Truthshotcrazy:
Nice.

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Op u for pay Seun for front page na instead of paying for nairaland targeted ads.
Most times l dont bother clicking on nairaland ads banners sef.

It would definitely be done soon.

Hello, my name is Nicholas Idoko.

I have been a professional software developer since 2013.

You can check my portfolio: https://nicholasidoko.com

I have seen it all and more in this field of software development and to this day I still get to learn a few things along the way.

I have an exclusive program, I call LearnCode that I set up with 250 lectures to teach a newbie how to code from beginner level to expert full stack level.

I guarantee you that after you have acquired this skill of software development, you will see the magic of developing web, android, iOS and desktop applications.

The program actually costs N200,000 but Mahat Nominees Limited is sponsoring only 10 students to learn to code for FREE.

All you have to pay is NGN 5,000 for registration today and you will have access to all 250 lectures immediately.

Each lecture has an assignment attached to it and you can ask a direct question anytime.

You need a laptop to participate in the program but if you do not have one right now and you envision buying one in the near future, I would advise you to register and pay for the program, All the lectures will forever be in your account and when you get the laptop, you can kickstart the program.

Check the lectures out here.
https://learncode.nicholasidoko.com/lectures


If you are interested in joining this program

Use summer as the referral code during registration

OR

Make sure to click on this link below
https://learncode.nicholasidoko.com/?xyz=register&ref=summer

OR

Send me a WhatsApp message at +2348158747666, so I can instruct you on what to do



If you have a question feel free to ask via comments.

Lastly, if you are not interested, be a good friend and share this information with your friends.

Thank you

Richnero:
You don't need a remote worker?

No, not at this time

Greetings

I am looking to hire 3 blog post content editors living and residing in Abeokuta.

If you are interested, please send your CV to office@nicholasidoko.com

P.S. make sure you have a well-functioning laptop and must be familiar with WordPress

Thank you

Bintabisiriyu2:
Another format,







oga how much is your ebook?

The e-book is FREE.
Please read

Revolution2022:
Ponzi scheme

All you had to do was READ.

No Point

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Our program offers comprehensive, hands-on training in a variety of coding languages, including HTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, Apache Cordova, Node-Webkit, App Hosting, etc. Our experienced instructors will guide you through each step of the process, from the basics of coding to advanced techniques and real-world applications.

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We also have an affiliate program where you can earn NGN 70,000 per referral.
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Thank you

Best regards,
Nicholas Idoko

Greetings,

If you have a website blog that is doing very well of which you can defend its data and you are willing to sell.
Kindly contact me via office@nicholasidoko.com for negotiations.

Thank you

A lot has been going through my mind as to how things have been turning out with the sacred act of marriage. It feels as if it is just something to do (a ceremony) to partake in to show you have grown to a certain level.

For the guys, marriage is a way to secure deals and show maturity. For the ladies, marriage is a way up in life and for the ladies seeking love and not money, it is likely a way to attach yourself to someone else which is not a bad thing but it can be too dependent.
Spouses cheating left, right, and center

There are few people who still marry to build a family and I have always been of the opinion it is better to get married out of respect as opposed to love. Love would always fade away but if you respect your spouse, it gets easier. Don't get me wrong your spouse can actually lose respect for you but it is easier for love to fade off as opposed to respect, simply because you can respect someone and not love the person at all.

When I say respect I mean both ways, a man should respect his lady and a lady should respect her man.

I am also of the school of thought, that it is better to like your spouse more than you love them but I am not sure you all are ready for this.

Feel free to read more on if marriage is worth it via the link below
https://nicholasidoko.com/blog/2022/04/03/is-marriage-worth-it-today/

Chikina

TPound:


You are not getting what OP is saying...
OP stays in Abeokuta.
OP uses Lagos number plates for his car.
OP collects Ogun state Road worthiness for his Lagos plates.
And you expect PayVIS not to react?
It's unjo....

Also, does it mean if I get Ogun plates and I come to Lagos, the PayVIS would not scan my vehicle?

TPound:


You are not getting what OP is saying...
OP stays in Abeokuta.
OP uses Lagos number plates for his car.
OP collects Ogun state Road worthiness for his Lagos plates.
And you expect PayVIS not to react?
It's unjo....

Are you saying it is a must to get roadworthiness from Lagos because of PayVIS?
If yes: it means the roadworthiness certificate is not federal.

datola:
I think it is required you get a valid Lagos Road Worthiness certificate only from Lagos since your vehicle license is registered in Lagos.

