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Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by africonn: 10:54am On Apr 12, 2021 |
The market is tough and harsh, it doesn't give a damn about anyone's over-bloated self-ego and wishful thinking which I believe we all suffer from. I haven't gotten anywhere but here are the things, I am working on to become better in the field. Staying in African as a dev should be an extra motivation to double the hustle but no human nature would always kick in and you will get hit series of syndrome that will want to slow things down before you know you are lagging behind. Here are the things you need to know as an aspiring Software Engr. 1. You will never be good enough (Imposter Syndrome): I guess you already know what that means, start doing whatever your goals are for learning to code immediately. 2. Never code without Mock-up: You can say but I am not a UI/UX designer, it doesn't matter, knowing exactly what you want to make will save you a lot of UI debugging time, companies that spend money on product designers are not dumb and besides it doesn't take that much time to grab the basics, though becoming an expert can take a lifetime, but hey the basics to is okay for you as a FE developer. 3. Know exactly what you want before you write your first print function: I know this seems easy but I can bet it's not cos it's a trap I have fallen into myself, From backend engineering with node.js to js 2D canvas games to FE with react.js, next.js to AWS to chrome extensions development and UI testing. It seems I have fallen into endless learning which in the end there is almost nothing to show for it. Assuming I had stuck to the react.js community and just did the needful, I might have landed a remote job by now after spending 3 years in the space. 4. Network like mad: Again, I failed here, I can't stress enough how your network is your net worth. A lot of ideas comes when you don't even think about it when your brain wave frequency is very low, You can know what problem people have that you can solve if you don't get out there and network, Linkedin is your best friend in the regard, reduce FB and bird app to the minimum if you don't want to trade networking for productivity which at the end will feel meaningless. If you have ideas, the MVP is ready, if you have quality the network the sky is the limit. 5. Get exposed: I am taking a lot of petty skills seriously these days, I have widened my horizon, I don't code for as long as possible again, I try to take inspiration from many spaces through I get to know about many problems, e.g I have YouTube channel on Bet bots, Do I play bets? No. But there is a community of people who do who will be super happy to handle over their cash to me if I can solve their gamble problems, which is basically reducing loss. 6. Find mentors: It is really difficult to find people who wanna mentor people with course to sell or hidden agendas that's why I commend people like tensazangetsu20 (bro where u find u moniker self ) for his persistent talk on coding miseducation, Listen to what he said works and it's your job to cut the bullshit out by wiving the ultimate Google. There are a lot of things to discuss and say, In fact, I never start, but I believe am still learning, and learning never ends but never allow learning mess up your productivity. 22 Likes 4 Shares
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by africonn: 11:15am On Apr 12, 2021 |
Let's connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdulazeez-olabode-52a81019b/ Join my African Community, Create a post and mention me, thanks. www.africonn.com 2 Likes |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Nickisindigo(m): 12:26pm On Apr 12, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by All4good: 7:06am On Apr 21, 2021 |
Coding is challenging (write, debug and run) and being able to sell your skill for the right price is increasingly tougher these days so it's easy to be demotivated. Mentors have always adviced that it is best practice to have a personal project you would be developing with what you are learning. This will help you stay focused on what languages you need to achieve a set goal. Rather than jumping from learning one language after another. 6 Likes |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by rocknation62(m): 12:45pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
It is not too late,no knowledge is a waste we learn everyday & learning never stops... 1 Like 4 Shares |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by kponkedenge(m): 12:46pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
Truth is that the IT world especially here in Nigeria is getting very saturated and opportunities that were easy to come by - say 5 to 10 years ago are now so difficult to see. Those that started coding back then are enjoying now.... I know most that have even left Nigeria and taken up jobs overseas.... Especially the person who taught me how to code. Not to discourage upcoming developers.... But just try and be extremely good at what you do... You will definitely fit in somewhere. 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Alejobs: 12:46pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Jessicaos(f): 12:47pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by BarrElChapo(m): 12:50pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Lexusgs430: 12:52pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
We can't all be coders...... 3 Likes |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Sheriman(m): 12:52pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
Programming language is not a business that you will be picking one language today and dumping it for another tomorrow. Programming is a long life skill which you must learn and code everyday for you to be good at it. Nigerians want to learn all the Programming language which is very wrong. Pick only one language stick with it explore every thing in it and be the best at it. Developed ground breaking Application with it. That's when you a now a professional Programmer. 18 Likes |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by paddyDIGITAL(m): 12:52pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
Good info. Thanks |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by 900warriorz: 12:53pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
Me I no kuku know wetin una dey talk 11 Likes |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Authoreety: 12:53pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Nobody: 12:54pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Ajilenu: 12:54pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
africonn:dude, I like you already. Though I'm not in the Tech space, I'm in the Digital space but you said somethings I can relate with but didn't know was a problem. Thanks alot. We fit connect if you like 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by techstack: 12:55pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
You will still write code to test your code Interesting Learning as a software developer is endless Now cloud technology is the thing now Containers Kubernate You must know almost everything else you will not be relevant 4 Likes |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Sheriman(m): 12:55pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by KhingLufem1(m): 12:55pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Cerebellum: 12:57pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by StonedLex(m): 12:58pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
I started learning python but I haven't touched it in months. How do you guys get motivated to continue? 5 Likes |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Pharaoh4rin(m): 12:59pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by ninety5: 1:01pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by bytementor: 1:01pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by marshalcarter: 1:03pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
africonn:Nice piece man God bless you for this...can i ask you few questions please |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by thatsleepboy1: 1:03pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
it's good you've learnt your lessons. |
Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by MansoryMX(m): 1:05pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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Re: Career Guides: Things I wish I had known earlier in d software development space by Cerebellum: 1:06pm On Apr 22, 2021 |
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