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.

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.

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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.

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In order to create another source of income, I started what you could call the Nigeria's leading bulk sms portal: www.smsnaija247.com

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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

directonpc:
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

Awesome. Thank God many of us know the truth already. Does your project have a web address?

winexviv:
Awesome. Thank God many of us know the truth already. Does your project have a web address?

sure you can check my signature for one. also working an e-commerce site (custom built) but we are yet to host it

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

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 )

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As usual, your comments there are highly appreciated. Thanks
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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.

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That's Good... They underestimate developers in Nigeria they prefer developers in US and other countries and pay them huge amount...

Please how much can one be billed for a four page website.very simple and nothing complex but will include an interswitch/quickteller checkout? Thanks

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 ...why is it difficult to form a team in this part of the world ?


I need a graphics/UI designer!!

winexviv:
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.

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.

CreativeWeb:
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

Are you trying to piggy bank on the well known bulk SMS portal known as smslive247.com ?

I think we need to start working in teams

NormalCodes:
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.

Hello! Can I see your portfolio? Thanks

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.

what about the lazy ones that want to die using WordPress nd d rest without knowing how to code?