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airsaylongcome:
That has already been done. See the icon on the top right in the screen grab

Yeah thanks, seen it now. It's not perfect but its better than nothing

tensazangetsu20:
I grew up poor in Nigeria, so I learned to guard every little thing I get. Life was hard, so I always think about tomorrow. I worry I may not get money again. That feeling made me keep everything to myself.

Since I moved to Chile, that mindset still follows me. I am very careful with money. My girlfriend even told me I am stingy. That surprised me.

Bro, spend this money nau. You can't finish spending all this money you're making. Spend it

Seun:
Create a sample and upload it for members to critique.

Fixed.


Where can I find the smart developers? Are you one of them?

Boss please Implement a dark theme, there is a chrome extension for black theme i use but a proper black theme for NL would be nice to have.

Stephen0mozzy:
😁 Our very own Mark Zuckerberg don touch nairaland source code for the Quote, Like and Share Buttons 😁

span {
border-radius: 4px;
border: 1px solid #something;
}

Next....
1. Micro animations/interaction.
2. Being able to sort comments in a thread by number of likes.
3. An upvote on posts so that posts that get like 500 upvotes automatically get featured on the front page or so - democracy feature 😝

You'll be amazed that this small change he did took him like some weeks of testing all around the forum, It looks like a simple change but can take time to ensure nothing breaks overall.

dominique:
What manner of useless team is this PSG? How do you go from conceding one goal in an entire tournament to conceding 3 in the final? Luis Enrique and his boys deserve better flogging

No they underrated an opponent, that's all that happened

Vickiechuks:
I’m in my 30s and seriously considering transitioning into tech as a software developer using Flutter. I’ve developed a strong passion for it, and I’m committed to learning and growing in this field.

However, I’ve had some people tell me it might be too late to break into tech now , that the industry is saturated and opportunities are harder to come by. That has left me feeling a bit confused and discouraged.

I truly want to make this work , both because I love building things and because I want to earn a good living doing what I enjoy.
Is it realistic to start a Flutter developer career at this stage of life? Any advice, encouragement, or tips would mean a lot.

Thanks in advance!

Yes, but learn both React Native and Flutter.

You have enough time on your hands.

You need to get a job as soon as possible so you won't end up a full-time philosopher.

dominique:
But you don't have a family. Imagine if everybody was like you, the human species would have become extinct

Jesus did not have a Family either and you are still going to church

Google Play Developer console is tied to a Gmail account, so why would someone sell that for you?

So why not create a Google play account, hire 20 people to test your apps for you as Google Play requires for new accounts. 500k will get you more than 20 University students willing to test your app & you will have your own account under full control.

clive2u:
Before I got a laptop I got a lot of people ready to guide me through tech but once I purchased a laptop all the people became busy or something. Even web3 I got offer for the person dey use me dey play. I need guidance on this, I need to learn at least one skill before the end of this year.

The reason you haven’t learnt yet is because you are not serious enough, you have other options for survival. When a student is ready, the teacher will appear.

tensazangetsu20:
Yes but if one can’t get a tech job in the USA. Where else will they get it?

You will, but as this thread is referring to someone just starting out their career in tech, it is tougher to do as a newbie. A junior in US searching for job at this time will most likely not get.

Nigeria still hires juniors now because it's a developing nation. So I'd advise people to stay in Nigeria & learn very well, do as many internships as they can because nobody will give you an opportunity as a Junior once you step outside Nigeria.

Also, the technologies popular in each country differ. For example, right now, it is Flutter that is popular in Nigeria due to Google's constant sponsored meet-up events. Then React for frontend. One time it used to be Laravel PHP.

qtguru:
Yes but let's see depends on the pay , but you're right about seniors posing as juniors , but the pay doesn't usually help as much.

The pay is poor in Nigeria but at least juniors can get a role and build their CV from there, in the UK I haven't seen any Junior Software roles since January. It's either you see a Mid-level role with 5 years plus experience or Senior. Nobody is hiring juniors again as far as I know. The bar is too high now.

tensazangetsu20:
This isn’t true. If one can’t get a job in the USA, where do they want to get it? China? Europe? Where exactly?

