In recent years, learning software development has always been a lucrative way to solve problems and earn more money.

It has been a field which has been attracting people from different career path. According to future-processing.com there are over 20million developers around the world.

Billion of dollars is been invested into the software marketplace and there is a need for skilled workers, the only way to tap a share of that huge sum of money is to acquire the skill set to make us compete in Tech.

Now I'll be sharing how my journey in Tech has been so far, and how I'm planing to be a world class software engineer.

My Journey to becoming a World Class Software Engineer.

My name is Miracle and this is my story to becoming a World Class software engineer, I'm sure you'll need a glass of coffee as I'm about taking you on a journey that started some years ago.

In 2018 I gained admission into the University to study Computer Science and I didn't have any coding experience before, before I proceed I think it's important that I tell you that I'm from a low income and an underrepresented background.

In 2019 a senior colleague introduced me to coding in school, he gave me some video resources on how to learn PHP, but I didn't have a laptop then. So I started watching the video on my mobile phone (Tecno Y2) and I'll implement the exercise on a paper. I did this for almost two months and no real progress was made, I couldn't build project because I didn't have a laptop. So I stopped learning.

During COVID lockdown (2020) a friend of my Mom's gifted me a used Dell Laptop because they knew I always talked about becoming a developer and creating solutions with my code. The laptop was a old dell latitude series. Then I used YouTube to perfect the HTML/CSS skills I've learnt earlier and build projects, then I started learning JavaScript but after a few weeks the laptop crashed.

But I always wanted to really learn how to code, so I started using my phone to learn using a mobile phone code editor, but it wasn't long before my phone started lagging, I really had no choice but to uninstall the app and I just read about programming concept and read about programmers success story.

Around November 2020 I joined twitter, and I was awed to be involved in the Vast Tech Community.

I read from a lot of people about creating content and building audience and that it increases social credibility. At first I wasn't active and I feel I didn't belong so I was just reading and did very little engagement, you know that imposter feeling.

2021 I was in my 3rd year in school and it was compulsory to go for a 4 month SIWES programme(it's supposed to be longer but due to COVID the previous year) , so I applied to an Institution's ICT and I was given the opportunity to join.

I sourced for fund to get a fairly used laptop and I got one. So I started learning again, during the 4months I learnt HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT I didn't really code full time because the institution's authority used we the interns a lot leaving us with limited time for ourselves.

The 4 month came to and end and I went back to school then the light challenge began. The transformer of where I was living then spoilt and it took ages to be repaired and sourcing for light in school/other places was very stressful coupled with school assignment and other school responsibilities, all this while I was just reading up content on YouTube and the internet without really doing actual practice. So basically, after SIWES I didn't actively code anymore for some months.

So last year, @Moechiveous posted about AltSchoolAfrica on twitter and she announced a giveaway, I applied many times, but I wasn't picked.

Not until last year, December 25th when I commented under @hacksultan post that I needed someone to sponsor me for AltSchoolAfrica. A Samaritan @aikhude then gave me the registration amount of $20 to register.

I registered for the program, preparing for the assessment wasn't really difficult for me because the terms and content of the assessment weren't new to me. I took the assessment and passed the cut of mark.

I got admitted into AltSchoolAfrica. I haven't had the pleasant experience in my Journey so far but I believe with resilience, hardwork and consistency I'll get to the top.

If you're a newbie reading this, learning to code isn't for the genius or the intelligent only, it might just require hardwork and consistency from your part. And trust me it's a career path with great opportunities.

The only barrier between you and the opportunities is the skillset, get them and you can secure the role.

I'm preparing to be a world class are you?

See you at the TOP.