If your number plate is Ogun or any other states apart fom Lagos, the Lagos VIS system should not be able to capture you except the (two) states have been integrated.

Meanwhile, that Lagos traffic offense capturing system is a welcome idea to deter traffic offenders. Cameras should be installed in all traffic light junctions.

This is exactly what I want to be sure of.
Thank you

Greetings,

I have a vehicle with a Lagos plate. I reside in Abeokuta, Ogun State. I drove to Lagos in January and I was flagged by the PayVIS system and summoned to pay a bill of NGN 20,000. I was informed that the bill was for invalid roadworthiness.

This of course drove me crazy because I have a valid roadworthiness certificate from Ogun state and I was wondering what was going on how can they say my roadworthiness certificate is invalid.

I did some research online and learned about the VIO and Lagos inspection of vehicles for roadworthiness.
It confused me the more, to be honest.

one of my questions now is, does it mean roadworthiness certificate is no longer federal?
What is going on?
I thought if you have a roadworthiness certificate from any auto licensing state it is valid across the country.
Why is Lagos different?

I am pissed as you can see from this writing. NGN 20,000 is no chicken change.
After much consideration, I would have to make the payment since no matter the choice I decide to make it would actually even cost me more than NGN 20,000. I think they know this as well. I have disputed the bill since January and it has been pending to this day. My outrage rose from the fact that I just visited the payvis.ng site now and it says my bill is blacklisted.

I would have to change my plate from Lagos to Ogun after making the NGN 20,000 payment since I only come to Lagos at most 5 times a year but I would very much like to be sure that if my plate is now Ogun. It would no longer be flagged by PayVIS for an invalid roadworthiness certificate even and especially when I have a valid roadworthiness certificate from Ogun state.

If you know more information on this please enlighten me. I have read so many blog posts but they all seem to just say there is a PayVIS in Lagos with no proper rules as it pertains to visitors of Lagos state and drivers with roadworthiness certificates from other states.

This is not acceptable in my eyes, we the citizens of Nigeria should at least be warned of the rules and regulations like these before being charged and things like this cannot just make our lives unnecessarily difficult.

Nicholas Idoko Technologies is looking for an experienced web developer who can deliver.

Job Description / Requirements

Responsibilities:

Know HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, PHP, and MySQL
Create and test applications for websites
Team player
Present design specs
Work with graphics and other designers
Ability to work under pressure

Qualifications and Requirements:

Experience Level: Web Development
Experience Length: a least 3 years

Benefit
Salary

Expected Start Date: September 13, 2021

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: ₦150,000 per month

Work Schedule: 8 am - 5 pm

Work Remotely: No

Location: Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Kindly send your CV and cover letter to cidokonicholas@gmail.com

Any update on this question?

Ejike07:
the kind of story one needs for encouragement and deep motivation. But ups man

Thank you very much

service44:
Dont stop, we are following.

No Problem

Hello Friends,
It has been a very very long time since I continued my series. A lot has happened and it is practically been 1 full year. I lost track of time gradually and I was so busy with stuff and kind of forgot. This morning someone from Nairaland contacted me and insisted I finish my story and here I am today.

If you have not followed my series prior. You can read up to part 1 and part 2 by clicking on the links below before jumping ahead to this part.

Part 1: https://www.nairaland.com/5938926/nicholas-idoko-experience-freelance-software
Part 2: https://www.nairaland.com/5947421/nicholas-idoko-experience-freelance-software

I stopped at my horrifying Introduction to Objects and Classes.

I very much remember that day to this very day. I came in fresh to the library hoping to crush the chapter for the day like I always do but to my surprise. I was beaten down so badly I simply left. I was so confused about how Objects and Classes worked. Sometimes, I recall back to that moment and think maybe it was the instructor's fault. The next day, I was so tempted to skip that chapter and move on, but the good part of me said I should try and look at it one more time. I spent the whole day trying to look at it but still nothing. I just could not grasp the total concept at the time for whatever reason.

At this point, I was making noise up and down that I am a developer and I can develop apps for people. I remember back then, whenever I tell my family and friends that I can now develop applications they all looked at me as a GENIUS and my head would just swell like crazy until they ask me where they can see what I have developed.

All my work was still on NetBeans, all written in Java and I did not even know anything about hosting at the time, so when they ask what I have developed I would start looking for my laptop to open up NetBeans and run my code.

