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geekhack Community => Other Geeky Stuff => Topic started by: abdulmuhsee on Thu, 13 December 2018, 14:20:54
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I have a brother-in-law in Kenya that has a kinda crummy job and no means of getting to a country where he can work at a job with a livable wage. He has a laptop, and I thought that maybe he could try to teach himself a computer programming language or some such. Is this a viable way for him to make money?
What programming language should he learn?
Are there companies or online contractors that would hire a Kenyan who had the ability to program in the desired language?
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It's doubtful.
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Communication would be too unreliable..
It doesn't make sense to enter a field with no local hub.
He's better off becoming a tradesmen or joining a gang to deal drugs, Either one....
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Although TP4's advice is certainly pragmatic I don't think you can discount coding as a viable path to better opportunities. According to a Wired article, Kenya has a $1 billion tech hub home to over 200 startups. If this digital transformation continues through investment from multinationals and a growing number of startups just imagine where Kenya will be a decade from now. There are also freelance coding jobs online but there can be stiff competition from the large talent pool available throughout the world.
https://www.wired.com/story/kenya-silicon-savannah-photo-gallery/