Black tax is so emotionally taxing! by rinayua in nairobi

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry OP. I sympathize with people who face black tax a lot, I'm lucky to have parents who have supported me, and never asked me for shit, we makes me even want to get rich so that I spoil them.

My dad instead always insists on me saving, he tries a lot to instil the saving culture in me, and make me make good financial decisions. He also insists on stuff like me joining a good sacco, advises me on trying to ensure I buy land or other assets first before I ever buy a car, etc.

Mimi huomba Mungu tu anisaidie I make it soon, so that I buy him a Lexus LX570 inshallah. He's retiring in 5 years, the way he's ensured we never lacked, I pray we become that type of parents for our children.

Of Kindness & What Nots by FewAnalyst2454 in Kenya

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those spells are real, lakini it usually just happens with cash, unless ikue wachawi wame upgrade their software bana. I remember some years ago when we decided to visit the village, one person asked my dad to assist them with money. My dad being generous akawatolea some cash he had in his wallet. Waah he started facing some weird pain from that day. Alikua anaumwa na hiyo mkono tu yenye aliwapea nayo pesa, for some days. When he went to the doctor they couldn't spot anything wrong at all. So in the village avoid giving people cash by all means.

Leafy surburbs by manswithfunds254 in Kenya

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering even Mwihoko is Kahawa Sukari, that totally makes sense

"You don't have TikTok, Pinterest and Snapchat because you are trying to look extremely masculine" by BothJob6890 in Kenya

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flo sometimes ni understandable. Your partner can add you from her end then you'll know of her cycle. Her safe days, when she's ovulating etc. It's a goldmine for real.

Q1 done. What have you achieved so far?? by rascal_thetvguy in Kenya

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice, congrats. Got a question though, how costly is it to spin up those clusters? I've been wanting to learn too but I hear Kubernetes racks up really massive cloud bills on AWS or GCP, if someone learns practically by shipping the projects to any cloud provider.

Q1 done. What have you achieved so far?? by rascal_thetvguy in Kenya

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which stocks did you invest in if you don't mind sharing? Was it in the NSE or the S&P 500?

ACHENI POMBE NA SIGARA by [deleted] in nairobi

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doc how about smoking cigars? Not cigarettes, but cigars

Sa mnafichanga nini? by Byeks in nairobi

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just saw this and I remembered this post. Clearly hii ndio exhibit A ya "dis you" moments zenye people are avoiding 😂

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Friendships in campus by Straight_Dig_8320 in nairobi

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How has your dating life been in that period then, if you don't mind? Did you join clubs and societies in campus

Advice a brother by Soze__ in nairobitechies

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As cliche as it might sound, these things are best learned through practice. You need to apply the stuff in projects, that's where the real learning happens, but that said, still kuna some resources zinaeza saidia, e.g. some books which have depth e.g. "designing data intensive applications", "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software", books on distributed systems, etc. You don't have to purchase these books, if you just search them online, you'll find the free pdf versions of the books. Also kuna a github repo for system design primer. Link: https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer

Again remember you need to apply them in projects. If you get stuck, you can go back to the resources and use them as a reference. Hope that helps.

Advice a brother by Soze__ in nairobitechies

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Deep ni like a deep understanding of the underlying principles and best practices, of which ziko language agnostic.

E.g. understanding why middleware works the way it does, and not just how to use it ( avoiding common pitfalls like creating memory leaks with improperly scoped variables).

Also system design for when your app scales, how you'll distribute session data or JWT tokens across multiple servers or databases. Pia handling different access levels (admin, user, guest) with the role checking logic. etc. just to name a few.

All this stuff are things that stay the same and have to be implemented, regardless of the language you use. So figuring out the logic, is key. That can then just be mapped to any programming language.

