I attended the Impact Empowerment Scheme program so you have to
The Law Students Society brought in an empowerment scheme – Impact Empowerment Scheme – which will be held once in two Saturdays. The scheme aims to facilitate law students who are interested in amassing new skills.
On Saturday, the 22nd of January, 2022, Mustafa Al-Ameen Mofeyisayo, a 300 level law student and a Data Analyst, facilitated the empowerment scheme for that week. It was themed CODING 101, a technology-themed empowerment scheme.
By exactly 9 am, the Vice President of the Law Students Society, Chidera Robinson, gave an introductory speech about the idea of the Impact Empowerment Scheme. Then she introduced the Facilitator, Mustafa Al-Ameen Mofeyisayo, a young man with a civil reserve.
His first words, “Coding is simply an art of expression,” held so much cleverness. Something about the way he said it, bursting with intelligence.
He continued, differentiating between programming and coding, then he went ahead to explain the steps practically.
“Plan out why you want to learn to code,” he said. “Some people do it for the sake of it, then get confused in the process”.
That was so much to put in, so much to think about. Before learning a skill, we should know why we want to learn that skill.
He went further to tell us about the various languages used in coding like Javascript, Python, Kotlin, Flutter, etc. Then the platforms for learning like Coursera, Udemy, YouTube, Udacity. Then the right resources to help us learn, and substantial advice for new techies interested in coding:
- Avoid the Tutorial Trap.
- Don’t code in isolation.
- Avoid trying to learn multiple languages at a time.
- Stop following that hype of learning a particular language.
- Don’t doubt your knowledge and your ability when you see an error.
He did not lack humor. As much as it was a formal program, he found a way to fuse humor in his detailed explanations about coding.
He told us about the careers in tech, ranging from Web Developers to Mobile App Development, to Data Sciences, to Software Development, to Game Development, to Content Creation.
He ended with a wonderful hooker, just as he did in the beginning:
“If you cannot code, make digital content, leverage technology just make sure say you no dey carry last”.
The program was worth it — worth more than it was hyped. Although the crowd was not very much as expected, I hope that after reading this, you’ll come for the next Impact Empowerment Scheme.
