The latest articles on DEV Community by Kenneth Okalang (@okalangkenneth). https://dev.to/okalangkenneth https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F641558%2F8f386b13-5a60-4157-ad33-f24ca86225ec.png https://dev.to/okalangkenneth en Kenneth Okalang Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:07:19 +0000 https://dev.to/okalangkenneth/project-on-inspection-evaluation-25cb https://dev.to/okalangkenneth/project-on-inspection-evaluation-25cb <p>About a week ago I started a project to help an inspection company that I worked for ten years ago. Most of the operations which included receiving orders from clients, assigning jobs to inspectors, receiving and entering inspection reports were all done manually, prone to errors, and time-consuming. The project is called 'Project Evaluation' and it is a web application that can be used for monitoring and evaluating various activities and solve the usual problems associated with entering data manually. <br> Every day I tweet to #100DaysOfCode so you can follow my progress there. Alternatively, check me out on <a href="https://github.com/okalangkenneth" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/okalangkenneth</a><br> under projects. </p> Kenneth Okalang Fri, 04 Jun 2021 10:15:31 +0000 https://dev.to/okalangkenneth/my-software-developer-journey-ddg https://dev.to/okalangkenneth/my-software-developer-journey-ddg <p>I graduated with a Masters degree in Economics way back in 2008 but never got an opportunity to work in an organization where I could impart the knowledge and skills I had gained. For about one year I was unemployed but then decided to try out running my own business. I was cash strapped then obviously after studies but was lucky to obtain a loan from the bank to start a taxi business. </p> <p>All was going quite well until the beginning of 2020 with the onslaught of Covid-19 pendemic. The taxi business dropped by more than 90% as movement was restricted. Luckily enough the government came to our rescue. We were given financial assistance and opportunities to change careers through tailor made programs targeting sectors that were hit hardest by the pandemic. This included the taxi sector. One of the opportunities was a six-month online dotnet System Development course. I was so intrigued by automation. I initially registered for an online python program but also learned that dotnet framework does well too with automation. My educational background encouraged me as well to go into programming. </p> <p>It was such a long time that I was in class and wondered whether I would be able to coup with all the 'rust' on me. In January 2021, I was enrolled in the course. As of today I have got both personal guidance from professional IT trainers and attended labs with fellow course mates. I have gained the knowledge and skills in programming to be able to develop IT systems, applications, and more. </p> <p>The course is officially ending on the 6th May 2021 and hopefully will be able to do an internship with a company that needs dotnet System developers. </p> csharp dotnet