Posts in Category: personal development

Code Literacy: Why Coding Became Important

Coding and programming are all around us and will only get more all-pervasive in the future.

For this reason, many are making the argument that learning to code, or at least have a basic understanding of it, should become a common part of a child’s education.

Here we explore why coding is important, what it is, and where you can learn it for yourself. 

Why is coding literacy important?

Coding and coding literacy can be argued to be one of the most important skills for current and future generations to learn. Many have argued that it should form part of a national curriculum on par with a native language, the sciences, and math.

We are surrounded with electronic devices each running uncountable numbers of software that run on code of some kind. Our modern world is also heavily reliant

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7 REASONS YOU NEED TECH SKILLS – EVEN IF YOU DON’T WORK IN TECH

The great thing about tech skills, though, is that learning begets learning. Once you figure out how one part works, it gets easier and easier to dive into other parts and figure out how things work.

And the benefits of having some tech skills under your belt extend way beyond just the tech industry. Coding skills can also carry over into other parts of your life, both professional and personal. There are so many benefits to learning tech skills, from basic HTML and CSS to more complex languages like PHP and JavaScript, that it’s becoming a big disadvantage if you don’t make learning basic coding a priority.

Check out these seven ways that coding and other tech skills can improve your life outside of the tech industry.

1. THEY MAKE YOU A BETTER PROBLEM SOLVER

Coding is all

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7 Reasons You Should Learn Web Development

Maybe you have your reservations about starting a career in web development. Or, maybe it’s a trade you haven’t thought about yet. Either way, we’ve gathered seven reasons why you should learn development to help you decide if web development should be your next career move.

1. Now hiring! There are always Web Developers jobs available.

Given that there will be approximately 1.4 million computing jobs available in 2020, with only 400,000 qualified developers to fill them, those interested in acquiring in-demand skills can certainly benefit from having web development and coding in their resume. It’s safe to say there is, and will continue to be, high demand for web developers. You

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THAT ONE POT – What you overlooked which later cost you everything.

I love house chores but dishes? (I just don’t like washing them), however most times washing dishes is inevitable because he who eats must be ready to wash dishes.

This fateful evening, it was ‘dish time’ and I struggled through washing the dishes, I heaved a sigh of relief when I finally put the last piece in the plate rack (the kind of sigh a student gives when he feels and sees that the exam is finally over).

Glad I had finished, I turned in the direction of my room but was taken aback by something on the cooker staring at me. It was a POT; a pot I forgot to wash.

I was so annoyed that I angrily shouted at the POT “so you can’t talk abi?”, at this point I imagined

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DON’T GIVE UP, LIFE IS WORTH LIVING

Never give up, I say never ever give up! No matter what you are going through at the moment, I beseech you to never think of giving up because giving up is not an option. Though trials, life challenges and tribulations will come to display and tear your soul apart, but be strong, courageous, patient and determined, with time you’ll scale through these tough moments.

Stay positive and keep believing that everything will be alright in its perfect time. Put on the armor of hard-work, keep pushing, keep striving and never loose focus because one day your still-time and long-term situation will eventually turn around for good and will happen to your own

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Cure smartphone addiction and increase your productivity

Forget time management and productivity tips. Smartphone addiction is the real killer of time. Cure it and watch your productivity sky-rocket. In today’s world, our phones have become the number one enemy of productivity.

Why does the smartphone have so much distracting power

  1. Verity: Smartphones are time killers. A quick check on an email can result in more than two extra hours on the phone. Doing what really? Where are you reading this? Probably on your phone. How did you get here? Was it your true/sole intention to read on how to get rid of your smartphone’s addiction? How many distractions have you had on your phone after you did what you initially wanted to do with your phone? How many links and posts led you here?
  2. Novelty: Because of

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Job Alert! Vacancy at FireSwitch Tech Ibadan, Nigeria

Join Fireswitch Tech As A Web Developer, Graphics Designer or Office Assistant

This is a unique opportunity for Web Developers and Graphics designers located in Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria to work and learn at the same time.

Do you love the challenge of working with a startup company and growing with them? Then Fireswitch Tech is a great fit for you. They are a newly incorporated technology company situated in Bodija, Ibadan.

They are currently seeking a front-end web developer, a back-end web developer, a graphics artist, and an office assistant. …read more

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YOU ARE NOT UNEMPLOYED

To be unemployed means to be jobless, to not be in a paid employment, to not be in use.

So, are you unemployed?

The fact that you are not officially on the list of employees in a firm or organization does not make you unemployed. Even if you are not an entrepreneur in any form, you are still not unemployed.

Yes, the fact that you have something to do (you are not jobless) you are of value (in use) and can get a form of remuneration (be paid for what you do) means you are not unemployed.

You are unemployed and in fact unemployable if you are totally jobless, have no value that makes you useful and cannot be paid in return for certain products, services or value added.

So, are you unemployed?

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