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MY LOVE JOURNEY WITH PYTHON..

Ayodabo Oluwatomisin — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 10:19:43 +0000

Hi! This is a written documentary about how I started with python and where I currently am.

Python, to me is like a versatile footballer that can fit into any role comfortably. I have been writing python for 3 years now and I hope to continue writing it for as long as I can. I won't bore you with too much details or too much praises for python, but I want you to know that learning python has been a great development in my life.

How did I get to know about python? My friends! Yes, my friends. Then when I was in 100Level, my first day in my department, after exchanging pleasantries, I started hearing them taking about programming and other cool stuffs which I know nothing about. Although I was pretty lost, I tried to stay relevant in the discussion by putting forward my own definition of programming, it was a pretty embarrassing moment there as I gave a secondary school definition! 😂😂😂. Thanks to my loyal friends Tobi and Tunde that took their times to explain to me what it actually mean. After that, I showed interest and I was introduced to Java, a strict no-nonsense language that gave no room for errors. I started learning using a textbook I wish to not meet again 😂. Two weeks into learning I was already tired, no mentor to put me through, afraid to ask for help from my friends, all these things coupled together dimmed my interest in programming as a whole and so, I stopped learning, instead started watching Naruto with full concentration and consistency!. Funny isn't it? I thought I could just breeze through school as a first class graduate, get a good paying job and live my best life, little did I know that what I actually need to excel is what I had run from in first semester.

Fast forward to second semester, our lovely CSC103 teacher, Dr. Aderonke Sakpere, started taking us Intro to Programming and it was Python!. This class was my first encounter with python and hearing all the wonders you can do with it. I can still remember vividly how she gives us practical test every end of the week to compliment what we've learned. I struggled to understand the concepts and performed bad on many occasion. I also felt inferior seeing my classmates doing very well especially Tobi, Emeka, Betsy, Korede, Fuhad and co. I told my self, "Tomi, you can learn this thing na, you can also do wonders with it", so I started gaining my lost interest back. Fast forward again for like one month, 30-30 challenge started, boom! The opportunity I was waiting for came at last. Surprisingly, I didn't join the challenge as I felt they moved at a very fast pace that was getting too hectic for me, so I started learning on my own, doing my own 30 days of python at my own convenient time and place. To cut the long story short sha, that's how I started learning Python and eventually I fell in love with it and from there on, it's been happily ever after for me.

Fortunately, ASUU gave me a head boost by going on a three month strike from November. It was a bittersweet moment for students as exams were approaching but also we needed a break from exvessive classes and humongous class notes!!. Through the help of Yemi, I got a tutorial on python for beginners and it came to be my most precious souvenir going home. I watched that three hours video over 10 times as it got to a stage I could tell what the instructor would say next. With the help of my big brother providing unlimited WIFI, I was able to fast track my learning process and in those three months I could write beautiful python code.

Moving on, although I could write good python code, that didn't stop me from scoring 55 in the intro to Programming course. I took it in good faith and moved on, vowing never to score anything less again. Then, the basic learning finished. I was stuck, no next thing to do, moving back and forth between tutorials I had completed, I started getting bored and tired. Fortunately also, I got to hear about Data Science, a field that allowed me to showcase my love for writing and constant talking while also pursuing my passion to learn python. I found the field as a perfect playground for me to do my best while enjoying myself to the fullest. The journey began from there on that day in the bus going from Moniya to UI, today I'm a proud Data Scientist while also pursuing a detour in Backend development.

Since I've started data science last year, I've taught other people python programming and also learnt NodeJS and Django.

This is pretty much all of my story and I hope you enjoy it!!! If you do, please like, leave a comment and share for others too. My parting message "Love what you do, for when you do so, passion sets in".

Thank you for reading!!!

Do you love the right person?

Ayodabo Oluwatomisin — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 23:11:36 +0000

No one has found a definite and rigid meaning for love. To some, it's dead, to some, it's life itself. At one point or the other in our life, we've loved, we've been loved, but are those people the right people we were supposed to love or are we deserving of others' love? People make costly mistakes because they love the wrong person, they showered attention on who they are not supposed to. "you don't love with your heart alone, you love with your eyes wide open". Many have fallen victims to loving the wrong people with the notion of love is blind, but we don't have to be wictims, because we need to open our eyes and love who deserves our love and leave those that doesn't out of it. love your neighbor as you love yourself means you should love your neighbors because they deserve your love just like you deserve your love. We can't all be good in this world, but we can live happily if we decide to follow not just our eyes or our heart alone, but if we listen to what they tell us and make life changing decisions from them. Someone who has lived for over 20 years with his/her partner doesn't have a secret love potion or magic trick on his/her sleeves, but because he was able to find the right love and the right person.
"True love is not found, it is developed, and you develop it from loving the right person".