I could not cross over Objects and Classes and as a result, I felt stuck so I decided to just take a break from coding for a while. In fact, all the chapters after Objects and Classes were all looking strange to me including databases and JSP. I started questioning if I am capable of really doing this to the end. I started feeling discouraged. All my friends were having fun, going to parties and I was busy coding.

One day, I decided to go and visit Tiger (Bright), if you have read the past series. You know who Tiger is by now. I went to Tiger's family house to play games and relax. I got there and we played the game for a while. Had a few conversations about life, women, sports, the world in general. It was mad fun. On getting home by the evening time, I was pretty exhausted and everyone in my family saw me as the maths guy. My younger sister came to me for me to teach her how to solve quadratic equations.

I was so exhausted I told her I can't tonight and she got really pissed. She said she would be submitting her assignment tomorrow and she does not understand anything on quadratic equations. I replied angrily "You should have listened in class." She replied almost crying "I listened but I could not understand anything she (the teacher) was saying. I am not the only one even my friends in school do not understand what the teacher was saying". I then really wanted to help her but I was so tired. I calmed her down and told her we would wake up early and do it before you go back to school. I went to my bed and slept off like a log of wood.

You know sometimes when people say they dream of ideas. I am a living manifestation of such. I was literally sleeping and dreaming and I got the thought, what if I just program an app that could solve any quadratic equation at all and show the steps in a tutorial kind of way. The app would provide a step-by-step solution and teach the user how it works from the beginning to the end. I woke up immediately. This was around 3 AM in morning. I rushed to my laptop and started coding. I tested and tested and finally by morning time, it was working exactly the way I wanted. The app requested the parameters, solved the calculation, and showed the steps one by one with explanations without jumping over anything.

When my younger sister woke up the following morning. I launched the app and showed it to her to use while I kept my mouth shut and watched her use it. She understood how to enter the parameters. She followed the step-by-step instructions for the answer as she was seeing the quadratic equation being solved in real-time and she understood every single thing without me saying a WORD!

BOOM! My head was swollen so big that morning. I was so happy. At this time, I have never developed anything that has helped anyone directly and this was the first time for me. There was so much joy in me. I felt unstoppable. I did not even eat breakfast at all that day. I wish there was a way I could express the joy I felt. My younger sister did the assignment and really understand how to solve quadratic equations on her own without my help but with my app.

I felt I deserve a reward so I went to Tiger's house that afternoon to go and play the soccer video game. I could vividly remember we were playing Chelsea vs Arsenal. Tiger is an Arsenal fan and I am a Chelsea fan. I was beating Tiger this time 2 - 0. As we were playing the game. I told Tiger what happened, how I was able to develop an app that could solve any quadratic equation at all and show the steps, and how my younger sister used it and she understood quadratic equations just by using the app.

Immediately, Tiger turned off the game and went completely BERSERK!!!

I have written so much today and I hope this was not boring for you to read. I would continue the series some other time if the interest is still there from you guys. Please let me know if you are interested and also feel free to share your thoughts below.

Cheers!

Ayemileto:


What part of Abeokuta is the company located?

Location: Ibara G.R.A

Greetings,

If you are a full-stack software developer who resides in Abeokuta, Ogun State. We have an open position for you.

Kindly send your resume or curriculum vitae (portfolio) as well to careers@nicholasidoko.com

Monthly Salary: NGN 200,000

Date of Resumption: January 11, 2021

Working Hours: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM


You can as well share this vacancy with any of your friends or relatives who can fill this position.


Thank you

SavageResponse:




I would choose $10,000 over N7,000,000 in this scenario even if you ask me 1,000 times.

Reasons
US$ is a far better store of value especially if the funds will be fixed for such a long time

The possibility of exchange rate falling to 1$ to N1,000 within the next 3 years is a reality. Why do you think there has suddenly being a spike in prices in Nigeria?

Crude oil which is our main forex earner has dropped therefore manufactures are having a difficult time accessing forex with which to pay for imports of essential raw materials and machinery

You have a very interesting point here.

Davash222:

Can a dollar sell above N700 before 2023?

That is the big question.

I have a question for you.
You are to only pick one.

If you are given $10,000 or NGN 7,000,000 to be fixed with no interest for a duration of 3 years. This means you cannot access any of the funds till October 01, 2023. Which would you pick?

ConquerAll:
@ultimatex

I love your story. Believe me, it's quite inspiring.