Tech hiring is in its lowest right now in the US, and companies are still laying off people.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE

qtguru:
Nigeria ke, haven't worked for Nigerian tech in 7 years or so, no one is striving to earn naira as a techie.

But the tech ecosystem in Nigeria is much friendlier. Newbies with good portfolios can easily get jobs, unlike outside Nigeria, where you compete with a supposedly high number of seniors posing as juniors because they have no jobs. Tech jobs are even at their lowest in the US now, anyone traveling to the US now for a tech job should just forget about it.

Gerrard59:
I understand your point, but the blame lies on the person who promised and failed. He was not forced. Maybe it is as a matter of personal principle or upbringing, but I do not promise what I cannot fulfil. So people who promise and fail dishonourably come across as dishonest to me.

I agree about the principles part.

Gerrard59:
Delta abi Bayelsa? So it is true true she has a child for a politician? Chai! Couldn't she have gotten someone who isn't a politician (married one for that matter) as a one time Wizkid ex did? I think the lifestyle our moneybags shower on these ladies gets them so accustomed that they cannot below what is now the new normal. As beautiful as Nengi

You're correct, it is Bayelsa.

About Nengi, you simply don't understand the mind of an average socialite in Nigeria, the life they live cannot be funded with legitimate earnings from business or an investment, people who work for their income do not waste it. Their lives highly require someone who STEALS money.

The highest cash recorded publicly Dangote (Richest Black man) has spent a lady is $15,000, and it was claimed he had “insultingly” offered $15,000 and another $2,500. In fact they lamented that he was too stingy with his resources and the money given was for hush money, to keep things silent. It was all over the news in 2021. Just Google all I'm saying, it is online.

Which is why I do tell young folks not to listen to any woman online or offline about how real "high value man" polished them with cash, houses, trips etc. Nobody does all those without being a fraudster or corrupt politician.

By the way, Wizkid’s ex also married someone involved in fraud. He was arrested by the EFCC for alleged internet fraud, bailed himself out silently with cash, and has since kept a low profile to avoid attention. Photos of him holding EFCC placards are widely available online.

Do not let anyone fool you about high value Nigerian men, most of them are into fraud!

Gerrard59:
I tire for most of our men. They promoted OS on TwitterNG but started lamenting about Sophia and men who patronise sex workers. These are the same people who campaigned and promoted babymama but now complain that women are deliberately becoming baby-mamas.

The hypocrisy is something else!

You need to fully understand the complaint before making judgments based on assumptions, no one is lamenting about Sophia. No one is truly concerned about Sophie, what people find outrageous is the expectation of receiving a Lamborghini costing (£191,564) in exchange for a one-night stand. Dangote (Richest Black Man) will not purchase that, he works for every penny his has albeit monopolistic in his business dealings. Unlike politicians who can easily afford such luxuries using stolen funds.

Burna Boy has a management team and does not have absolute control over his finances. He cannot unilaterally authorize such a large purchase without management’s approval. He works hard for his money. While Burna Boy did buy a car for his ex GF Stefflon Don, it was approved by his management because she was publicly acknowledged as his partner. This is the reason why the ex GF Stefflon Don termed him a "Mummy's Boy" because he was constantly prevented from wasting his resources on frivolous things.

As for Nengi, she is being dishonest in this situation. If she is proud of it, she should own up to it. She has been seen with this man numerous times, and people in Delta state are well aware of their long-term relationship. She should embrace it just like Regina and others have.

This post funny die

The most interesting point about this whole conversation is that, both the feminist, non-feminist & those who fully believe in traditional roles all want men who are ready and willing to pay all the bills. Be a traditional man etc.

So for a man, there is really no difference. They all want the same thing.