What is your reason?

Ayodabo Oluwatomisin — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:48:08 +0000

"actions shall be judged according to intentions", these were the words of prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). We all have reasons for all we do and say. We all have a cause, a decision that stand as basis for our actions. The question you should ask yourself is why do you do the things you do, it is to impress people?, or to impress yourself?. Don't just formulate reasons out of the blue, think them out, nurture them and see them help you do better than you expected. "if you must act, act with a utilitarian reason, not a selfish one, for you live not only for yourself, but for those around you too".

Know who you walk with

Ayodabo Oluwatomisin — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 22:45:12 +0000

At every point in our life, we come in contact with people of different personality, belief, race, color(whites, blacks, e.t.c), ideology and many other factors(pick your own) that classify us. We make friends, acquaintances, business partners, spouse, and even foes!(you sure have one don't you?). The relationships we have and the ones we had, had in one way or the other affected us, either positively or the other way round. We learnt lessons, taught lessons, created memories, erased some, got influenced, influenced some, and many others(humans are complex you know). But, there are some people in our life whom even though may be dead, alive, close or far away, have in one way or the other made huge impacts in our life and are possibly still doing so. we do not follow people or take interest in them if we do not have something to get from them. We build relationships with people not because we just want to, but because we have a reason to. Those people we encounter, we need to be able to learn at least one good lesson which will hold their memories in our heart and help us in dealing with future acquaintances. Know your friend, know who wants you to become better than you are, know those that pull you down, know the people who stand by you and those who desert you. Know who you can boldly call a friend, a brother, a partner, a wife, a husband, a father, a mother, and a foe. "if you must build a relationship, know why you want to build it and know who you want to build it with. One of humans greatest mistakes is lack of true understanding". To be good is to have good people around you, to be great is to have great people around you, and to be successful, you need to move with successful people. meeting people is quite different from knowing them

Why do you learn?

Ayodabo Oluwatomisin — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:20:20 +0000

"you have to saddle your dreams if you want to ride them"-Eric Douglas
Our parents sending us to school have a reason for doing so. Our parents providing for all our needs know why they're doing that, it's not because they just feel like it, but because it is their responsibility, it is their goal. You don't take math if you don't want to learn basic calculations and computations, you don't learn mandarin if you don't wish to live in China. There is always a reason for which we learn, there is always the driving force behind us furthering our studies. learning is not complete if there is no cause for it. You need to ask yourself why you are learning that JavaScript course, you need to ask yourself why are you attending that Data Science Bootcamp, because if you don't know yet, then you're still wasting your time. Ask yourself that burning question and search deep for the right answer, and when you do, trust me, you will see learning in a different light. "if you must learn, learn not for the sake of learning, but for the sake of understanding"

What Good are you doing?

Ayodabo Oluwatomisin — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:14:40 +0000

Your definition of good shouldn't be help those who help you alone or love your neighbors as you love yourself, you should be able to make a comprehensive difference between what you feel is good and what is actually good. Eric Douglas said, "you shouldn't make a choice for what you feel is good over what is actually good for you". If you are to make a great impact, you need to examine what you do, how you do it, and who are you doing it for. "people will tell two stories about you, so endeavor to make both stories good ones". Know that good thing you're doing and who you're doing it for. Doing good requires great effort and patience, doing good requires strong will and desire. If you're faced with a dillema, consider what will be the consequences of the choice you are about to make and what chances will it be that you wont make a wrong choice. "it is not about how good you are, it is what good are you doing", don't do good all because someone told you to, don't do good because you want people to recognize you, do good at the expense of your own will and desire to do so, and do it not for accolades but for the joy of it

The Road is never too long

Ayodabo Oluwatomisin — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 22:18:18 +0000

"A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step"- unknown
It is not suprsing to see a year old child struggling to walk or even stand. Tasks like this pose a serious challenge to them, but eventually they learn to stand, and as time goes on, they start walking. Our life achievements are also like that, they pose serious challenges and we find it hard to determine whether we wish to continue or not. We shouldn't forget, we won't be able to understand things if we don't give them attention, we won't be able to know our books if we don't read them, we won't be able to know programming if we don't start coding. "There is no way you can do anything if you don't give it a try". We hear stories of successful people and how they were able to achieve, we hear them say something like "I didn't sleep when others were", "I never knew I could until I started doing it", all these statements were not made just to make it look real, but to actually serve as a trigger to others. If you start now, you may find it hard to continue, you may even find it hard to begin!, but remember this, "no road is too far, we only need to know where exactly we are going". My ultimate advise to you is to not stop, don't stop reading that book, don't stop coding, don't stop believing, don't stop living. You are the best person to tell your story so make it a good one.

This is my first post, kindly leave your comments if you have one. Thank you very much for reading