It goes on to show that Rome wasn't built in a day.

Lastly, are you in 042?

@squash47

Don't give up! And don't forget to practice, practice and practice! If possible, build a real world stuff cos you learn faster that way.

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I reside in Abeokuta, Ogun State at the moment.

squash47:
thanks for this story. Its giving me hope.
...
I'm currently using this pandemic holiday to study JavaScript.
And to say the truth, sometimes, I feel like I understand what I'm doing..
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later on, I feel like I'm just being foolishly impatient. like I'm rushing things...

....
right now, I'm studying loops and the for/in and for/of loops are becoming so confusing to me...
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but I won't give up.
...

Please continue your story sir. thanks.

Hang in there, it would all make sense some day.

I would like to use this medium to appreciate all of you. Most especially those who indicated an interest in me to further share my experience as a Freelance Software Developer. I decided to share my experience here as a way to add a little spice to the Webmaster section of Nairaland.

It is definitely an honor for me to share further.
In case, you have not read Part 1.
Here is the URL: https://www.nairaland.com/5938926/nicholas-idoko-experience-freelance-software

My experience continues thus:

As I sat down in Kingsley's room I, in fact, felt very lucky because Kingsley did not shy away from sharing with me how much money he has made from developing websites for various people. It became clear to me that I was completely wasting my time watching movies day in day out. On a side note, I believe I am blessed, in the sense that it is easier for me to understand lessons so I didn't do much reading in school. I simply watched a lot of movies and managed to excel.

After a long conversation with Kingsley, I decided to learn Java. Looking back now, I would have been shouting ABORT MISSION, ABORT MISSION The reason for this would later come down in a later part of my experience.

I asked Kingsley if he could teach me how to program and he said time is the problem. I could remember his exact words. He said: "Nick, you know say I like woman and I no want make people think say I be nerd for this lodge. I would not have the time to teach you but I can guide you if you have any questions. In the meantime, start learning Java."

I took it upon myself to learn Java. The next day, I rushed to Douglas Market in Owerri in search of a book on how to learn Java programming. Prior to that, I saw a lot of ebooks. I just didn't feel comfortable learning with an e-book. Also, remember we were having power issues. I went around the market and to my surprise, I could not find any book on how to code Java. I felt a bit disappointed.

I went back to the lodge, packed my bags, and traveled home that same day. Home is Enugu State, coal city state, 042.

I had a mission for the ASUU strike of 2013. I MUST LEARN HOW TO CODE

I got home and in the early hours of the morning, I rushed to Ogbete Main Market. I asked around for bookshops and I remember a guy walked me all the way from the gate of the market to the exact shop where so many books on programming were stocked. I was wowed, In my head, I thought, it seems a lot of people have started learning to program here in Enugu. That there were this many books on Programming.

I requested a book on Java and the salesperson had like 10 various books. I decided to buy 'Introduction to Java Programming' by Y. Daniel Liang. The funny thing is I cannot even remember how much I bought that book and I can confidently say that that book was the foundation of me being a software developer to this day. If you have seen this book, you would know that the book is huge. It is like one of those Anatomy books medical students carry around. I was fearless and I was confident that I would tear this book apart.

I got home, I flipped through the book and all I could recognize was the first chapter of the book since that was all we did in school. The rest where jibberish. I remember when I flipped to Java Server Pages and Database and my head felt shooked. I started reading and practicing. It was fun sometimes and sometimes, it was utter hell. I remember the first time I made a mistake of not adding a semicolon. It drove me crazy, literally. I looked at the code snippet front and back and I could not see that there was no semicolon at the end of one my statement.

I could not sleep throughout that night, I slept for a while, woke up and looked at it, still nothing. At a point, I saw myself shouting at the laptop. , I would shout and I would beg the laptop to please run the code successfully. It was at this instance, that it occurred to me that a computer is thoroughly an idiot machine, GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT. One thing with me is I make sure I solve all the exercises in the book no matter how many they are and I can't just move to the next chapter without having to do that. I was so frustrated.

The way, I solved that problem was funny to me. Now, because I have looked at the code so much the picture of the code was embedded in my brain so deep that I could literally see the lines of code no matter what I am doing. One evening, a friend of mine, Tiger, his real name is Bright but we all call him Tiger or El Tigre. He came to my house with PlayStation for us to play Soccer. It was while playing the game and mind you he was beating me mercilessly in the soccer match that I discovered that I had missed a semicolon in the second line of the statement. I ran to my laptop, corrected it and the code ran successfully. It was at that moment, I PAID MY DUES AND RESPECT TO SEMICOLON .

