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Anonymous6o6:
I guess I made it to the first month ehhh...w
Let's work hard to finish this program and get a good job. It would also be good if we got greedy and aim pretty high, that way, we can double the effort.

Anonymous6o6:
Actually an ALX group was created for those that will be resuming on August. I usually post materials from alx in there. You can send your number to be added there or send me your Whatsapp number so that I will send you the materials.

Anonymous6o6:
Hey guys

Yesterday, I was looking forward to the weekend, only to realize it's just Tuesday

This week has been a different hell, the level just went high! Omo advance shell no be beans oh

If not for my peers, oh I seriously don't know what I would have done. I had help doing my projects and I dedicated today to full time studying, because I really wanna understand and be able to do things myself.

While studying, I was feeling a bit down and I decided to check out David's video, Former student of ALX who got hired by Amazon. Just to motivate myself.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSjXz3DaUXk)
That's the video if you want to check it out.

It started with the talk about a guy name Charles from one of the previous cohort currently in Canada living his dream as a software engineer. He talked about how he was fully sponsored to Canada by the company that employed him.

After which David came on stage. David who was hired by Amazon is currently in Kenya and would be traveling to London soon because he is starting on July. He actually graduated ALX SE program last year October (2021).

David talked about the projects from alx helping him in his interview. Because he had a good understanding of the projects.

Peer learning days(PLD) played a huge factor for one of the former students of ALX during his technical interview with a company.

David talked about his peers who played a huge factor in helping him finish the program or he may have quit half way. After graduating the one year program, he was added to the "ROOM" and was exposed to many great opportunities.

He got interviewed to two companies through the "ROOM" and got all the offers. Before he got Amazon offer, he already had an offer from a different company through the "ROOM" but he dropped the job offer because he found Amazon offer to be more beneficial.

Through the ROOM, he got connected to great people, some who even help to review his CV.

He said the interview was something he found very very easy that he even wow his interviewers and he got offered the job by the companies where he was interviewed. The first offer came quickly and before he could accept, another one (Amazon) came in which he found better and had to decline the others.

David also explained that a project in the ALX curriculum was an actual test during his interviews in a company and he found it very easy. He had written an article about the project which was part of the task in ALX.

David also talked about the Amazon interview process which had certain steps
- Technical interview
- Coding challenge
- Soft skills


He went further to explain that when you have been added to the "ROOM" and you're preparing for an interview, your pathfinder will help you with resources you need to ace the interview. One thing David also emphasized on was "ALX CURRICULUM" which made his interviews very easy. The curriculum combine with the projects would make you a great Software engineer if you are really dedicated.


This video really helped me find myself, I'm so motivated that I will increase the pace of my studies. If you calculate the time David graduate and the time he got those offers, it seems almost impossible, but it wasn't impossible! Because we know the process is hell but the result will be sweet!

I hope you're inspired today.

Ebube043:
Are you running it with your phone?

saintobas:
the program is not easy o, almost did not reach the 80% cut-off mark but we made it through. if you are just getting started, download pdfs on bash/shell scripting, and c programming and make sure you read it