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Sports / Re: 2014 WC Qualifier : Malawi Vs Nigeria (1 - 1) On June 9 2012 by faceme2: 1:35pm On Jun 09, 2012
Any link to watch the match?
Career / Re: Should I Quit My Programming Job? (Can't Cope) by faceme2: 2:23pm On Jul 08, 2009
My brother (am presuming you are a guy), what you are facing is very normal in the early stages of any career. Infact, your fear to embrace failure is the reason why you would succeed if only you really 'persist'.

Let me give you a bit of my own story: I read mathematics and computer science in one of the universities in Nigeria, but I must confess there ws really nothing like computer science about it --- it ws all mathematics and I was very good at it, I mean I could formulate problems, read and understand ancient math texts that my mates in school could not even understand. My interest in life lies in solving problems and that was even buttressed when i was recruited straight after graduation by one of the leading software companies in Nigeria to become a programmer. Initially it was very tough for me because I had never written industrial codes except for the exam paper codes I solved while in the university; but in all I ws determined to learn the tricks and soon found out it ws not too different from the same level of reasoning I apply to solving problems (whether math, physics, chemistry etc , ). I bought java programming books and learnt everything with little or no supervision and before u could say jack, my company was already using me to train staff on how to program with java. It did not only end at java, I could and can still look at any code snippet, no matter what language its written and tell you what the code is doing --- my point here is that you jst have to be able to solve problems. Think of programming as trying to understand a physics problem and try formulating a solution for it. However, in the context of programming you'll ask yourself (or even people around you) what does language X,Y or Z have to help me compute the cross product of two vectors for example etc , If you can learn these tricks you can code in any language be it C++, java, SQL, etc, To God be the glory am inching closer to completing a PhD in computer science. So my brother, the bottom line is that you should always ask yourself: how do I solve this problem ? Once that is established, you can then ask again, what does a particular programming language offer (I mean syntactic structures, since semantically you would have had a clue by answering the first question) to help me achieve what I want to do?

One last advice: always be determined to solve a problem through; with a degree in physics am sure you are a smart chap. Do you know what the danger of quitting that job is? The answer is simple: you might end-up facing thesame problem (of always quitting) in any other job you find yourself . Live by the tenets of your screen name and always 'persist'.
Career / Re: Oil Companies/Banks Starting Salaries (Nigeria) by faceme2: 4:49am On Jan 07, 2009
pls can someone help me with the take home figures in the 'producing' oil
and gas companies, cos that is what matters to me , wink
Travel / Re: Passengers Exchange Blows In Moving Airplane by faceme2: 10:20am On Jan 25, 2008
Am sure that guy must be a spare parts dealer.
They are fond of showing off their ignorance.
Nna, Nna,, the container o landi go? , grin grin grin
No be me talk o!

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