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Man who borrowed uncle's phone to learn coding gets tech job, social media reacts

Monday, January 18, 2021 at 4:27 PM by Victor Duru

- A Twitter user @GyenAbubakar has been caught in the midst of a massive social media engagement following a post he made on the bird app

- @GyenAbubakar shared how much he wanted to learn to code but couldn't afford a laptop or a smartphone

- Abubakar eventually learned to code using his uncle's phone and now has a job where he'd be doing what he loves to do best

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A young man with the Twitter handle, @GyenAbubakar has become a source of inspiration on social media after a recent post he made.

The Nigerian man had taken to Twitter to share his success story with users on the app.

In a post he made on his wall, @GyenAbubakar narrated how his passion for coding was met with financial limitations. He wanted to learn to code but couldn't afford a laptop or a smartphone.

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He resorted to using his uncle's phone to copy coding content and materials and practice on his own.

Jubilation as man who couldn't afford a phone gets coding job after learning to code with his uncle's phone — Man who borrowed uncle's phone to learn coding gets tech job, social media reacts Photo Credit: @GyenAbubakar
Source: Twitter

As fate will have it, just late last year, he secured a job as a front-end developer, even though he is still without a laptop he is well above where he used to be.

He wants anyone at the brink of quitting to draw inspiration from his story.

He wrote:

"This was me 4 years ago. No phone, no laptop, with the passion to code!

"I'd borrow my uncle's phone to copy content from W3Schools, learn, & practice when I got hold of a computer. Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat

"Still don't own a computer, but I got a job as Front-end Developer late last year."

Below are some of the reactions seen by Legit.ng:

@DamianoMe said:

"Where can I send you some money safely to help buy at least a Rasberry PI or some computer that is good enough? I will be glad to help."