Blessing, 22.
“People see me and they are like ‘oh a girl that codes. You really must love coding.’ But the truth is my path to tech was more of destiny rather than actual intent. Growing up as a girl, I don’t think I touched the computer more than 6 times in my entire life. Everything changed when I applied to study physics in the university only to be given computer science. It was not funny then because it was my 3rd time writing JAMB so I reluctantly accepted the course. Studying computer science didn’t ignite the passion for computers at all because they taught us basically outdated programs and their history. Nothing really concrete on how to use the softwares. It was more theory than practical. It was actually a colleague then that taught me the practical side of it and we did incredible things with the knowledge. I made many apps. I could just be writing code for fun because to me coding is just like art, you know. You create and when you run it, you see the beauty of all the effort. I am working for a big firm now and I don’t mean to brag but I earn pretty well too”
Ivor, 23.
“Well I have always been tech savvy right from a young age. So it wasn’t much of a surprise to anyone when I was always on the computer. I can’t really say how I acquired the knowledge because I didn’t quite go to any computer school. But I always tried out softwares and I had friends that were quite good in tech stuff. So I can say they taught me ( laughs). Well I can’t say I regret it because let’s face it, it is paying my bills right now and it suits my kind of person. I get to work from home and at my own pace most of the time.”