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Got the message "Good morning boss. Do you still code, wordpress/PHP ? Saw your nairaland profile, seems you are into so many things"

My Response

1. I am a Software developer.
2. A server BECAUSE I manage our servers, some of which is used for web-Hosting
3. I am a Solar installer BUT mostly because I am a hobbyist, (have above basic technical experience on electronics) who also uses Solar at scale hence experienced in it.
4. I have a garden at home hence got few experience in that also.
5. I invest some of my money hence equally got some experience in that field (investment banking) also.

Overall, I am officially a full time developer and Server by profession. I just happen to be the sort who loves knowing and understanding what's happening behind the scenes.

bassdow:
Got the message "Good morning boss. Do you still code, wordpress/PHP ? Saw your nairaland profile, seems you are into so many things"

My Response

1. I am a Software developer.
2. A server BECAUSE I manage our servers, some of which is used for web-Hosting
3. I am a Solar installer BUT mostly because I am a hobbyist, (have above basic technical experience on electronics) who also uses Solar at scale hence experienced in it.
4. I have a garden at home hence got few experience in that also.
5. I invest some of my money hence equally got some experience in that field (investment banking) also.

Overall, I am officially a full time developer and Server by profession. I just happen to be the sort who loves knowing and understanding what's happening behind the scenes.

[quote author=bassdow post=135622464][/quote]

The earlier you focus on 1 the better for u.

When I was starting my career in tech... Any new thing I see I jump head-on to it just because I love learning and had the gift of spending hours Infront of a PC without getting bored.

Results? Became confused not knowing career to stick to, Today I'm doing frontend, tomorrow backend or marketing or Wordpress or Blogging.


Spent solid 4 years struggling where and what to actually do with knowledge I had acquired why my friends who sticked to one thing built their career in that niche.


Jack of all trade master of non was what I became... Thank God I made those mistakes when I was in the university and

bassdow:
Got the message "Good morning boss. Do you still code, wordpress/PHP ? Saw your nairaland profile, seems you are into so many things"

My Response

1. I am a Software developer.
2. A server BECAUSE I manage our servers, some of which is used for web-Hosting
3. I am a Solar installer BUT mostly because I am a hobbyist, (have above basic technical experience on electronics) who also uses Solar at scale hence experienced in it.
4. I have a garden at home hence got few experience in that also.
5. I invest some of my money hence equally got some experience in that field (investment banking) also.

Overall, I am officially a full time developer and Server by profession. I just happen to be the sort who loves knowing and understanding what's happening behind the scenes.

Absolutely nothing wrong in being all these. If that makes you into "so many things", make the person dive rock. Apart from 1 and 4, I have interests in all the others, either professionally (number 2), hobby (number 3, not an installer but I like to track production and consumption make I know where I fit optimise), or "student" (I'm tired of earning only if I seat in front of a PC, about time person figure Investment out and start living out the book "The Richest Man in Babylon". ).

airsaylongcome:


Absolutely nothing wrong in being all these. If that makes you into "so many things", make the person dive rock. Apart from 1 and 4, I have interests in all the others, either professionally (number 2), hobby (number 3, not an installer but I like to track production and consumption make I know where I fit optimise), or "student" (I'm tired of earning only if I seat in front of a PC, about time person figure Investment out and start living out the book "The Richest Man in Babylon". ).

You could start the lazy man way where you let your Money work for you. You earn better than Your banks pays you for keeping Money with them.
Then when you come up with a Business that's feasible and viable, you could invest the money and make more.
For a start, you could look into Money Market Funds, and Treasury Bills if you not into them already.
Nowadays, rarely do I have up to 50,000 naira in my .

And NO, it's still with the Banks, and other government authorized institutions hence not the funny things people are used to

Revealpanda:
The earlier you focus on 1 the better for u.

When I was starting my career in tech... Any new thing I see I jump head-on to it just because I love learning and had the gift of spending hours Infront of a PC without getting bored.

Results? Became confused not knowing career to stick to, Today I'm doing frontend, tomorrow backend or marketing or Wordpress or Blogging.


Spent solid 4 years struggling where and what to actually do with knowledge I had acquired why my friends who sticked to one thing built their career in that niche.