I kept on practicing and moving forward to the next chapters. I was already an introvert but coding made matters worse. It was as if my level of "introvertness" was multiplied exponentially. All I did and wanted to do was code from morning till night. It got to the point that my parents became worried. My mom kept on complaining that I was spending so much time on the computer and I should be reading my books in case they call off the ASUU strike. My dad was complaining that I do not have time to do chores in the house again and I have neglected washing his car, clothes, and some other stuff, I did without bothering before.

I would not lie, I understood where they were coming from, I normally did all those things but as I dived deep into coding I gradually neglected everything and focused on just CODE. SLEEP. EAT. REPEAT. My life just became a cycle.

At that time, I have never been in LOVE but I started to understand what my friends do say about how being in LOVE can make your priorities singular and your mind distorted. I was IN LOVE with CODING.

The complaints from my parents started to increase and I started to bounce . I would wake up very early in the morning, clean up and go to the library, spend the whole day there till night. I would be back exhausted and sleep off I found an escape route. There was this small library in Enugu called Opus Dei, opposite UNEC. It was amazing, they had Air Conditioning, 24 hours electricity and it was very quiet. It is owned by a group of catholic priests and it is simply amazing.

I remember the first time, I left home to the library. My parents were dumbfounded. It was after a week of me doing that that they knew how serious programming was to me. They stopped complaining for a while. I enjoyed my stay in the library I kept on going there even on Saturdays and Sundays.

After the semicolon incident, I was coding smoothly until I met another HELLFIRE!! This next hell was even worse than the hell from the semicolon. It was RECURSION. I was done with iterations: while, for loops and all that good stuff. I was now in a chapter called Methods. I understood how the methods work and how it can help prevent re-inventing the wheel. I was playing around with it and all was good and dandy. All of a sudden, I decided to do an exercise that needed recursion. In case you do not know what recursion is. In layman terms: recursion is the art of looping a method within itself. You simply say it is a method or function's form of iteration. If you have an easier way of defining it. You can share it with us as well.

Now, the problem, every time I run the code my laptop hung. As a newbie, I actually did not know why it was happening that way. I started checking the code and I could not see why it was happening that way. Mehn, I was frustrated again, My soul was BOILING. I kept on asking what is the meaning of all this. I noticed something though. In the console, the loop ran till infinity. It was at this moment, I had my first experience with INFINITY LOOPS.

Phew, that stuff can be annoying. I dug deeper into the code to see where the problem was, I could not find it. After about 36 hours, I tried to contact Kingsley to see if he could help me but I was not able to reach him. I later found at that he was in South Africa at the time. I was ALL ALONE until I met a very amazing friend. A friend almost all programmers have benefited from her good graces. I hereby welcome you all to our dear friend, STACK OVERFLOW.

I was asking various questions on google trying to find out why the code was not running properly. Google referred me to Stack Overflow and it was magnificent. It was the community, I so needed at the time. People were happy to help debug with you on your code issues. Fortunately for me, someone else had the exact problem as I and another person had answered his question. I saw what they did, then checked back at my code and saw my mistake. The mistake was SO STUPID, I started laughing out loud in the library and everyone turned and start looking at me. I immediately started saying sorry, sorry while smiling sheepishly.


I kept moving forward, for some reason, Arrays were actually easy for me to understand. I slid through that chapter and exercises like I was the King of Coding. It was later in my journey, I met other programmers who told me they still do not understand Arrays and Maps fully. I may be lucky there WHO KNOWS. I enjoyed the Array chapter. I did some amazing exercises and I even helped quite a few people to solve their Array issues on Stack Overflow and got the GREEN TICK for correct answer

I kept on moving majestically learning how to code. I started feeling PROUD and UNSTOPPABLE. At some point, I saw myself as the UNDERTAKER. I wrote codes and it ran without much debugging. I never knew my FALL OFF was very close at hand. Brothers and Sisters, OBJECTS AND CLASSES broke me to pieces.

I would pause sharing my experience here. It seems like I have written much already. If you were able to read all these up to this point Kudos to you. I would very much like to view your experiences as well. If you would like me to continue sharing, kindly indicate. Stay Safe, People

Regards

LearnITsmash:
Is the job still available and if yes I can do the job as I'm based in Abeokuta

No, Sir