The biggest cue which I tell everyone is, during dating if that lady doesn't buy you anything TANGIBLE with her OWN money for you, she is never going to contribute anything financially in the future. The cue has never failed, once you access your life & can't point on any tangibles received. It's time to go.

Atk1nson:
Language and racism is a big factor there.

Finland is europes most easternly country at the northern hemisphere, they are not used to having coloured people or high level of migration there and you may need to learn their language to get a good job. Fluency in the language is a key factor in finland.

You are likely better of in germany or holland as they have a high level of migration from countries with coloured people and many multinational companies that would hire a fluent english speaker with limited knowledge of the local language.

I know a nigerian who had to relocate to another country after many years trying to break into the white-collar economy.

In Helsinki the capital of Finland, all of them speak English along with their mother tongue so I really do not see the problem. In Germany too once you leave Berlin, you have to start speaking German.

Try to avoid “my friend said” or “someone said”, google out and research this information by yourselves. Go to Reddit and ask Africans who live in Finland, they will tell you. Even in places like UK, to break into white collar economy is very hard. It is hard every where. I am not pro-Finland but it’s a top economy for jobs, that’s all.

Suicideboy:
Estonia and Nordic Countries nko ??


abi tech jobs no day there

Salaries in Estonia are very low, I wouldn't go there. Apart from Finland, I wouldn't advise going to any other Nordic country based on job experience.

tensazangetsu20:
Which work Dey Finland 😂😂. Na mistake you use add that one there or what. Nigeria is even better than Finland o.

There are so many Tech jobs in Finland actually & they pay well comparable to Germany, The only issue is that the place is super cold like Russia.

If you check LinkedIn & Glassdoor for title "Software Engineer", you'd see so many job openings.

You can confirm yourself by doing that now.

tensazangetsu20:
Sourcing my daily bread. I am on vacation now but men when school resumes in march it’s gonna get crazy again😭😭

Is your course not 2 years? You should be done by next year right?

tensazangetsu20:
Good morning haters. Enjoy more pictures of my AI generated camioneta

Congrats man!

BenNash:
@GlobeTrotter2. I'm really interested in migrating to Brazil but don't even know where to start.

Education is probably off the table cuz I'm 27, dropped out of Uni because of some sh*t. Went into some business with an uncle and now got savings of about 10m. Went into front end development last year and got a remote job that's paying a bit okay. So yeah, I'm financially stable. But due to some reasons I can't go into, I've got to migrate to a decent country.


What are my options? I've only seen people talking about education and giving birth as the only legal means.

Probably a late advice but don't go anywhere YET, I know it feels like everyone is moving so you seem stupid not to move, but that would be a "financial mistake" to move at this time. You are working remotely, therefore it means you can save some funds for a while. Move your funds to dollars and purchase some ETF Stocks with it like S&P 500 on Apps like Bamboo, Cowrywise or Piggyvest, it will most likely earn some value in years while you plan yourself very well.

Keep working & saving your funds, get more experience up until senior level before you choose to leave Nigeria. Tech is brutal outside Nigeria, you are competing globally with Chinese, Indians etc. A lot of companies do not even hire juniors outside Nigeria at all, In fact most people who claim to be juniors are intermediary level already. Those guys from Indians and Chinese are not playing around at all. Interviews are so hard too.

- If you can try and get an Undergraduate degree first before leaving Nigeria & ensure 4 years in school, It will favour you more than applying for such in Brazil.

- Research on Germany Opportunity Card, you will need around 24,000 Euros to apply. It allows individuals to come to Germany without a job offer and stay for up to one year to search for employment and enables part-time work (up to 20 hours/week) while job hunting.

Whatever you do, do not make the mistake of moving to countries with Digital Nomad Visas BUT do not have actual prospects of Tech jobs. There are 5 major countries in Europe for tech jobs, (UK, Germany, Netherlands, France & Finland). If you move to any other country in Europe, you have yourself to blame. Portugal looks nice on the Eye, but there are no jobs.

