:
Nice thread mate, can you drop links on site to apply for technical writing, I already have some blog post on hashnode that has fairly good analytics. At least one can be using that to keep body and soul before the dream job comes. Nice thread though.

Kindly hit me up bro

Yes baby!!
The US start-up contacted me that I've moved to the next stage lol.

I'm proceeding to a technical interview with the CTO and the engineering team. Now I don't even know what to prepare on. This is where it gets tricky. God got us though!

Obviously the test I was given in the first stage was a react test that involved me cloning a particular web app and implementing an OAuth login (most challenging aspect), and Fetching API data using Redux Toolkit.

I was given 3 days to complete it. I submitted about 30 minutes to the deadline

Now, I have just a few days to prepare for this interview. Let's see how it goes.

superboyspecial:
I hope you don't mind my asking: When you apply for jobs, do you send your CV with a cover letter or just the CV?
Currently on the job search and all I've received have been rejections
Rejections that would have been better if at least one was told where it is he is lacking, to maybe scale up but unfortunately, it's always the same kind of message.

Yes I attach cover letters when requested.
Rejection mails are normal bro. It doesn't mean you aren't great enough. We just have to keep pushing. Every interview process for me is an experience already. It makes me a better developer regardless of the outcome

So yesterday I submitted my task to the Europe based start-up.
I really struggled with the task, especially some features not working from the Redux area.
But I submitted anyway.

The recruiter contacted me today that they received my submission. They are reviewing it, but she told me whatever the feedback is, it would be "actionable".

Meaning if they aren't satisfied, they'd give me feedback so I can complete it based on the feedback.
If they are impressed enough, I'd proceed to a technical interview.

The position is a junior position, and they really committed to training enough juniors for their company.

Now, assuming I get the job, I would undergo a three month probation period. Afterward, a laptop and workstation upgrade would be sent to me. A mentor (a senior colleague) would be assigned to me etc

This is just to give an insight on how most foreign startups welcome a new employee. But like I say, the hurdle lies in getting in.

I've received a total of about 12 rejection mails so far. That's just the way it is, it's usually a game of numbers. Not necessarily merit. That's why your CV and GitHub are extremely important.
They are the first impressions. A one-page CV is ideal, though mine is two-pages.

A GitHub with good activity and solid projects is key too. So I believe.
The first impressions would get you the interviews. Then your expertise and knowledge can take over afterwards. Not the other way around.

I have a writing work to complete. Man must collect small change take hold body for now

Really didn't want the mods to take this thread to front-page. Arrgh!!

Now the sequence looks kinda disrupted.
Hmmmm

Nelson0019:
Good Day Bro

Your thread has really motivated and enlightened me, and I am begining to seriously consider taking up coding and web development.

I am a tech savvy individual, and really want to venture into coding.

I am a medical students, but still have enough time to venture into most activities.
I don't know if you can give me an insight on how I can go about starting, and what I need to know, fears, expectations, and all what not.

Any opinion will be highly appreciated Bro.

Thanks

Sololearn
W3schools.com
Freecodecamp.org
YouTube etc

upthechels1960:
I'm an intermediate and very comfortable with html, and css. I am familar with reactjs too. I have built a landing page and weather app with react. my problem is, I want to start deep-diving into these strong portfolio projects like the ones you mentioned here but I don't know how to start all by myself except I watch a tutorial and code along. Is that how you built these big projecs?

The main thing in these projects is fetching API data, and you can easily do that using various client calls like Axios, RTK Query, FetchAPI (for REST endpoints) and Apollo, React Query (For Graph endpoints).

Other features can be added using all you've learnt, consulting blogs like Stackoverflow etc

But for a start, you can code along with tutors to become comfortable with these.

Electroweb:
Hello,
Nice info!
I wanted to know; during the interviews, did question about your age come up? Or is your age in your linkedin profile?

I don't think that matters. Age and degree are barely asked in tech

Who took this to front page?

Oh no please.

So guys, in the midst of my entire job search, I've landed another technical writing gig. It just came at the right time meehn

Sapa be wan dey romance my neck.
I'd be writing on the company's API and a good use case for it.
The pay is about $300.

I got this gig from someone whom I've worked with before. That's why you can't undermine the importance of networking and first impression in tech.

I didn't apply for this gig, I was simply offered on a platter, because I've impressed during my first time working with him, and when he left the first company to join a new one, I simply continued chatting with him on Twitter. We became friends sort of.

At least, I can use this one to hold body before an engineering job comes through.

I'm still working on my second take home test, this is literally the hardest shít I've done. It's an e-commerce store from scratch. Well, I'm expected to submit this week. So I'm trying to round it up.

Fingers crossed.

5DME and Deepocean, please can we all calm down and take a chill pill.

This thread is for us to learn and examine the process of breaking into a fast growing field like tech. Not for heated exchanges and name-callings.

Let's behave like professionals that we are. Thanks

johnchizzy:
Mehn, this is really inspiring I must confess, thanks for making such a thread. I hope to hear the good news one day. Bro, this year is the year!

I'm a fullstack developer, I look forward to learning a lot here.

Thanks man. I really appreciate.

The5DME:
I meant to ask if you use a router or a modem?

I use MTN, sometimes I use a Tizeti router when I'm coding at a friend's. Doesn't really matter.

RICHMAN247:
Is it possible for one to learn and grab Javascript and react within 3 months?

Well I wouldn't say there's a time frame for learning a language like JS, truth is, it would take years to master it. But you can learn the basics in three months and move on to a framework or library like React, Angular etc

The5DME:
How about for your internet?

My internet is okay. I think that depends on the strength of the network

emmyN:
Is this what is crashing under Node.js? I'm presently using one with similar spec and got it with the hope it serves well when I eventually begin with react and node.

No the laptop can run node well.
I figured it was some mistake in the code reference.

My "process.env" wasn't working properly.

Kirkman:
TheManOfTheYear; what brand and specifications of your laptop do you use for work. Thanks.

Omo, I use a HP Probook.
8gb RAM, 500 GB HDD, core i5, Windows 10.

Certainly not a top tier laptop, but it has served me so far