The anguish of African programmers
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Africa has long been seen as an 'agricultural land' by all over the world, so working independently as a programmer in Africa seems to be very painful. IAFRIKAN , a tech news provider about Africa, reveals the 'distress' of African programmers working hard to eliminate such prejudices.
Agony of an African Programmer
http://www.iafrikan.com/2014/04/03/agony-of-an-african-programmer/
Agony of an African programmer | GeekTime
http://www.geektime.com/2014/04/06/agony-of-an-african-programmer/
◆ Power supply is not stable
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In countries like Ghana and South Africa, power is often cut off to save power. For example, in Ghana, the power supply may be stopped without any notice, and the amount of power supplied is always uneven, and electric power companies take it for granted. He also points out the lack of understanding of the people around him, saying, 'In these countries, the existence of people who need electricity to work is not understood at all.'
◆ High internet costs
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There are no special package plans for internet contracts in Africa. This puts programmers exchanging large amounts of data at a high cost on the Internet. In response, iAFRIKAN said, 'The Internet has a lot of useful information, which can be a powerful tool for economic growth and poverty reduction if used well, but telecommunications companies say that. I don't understand at all. '
◆ Low awareness of investment
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In most cases, developers start their own projects by first looking for an investor to secure funding. However, in Africa, most people do not understand the Silicon Valley investment style at all, technology investors expect only short-term profits from start-up companies, and developers start their businesses without financial support. In the end, they tend to make crap.
◆ Salary
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Software programmers in Africa earn between $ 10,000 and $ 20,000 a year, while their colleagues from Europe and the United States have at least 10 in a year. It seems that he earns 10,000 dollars (about 10 million yen).
But it's not that African programmers are inferior, but iAFRIKAN says, 'If the African programmers I've met had started their own businesses, they would live a wealthier life than they do now. There will be. '
◆ Poor dexterity
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African programmers tend to do everything from a company's CEO role to a promotion role on their own, with a strong tendency to master everything rather than focus on one thing. .. Of course, these traits can be very helpful, but when working in a group, mastering one role and focusing on it produces better results than understanding all the roles. It will be connected.
◆ Problems on the school side teaching programming
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Every month in Africa, a large number of new programmers who have acquired skills at universities and vocational schools are born. And these new programmers claim that they have the skills to handle Java, C ++, C, Php, JavaScript, COM, Oracle, SQL, HTML, MS Office, etc., but the students take school credits. I tend to just study for the purpose, and it seems that the ratio of doing some kind of programming personally is very small.
As a result, most new graduate programmers are new to programming and can't do productive work. And iAFRIKAN points out that companies that hire African programmers with little practical experience tend to forget that Africans can actually program in order to work efficiently. doing.
◆ Awards and competition
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Overcoming rivals in the market is one thing, and software winning some award is completely different. Even if you can write great code or come up with great ideas in a hackathon , living as a programmer is not possible unless you can create the technology to solve some problems or make money in real Africa. It's difficult, so 'African programmers and start-ups should understand this early,' says iAFRIKAN.
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