Acidosis:
Does Nigeria really have a viable tech sector, or is it just people in tech-inscribed T-shirts with laptops hopping from one remote work hub to the next? I mean, our tech industry is basically a glorified game of "brilliant minds" with Wi-Fi.

When we're actually ready for a real tech industry, we'll be calling on the government to build a proper industrialised environment for real tech companies - think mobile phone manufacturers, satellite companies, robot factories - basically, places with actual addresses, not just free Wi-Fi and coffee.

How can we talk about a tech industry when we still import ordinary POS machines? What is you people's idea of tech? Free WiFi, website design, coding, and crypto? Walai, we are not ready.

As always, we always want to jump the process. How can we talk about modern day tech without proper industrialisation? After learning to code, what next? Look around you, apart from banks, who your coding help? Schools still struggling to pay minimum wage or market women??

We actually do! Every thing that made me what I am today, I am grateful to Nigeria for existing structures that enabled me able to learn it. It is much much easier to break into Tech in Nigeria than EU / Canada or USA.

In Nigeria we are allowed to make mistakes, change career paths etc. Once you leave Nigeria, It's a tough struggle to survive. You are competing against the World population.

Karleb:
The repo has 2 layers, we are not consuming an external api.

Its the business logic and the ui layer which already have 2 separate github repos, now the dummy project manger created 3 repos per layer, making it a total of 6 DIFFERENT REPOSITORIES! Just because it has 3 dashboards.

That's the most rookie thing I have seen in my life and I have spent the past 3 posts explaining it to a guy who doesn't code on this thread why it's a terrible idea.

It just reminds me of how a guy was arguing with a lawyer on Twitter and when they asked of his law degree, he said he learnt everything off suits series.

The project uses 2 repos now because that nonsense cannot happen on my watch.

You've tried, Imagine having to fight off a group of people. You will constantly be seen as the enemy of the project. The project would have failed woefully if that project manager had succeeded in his approach and then blame the developers for not being good enough.

Karleb:
It's the issue we are facing.

One project I'm working on here and the so called project manager created 3 different repos because the figma has 3 different dashboards. I was totally against it and they set up an urgent meeting to discuss that.

Can you imagine me trying to convince tech guys that that was a horrible decision. Such a waste of time and a guy who claim he is also a backend developer supported the funny idea, because he is a developer too.

Their reasons are: scalability and its how things are done there.

I be wan ask the guy to define scalability. I just had to calmy explain why it's a horrible idea because there's no point being rude.

If you are learning this tech thing on your own, please go out and understudy seasoned professionals and if you are good please be loud.

Just to confirm my understanding, I assume your project consists of three layers:

API Layer – Fetches data from the API.
Data Layer – Processes data, implements business logic.
UI Layer – UI from Figma that displays data and handles user inputs / animations.

If only the Dashboard UI is changing while the API and Data Layer remains the same, why is the Project Manager maintaining three separate repositories for a single project?

Wouldn't a theming system be a better approach? A structure where UI components for each of the three dashboards are stored in sub-folders while still consuming the same API/endpoint?

If my assumption is correct, the Project Manager may not fully grasp the benefits of using a single repo. It might help to explain the advantages clearly, because his resistance could come from a lack of understanding rather than preference.

To even go further: Whenever they make a change on 1 repo due to API changes, it means they need to replicate that change on 2 other repos. WHY? It does not make sense.

bukatyne:
Your post strangely assumes that only women withhold sex or that all men are reasonable not to sexually abuse their wives.

My post was very neutral; men & women commit all the vices above. The Church is littered with stances of both parties in all manner of vices.

Not Assume, I Know. I believe you also KNOW.

Let's not deceive ourselves because we are afraid of offending people on Nairaland, It is a fact that women withhold sex 90% way more than men, in-fact It is said many times that men don't refuse sex that they are always ready.

Also before men start getting frustrated about sex, It would be have been withheld from them severally. No be say one particular day they will just flare up for no reason. It does not work that way.