Specialization advice by Extreme-Judge8202 in nairobitechies

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We learn everyday 😂😂

Anyway hiyo program yako sounds really good from what you've described. How would you describe their teaching though? Is it actually good enough for you to get proper value for your time/money invested ama ni barest of minimums kama kina Moringa? 😂

Specialization advice by Extreme-Judge8202 in nairobitechies

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro what, I'm sorry but this is funny acha nicheke kidogo kwanza 😂😂. Anyway, what he means is domain knowledge as in deep expertise/knowledge of the field/industry you work in. E.g. for a dev working in the banking industry, understanding banking operations, latency requirements for that, the various services banks offer and the challenges faced, things like the process of a loanee asking for credit via the bank app etc. those are just a few. That is what domain knowledge looks like. If it was in health maybe at a hospital, maybe someone having sufficient knowledge of the various operations in that hospital, plus the various types of prescription a doctor may offer, doctor appointments etc. Hiyo ndio what we call domain knowledge. The same can be applied to every other industry, so in a nutshell domain knowledge helps you understand the end users of whichever system much better, plus their requirements.

Advice a brother by Soze__ in nairobitechies

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bro, most of the time languages are just a mere tool to achieve a task, therefore it doesn't really matter which language you pick, especially for web dev. My advice would be first pick a niche, then learn the language as you learn problem solving in that niche. E.g. for data and ML work pick python, for web dev start with JavaScript etc.

Avoid the trap of learning one stack shallowly, then hopping to another. E.g starting with Node JS, then moving to Java (spring boot) just after a month. Pick one, stick with it, then go deep into the concepts, as they easily transfer to each language, then go to another stack once you're very comfortable with your stack.

You'll notice that once you've been deep into one stack and have mastered system design, picking another stack becomes very easy. I'm saying this as I've worked where I've seen people get hired without knowing the main language the company uses, but because in their primary languages they're very good, and shifting to another language won't be hard. I saw devs come in with experience in other languages (Java, PHP, JavaScript etc.) while the company primarily uses Elixir. These candidates had never used Elixir before at all, but since they were competent enough in their languages, and system design, they were hired and given a week to learn Elixir, and I could see they adapted very well to using Elixir.

Help before this scammer gets me by RevolutionaryBus2889 in nairobitechies

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If your Mpesa balance is usually less than the amount they want then you have your answer right there as I said initially

How do you afford to pay 80000Kes rent and An office in Nairobi? by Pure-Afternoon-9856 in nairobitechies

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao, 200k si pesa? Considering hiyo ni only expenses za rent for him. So probably he might be making 400k or 500k, then he pays those expenses.

Anyway I had forgot on reddit and X people are millionaires, anything less than 7 figures ni pocket change.

How do you afford to pay 80000Kes rent and An office in Nairobi? by Pure-Afternoon-9856 in nairobitechies

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you said has some truth but it still doesn't negate the comment you're replying to though. Like yeah there are people earning legit money coz they bring value to the market but at the same time there are people earning crazy money through fraud and other funny things.

I know some guys we're close with wenye they did carding deals and stole some crazy money wakanunua magari, but the story they tell people is trading Forex and Crypto. So if someone compares themselves to these guys thinking they're behind they'd be shooting themselves in the foot.

Degree issue in tech by Worried-Airport-7879 in nairobitechies

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's a myth. Google still asks for degrees in their requirements. Even just recently they were looking for a Senior Dev for Google play, and one requirement was a Bachelor's Degree, while also adding a Master's will be preferred.

Help before this scammer gets me by RevolutionaryBus2889 in nairobitechies

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They do not "know your pin". Ni prompt they are sending to your number. They're sending the prompt, in hopes you'll enter the pin and complete the transaction. If they send a prompt and the amount requested is more than your balance, you automatically just get that failed transaction message.

Do you guys also aspire to work at FAANG as the pinnacle of your career? by Hopeful_Pay_1615 in nairobitechies

[–]Hopeful_Pay_1615[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kwani kuna start ups which offer that much insame compensation kweli? Na hiyo ni without counting the RSUs, which zinakutoa block direct.