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My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by winexviv: 1:00am On May 30, 2015 |
I have been a developer since 2008 and have met so many clients for different reasons. Most of the projects they outsource to local developers either get abandoned in the process or don't get used in the long run. They believe in outsourcing to foreign developers for very serious projects My Indian friend who is among the team that built Finacle (software used in most banks in Nigeria) keeps telling me that Nigerians are lazy, but I know he is wrong in that. We are just too busy with many things and achieve very little. In the course 7 years of active development I have left to do front end, back end and graphics design on my own, which makes me to do all projects alone. The country made it so but I know it is very wrong. Of late I discovered that my strength is in UX and UI design and not backend. My designs are always mind blowing. Because of lack of specialisation, clients tends to price us low. Since many others claims to do all same things even cheaper. If we as developers discovers our strength and perfects on it, then share projects with other talents, I believe that clients will be glad to pay us high knowing that his/her projects are handled by different experts and will deliver in due time with full project documentation. I also noticed that only very few developers follow the due process in Web development. Product research -» user experience research -» wireframes -» User Interface design-» coding backend-» optimisation and launching. We are fund of jumping process and doing things anyhow. I charge clients high for projects now because I do the needful. I will encourage us developers to improve on our strengths, extend jobs for other experts to do their part to get a perfect product in time. With this, you can confidently bill clients several millions for projects and they will be glad to pay. Always improve continuously. It pays. And also endeavour to save more money, it helps your bargaining power when you know you are not near broke. 33 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by CreativeWeb(m): 3:00am On May 30, 2015 |
Nice piece. This boils down to forming a small formidable team that will include web developers, web ui/ux designers and graphics designers. However, if forming a team is difficult, then outsourcing the area you are not strong in to others, makes sense. *** I am a web developer (coder) and also very good in ui/ux design and graphics (coreldraw, photoshop), but I now work majorly with joomla and wordpress. However, if I get a project that demands some custom development, I wil hire a coder because I am more stronger doing the ui/ux designs. *** In order to create another source of income, I started what you could call the Nigeria's leading bulk sms portal: www.smsnaija247.com 1 Like |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by laykhorn(m): 8:03am On May 30, 2015 |
Nice Post! Thanks |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by directonpc(m): 1:54am On May 31, 2015 |
Nice post! I have always noticed that one man doing everything can slow productivity in software development! I am very good on backend development and I see GUI as some level of waste of time. In order to bring my dreams to reality I found what I call buildbrothers(tm) it's a network of developers that many ignore sha but we have some many custom made projects that we are really pushing to the top. Hope someday you will get to hear about us 1 Like |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by winexviv: 8:30am On May 31, 2015 |
directonpc:Awesome. Thank God many of us know the truth already. Does your project have a web address? |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by directonpc(m): 12:20pm On May 31, 2015 |
winexviv:sure you can check my signature for one. also working an e-commerce site (custom built) but we are yet to host it |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by Roviarsguide(m): 3:06pm On May 31, 2015 |
At OP thanks for this article....this is a very serious issue and it affects even the freelance webmaster's on the streets...but even if we decide to team up, the Nigerian factor always finds a way to creep in and spoil well meaning collaborations....personally, when i started coding and webdesigning, i asked some friends who were experts in graphics...and the others to join me ...but you know we Nigerians na...it didn't work out...but i am sure in the long run things will change. Here's a related post i published on NL discussing top 5 enemies of Search Engine Optimization in Nigeria. https://www.nairaland.com/2348465/top-5-enemies-search-engine |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by Djtm(m): 10:34am On Jun 02, 2015 |
Happens to me everytime. I'd be like "if I can get someone to work on the front end now, t this project will be easier for me and faster also". But then you sometimes have to do the job alone when you don't know anyone that can handle the job as properly as you would. You are sure A wouldn't do a good job on the front-end like you would do why call him in? I hope to meet very good and trustworthy developers soon (in real life, not online) so at least I'll have my jobs easier and faster (and cash smaller, since I'll have to be sharing ![]() |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by RobinHez(m): 12:21pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
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Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by olamirewaju6190: 12:21pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
What about We, web users?? |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by leftyansh: 12:22pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
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Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by lovinhubby2wife(m): 12:25pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
A jack of all trades is a jack of no trade 1 Like |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by Nobody: 12:26pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
Good read, I charge high prices myself, I didn't read Computer Programming in school for nothing, I know when to pass projects around to my clique and make sure the client knows I am not the only one who handled the project. That's where Software Engineering classes came to work for me. 3 Likes |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by saaramis(m): 12:38pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
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Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by Sheyone(m): 12:50pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
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Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by Awwal1st(m): 1:05pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
That's Good... They underestimate developers in Nigeria they prefer developers in US and other countries and pay them huge amount... |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by dhardline(m): 1:06pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
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Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by adexsimply(m): 1:15pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
After trying to form teams and failing several times, I've decided to be a lone ranger and just outsource my UI and graphics design ![]() I need a graphics/UI designer!! ![]() |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by Kennyinusa(m): 1:17pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
winexviv: I totally dis-agree with this. The country is not doing too good, we all know that but the country ain't responsible for how your run and execute your projects. It's by choice though through some factors that you might wan't to blame Nigeria for that, but trust me, you can build your team. What our problem most time is GREED, Most Nigerians' developer are greedy. You get a project for 400k, instead of paying getting a UI/UX designer, probably a graphics designer, we prefer to do it all by ourselves and keep all the money. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by pystar: 1:17pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
CreativeWeb: Are you trying to piggy bank on the well known bulk SMS portal known as smslive247.com ? |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by Sheyone(m): 1:28pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
I think we need to start working in teams |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by Howmon: 1:32pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
NormalCodes: Hello! Can I see your portfolio? Thanks |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by NumberOne2(m): 1:38pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
It is lack of standardization. In more developed countries, BLUE COLAR workers are standardized. Example, an electrician or mechanic has to write certain exams or get certain certifications before they can function. Here, an mechanic or electrician follows his boss around for 3 months and is ready to go and RUINS peoples cars. Same applies to Web Design. Some guy takes a 2 hour lecture on web design and is good to go. Now he wants to designing sites for 5k? How much is hosting? I believe we will get there, its just a matter of time (Nigerians can be very impatient so that doesnt help). There are a lot of good developers in Nigeria. Also our general crave for foreign products mentality. Its poverty that forces some to use Nigerian Devs. If a client has the money, he will rather do his app in India or UK than use a Nigerian. Not because Nigerian developers are bad (its a mentality). It is the same reason why most Nigerians prefer Stallion Rice (imported) to Ebony (ofada). Here local content is seen as dead. |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by 5STAR(m): 1:51pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
[size=8pt][size=8pt]please to whoever wants to help a brother, i am so interested in web development, i just don't know where to start...presently i don't have any experience with it.....any advise someone? [/size][/size] 1 Like |
Re: My Advice To All Nigerian Developers by wethebest(m): 2:27pm On Jun 02, 2015 |
what about the lazy ones that want to die using WordPress nd d rest without knowing how to code? |
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