#Andela’s ALC 2.0 - #ALCwithGoogle success story — the iceberg illusion
from #thecoalcity #ALCEnugu
On the 9th of December, The war started, in different part of Nigeria and Kenya; oooh yeah! you are wondering what war you don’t know.
It was a war without bloodshed, that long awaited date, the battle line was drawn: we are all dressed in our fighting kits to start ALC 2.0, a warfare to separate men from boys in developing web and mobile apps capable of solving real life problem.
Using the fighing tools provided by #Andela and #Google in #udacity battleground.
The iceberg illusion, we all know we see the tip of an iceberg, looking very fresh all the ice melted away from the slaps of the wave looking very surmountable, but there is something hidden that busted the Titanic.
We conquered not because it was easy, but because quitting has never appeared in the success story line and this was because we remembered that
Iron sharpens iron.
And that was exactly what our case we're here in #ALCEnugu the coalcity. It's was a struggle for me and the participants, the mixture of Soft and hard threat was the general experience.
We saw a lot in terms personal challenges, I recall the experience of one of my students in Android track serving in one of the remote village, where when he travels we loose connection of calls let alone internet. But he struggled and beat those life threatening deadlines.
The rough terrain
I also cherished the galant mindset of another med student, that’s with us. In fact he is a Dr. Already. A young one but the passion he wilds is the type that can make you chase any career. And he beat the deadline and still going.
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Neither can I forget Iyke schooling in another state, but he said why he can't miss the MEETUP is because, that's where he finds true happiness, laughter and solve his long dreaded bug.
Ooh yeah we had a girl in our mist just one girl. She can't miss a single shot of the MEETUP neither will she be left behind in the project, always first and she very smart too.
Yeah there is this student in custom track, that always joins us in the MEETUP, and thank goodness, he had a lot of love from the community, before the last MEETUP I got a call from him, saying.
“I made it, they said I can join the normal track”
and he is an amazing guy. We had fun in MEETUP 5.0.
Our story is not complete without challenges, I bet but we all conquered. 90 percent beat d project deadlines and final projects.
On my side as the facilitator, it was the most challenging thing for me, in the sense. I had other emergency engagement, that sprung up from school and really so pressing that I said to myself can you finish this.
But I'm very happy and excited, my students where not behind. And that jerked my courage.
And we had an amazing last MEETUP where we discussed the way forward and pondered on how possible we can open source a geeky idea (solution) by one of the students.
So everyone is excited and getting started with Git and GitHub was the call to enable us collaborate when the time comes.
ALCEnugu was an unforgettable experience for me. And I will say we had a great success Though the challenge was huge too.
I love #Andela and we appreciate the opportunity given to us via #ALC2.0 tagged #ALCwithGoogle and here in #ALCEnugu we re excited to be part of it.
Cheers Phil Nge @nge_one