Make we no lie for ourselves because we dey Nairaland.

bukatyne:
In a Christian marriage, there is nothing like marital rape; rape here defined as sex without consent because the marriage vows give both parties everlasting consent. 1 cor 7 captures it well; the husband's body belongs to the wife and the wife's body belongs to the husband.

This is different from the cultural position that a husband owns his wife's body because he paid bride price or he is the head.

The ownership is mutual and equal.

That said, there is sexual abuse which includes:
> Withholding sex without reason
> Deliberately not satisfying your spouse
> Carrying out sexual acts intended to demean or dishonour your spouse
> Using sex as a bargaining chip
> Mocking your spouse for their legitimate desire of your body
> Deliberately not taking care of yourself or ignoring their legitimate request to tend to your body etc.

Which can be perpetuated by the husband or wife.

Like I said above, Christian marriages.

I love as you put the last disclaimer, so you wouldn't enter one chance.

Marital Rape itself is a symptom of a problem that people are not speaking loudly about, It means either of the partners is not sexually attracted to one another, usually anyone who withholds sex without reason or use it as bargaining chip is because they are not really in love with their spouse and married for different reasons other than love.

It is a common thing for women to marry just to add the marriage tag to their name, I dare say based on personal experiences seen that most women aren't even in love with their husbands, they found someone ready and willing to settle down and decided to marry. They hope to grow in love, some do & others don't as it becomes a 50/50 chance.

Before people get frustrated with spouse withholding sex, it must have been happening consistently for a long time. I wouldn't want to believe that just one night or couple of nights that your partner is tired from work stress & you're all up in her face that you guys must have sex. It has to be an underlying issue before the actual frustration comes in.

yemmit90:
Except he has done other good things for you before, you should have reminded him and block him as well. That kind of person will still do the same when they become rich again. How do you want him to learn if you can't reciprocate in the same measure to him.

How can you block someone because he ask you for help. If you say your hands are tight, that you couldn't offer help at that particular time, the person will understand but blocking him is a total lack of respect for the person. A person that don't help you today can still do something good for you tomorrow but blocking the person is totally out of it.

Leave all this talk, some people are just pests. They will continue to ask & ask till you run out.

Nazgul:
Let me tell you one secrete most people in your current situation don't know yet.

A rich man would hardly give you any money unless you're offering value to him. People pay you for the value you bring and not because they like you or they're friends with you.

My advice to you is to study that your friend and know what exactly he's into. Eg if he's a tiles distributor, liase with engineers then connect them with him and collect a discount. He'll value you more that way because you're offering value to his business.

If you just type an emotional story and send to him, he might read it and ignore. Or send you 10k and ignore you afterwards. Sell your services to him and he'll pay you handsomely for it.

Exactly, this is what I wanted to say but did not articulate it well enough. People think they deserve other people's time, loyalty and free money without offering any value to them. I think it is extremely selfish way to reason but because they are poor, they often see themselves as the victims of every situation.

How can you say you're someone's friend and you have never started conversations of what your friends are into that will keep them coming back to you for information. You just keep coming to collect cash without giving anything back.

smartlad:
I want to beg my rich friend on facebook but fear dey catch me.
This guy is my friend since childhood, he is now,super rich he is close to being a billionaire but I have never benefit any shi shi from him and lately I am going through the worst poverty of my life, I want to ask him for some financial assistance to use hold body but honestly I am afraid.
I am tired of losing friends, there is another friend of mine he is now a lecturer in the US, we attended thesame secondary school infact he was my best friend back then but he blocked me on fb and WhatsApp because I asked him for help, I am afraid this guy too will give me thesame treatment.

I lost about 6 friends because I asked for help I dont wanna lose this one oo
I need advice

Maybe it's too late for this but you're looking at life from the wrong direction, generally people keep others close to them who have value to offer in knowledge or wealth. If you do not have either of the two, then sincerely what is the point of keeping you as a friend.

I sound really harsh but that is the basis of life itself.

It is either you have money or knowledge to offer, otherwise people will forget you.