Jack of all trade master of non was what I became... Thank God I made those mistakes when I was in the university and

Funny how most jump to conclusion. You probably didn't read to comprehend.

I got into IT out of ion and not really for the money unlike a lot of people. Just fortunate enough such ion pays my bills.

Now does that mean I shouldn't or don't have other hobbies ? I have built lots of electrical things while in Primary and Secondary school. Used to be a regular visitor to where they repair Tv, Radios, etc; same way lots of kids my age then were into playing all manner of games.

Despite being young, could handle Multi-meter, Soldering iron, etc and could read diode, capacitors, and lots of other things including knowing their functions and uses. I dey even scatter transformer, come use am build speaker, and the likes. No be say I go learn work Ooo, just say I was ionate about them.

Even before I started using Solar, built a large battery bank that could power my laptop for close to 3 days, and still found a way to deceive Windows Operating system into not shutting down because it's internal meter didn't recognize the modded battery I gave it.
When I finally started using Solar, were you expecting such expertise not to come in ?

Naturally, I'm the curious type; same me sabi balance double column cash book, handle Trial balance and Balance sheets despite being a Science student. I fit follow you speak for over 30-minutes and You go think say I be ing student - of course e get where e go reach, truth go come out. Make we no enter medical profession also. See eh, some of us have scattered knowledge, it kinda helps but that doesn't mean we're into 100% or even 60% into it.

There are lots of things that if you who's into it fully ain't good enough, and you hear me speak, you would thing I am your senior in such field.

Now about the other things I listed I do also, I love keeping pets and growing plants right from a young age; I growing lots of corn and beans in small butter or Tin milk containers. of course they always die after growing to a few inches but it was fun; same with animals hence now, I got my space, I plant a couple of things, what I don't know, I either ask questions, research deeply about them (and most times end up knowing more) and that's it.

Abi I should say since I am into IT, I should disregard all my other ions. Some of us got multiple talents, you just got to focus on the strong ones. If to say we dey better country, come get opportunity, I doubt I would do anything computer related sef because I love working and building electronics related fields.

So abeg save your blanket statement for when it would be relevant. For my kinda person, e no relevant at all. Mind you, I speak more than PHP. I don add GO, RUST (basic), C#, etc. No go think say I be your regular WordPress and script installer dude wey dey add fancy names such as devOp as title.

I know frontEnd, backEnd, Server setUp and istration, can write performant SQL and look out for where to apply optimizations, etc not because I learnt them all at same time BUT because those were the ladders I climbed.

I started as web designer using templates, and Microsoft frontPage, later upgraded to using dreamWeaver but because I kept wanting more control, I ditched them all and started raw coding using notePad++, then I met wordPress, used it for a while, then back to raw PHP while I got better at it. Latter added more languages.
Even when it comes to frontEnd, despite being a developer, I know raw HTML and CSS (not frameWorks Ooo). As for backEnd, there are lots of PHP or Python developers who don't know the raw language; all they know is the frameWork - Me no follow for their Ooo.

How did I go into Server istration ? Had issue with lots of hosting companies and their limitations, I started doing hosting initially at home, then Colocation, and today, got a number of servers we manage both Colocation , bareMetals, and Home-servers which hosts some low to medium traffic apps.

How about Mobile apps, how about AI, how about machine learning ? Never attempted any of those because I know I can't be everywhere.


mind You, I am self Taught.

bassdow:
Got the message "Good morning boss. Do you still code, wordpress/PHP ? Saw your nairaland profile, seems you are into so many things"

My Response

1. I am a Software developer.
2. A server BECAUSE I manage our servers, some of which is used for web-Hosting
3. I am a Solar installer BUT mostly because I am a hobbyist, (have above basic technical experience on electronics) who also uses Solar at scale hence experienced in it.
4. I have a garden at home hence got few experience in that also.
5. I invest some of my money hence equally got some experience in that field (investment banking) also.

Overall, I am officially a full time developer and Server by profession. I just happen to be the sort who loves knowing and understanding what's happening behind the scenes.

You are not alone, I am like You+. I guess many will be like that too, inquisitive people that likes learning and building things. They are called The Builders. If I list mine you go fear.