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Data-driven problem solver | ALX grad (Software Engineer) |

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

@gmaina_ 😂😂 you are cooked!

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

An approval from a client on the work done is such as nice feeling as a PM.

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

I can officially say that I’m an ALX Certified data analyst. I did a rigorous 3 months of Excel, SQL and Power Bi exploring Maji Ndogo projects. The most fun bit for me was working with mySQL. Querying databases now feels second nature.

[Tommi 2.7 @vincenttommik]

Building @Tunaresq has really shown the art of Collaboration among @KoechDjango @chirchir69 @Bandmanuell @CatherineKiiru @msnmongare @23MorganDev @chirchir69 @tech_tafari @LearnWithSharry @eng_mbuguaa , how a task should be planned before being implemented and 🚀🚀

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

@alx_africa When using between LLMs like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, I prefer Copilot. However, on image generation when learning about a context, I find ChatGPT to be better.
#ALXPD @alx_africa

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

Using AI to learn has become so easy with proper prompting. Like for example, I could ask it to differentiate for me using 2:: and ::2 in slicing in Python. A good prompt should be to specify the task, context, format and let's say, tone. #ALXPD @alx_africa

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

Learning by observing is so easy for me as compared to just listening. Maybe that is why I sleep while listening to audio books unlike when I read a physical copy.

#ALXFE @alx_africa

[Julien Barbier 🙃❤️��‍☠️ @jbarbier]

10 Years of Holberton

A decade ago, we launched @holbertonschool with a crazy idea: What if we could train world-class software engineers, without teachers, without lectures, and without upfront tuition?

We believed education was broken. Too expensive, too theoretical, too out of touch. So I left @Docker, and we built something radically different:
- Project-based.
- Peer-driven.
- Modeled after how engineers actually work.

And it worked.

We started in San Francisco with one small cohort and a big dream. Soon, we were training students who had never written a line of code, and watching them get hired at Apple, Tesla, Google, and beyond.

This was never a school for the privileged. It was built for the misfits, the underdogs, the ones no one expected to become engineers… until they did.

Then it grew. We expanded to Latin America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. From Bogotá to Beirut, Tunis to Toulouse. From one crazy dream to a global impact.

Thousands of students trained. Many lives changed. Many ceilings shattered.

Along the way, we were backed by believers: Jeff Weiner, Jerry Yang, @solomonstre , @NeYoCompound, @priyankachopra, and so many others who saw what this could be.

We were also blessed with incredible investors and advisors who not only supported our vision, but stood by us through the hard times, through COVID, through the crazy battle with California’s BPPE, and through every challenge that comes with trying to disrupt an old system. We couldn’t have done it without them.

In 2022, Holberton evolved. The brand and franchise were acquired in France by our former COO, @42Krp, who has done an incredible job expanding the Holberton School Network into even more countries.

@cyrjulien, another key early team member, now leads Holberton franchises. Under his leadership, France has become the country with the most Holberton Schools in the world with 12 campuses!

Meanwhile, the platform and technology were acquired by @alx_africa , and this is where something magical happened. @FredSwaniker gave me the opportunity to continue with my vision, but much bigger and much faster than I ever thought possible. With the support of the @MastercardFdn, we went from “no upfront tuition” to completely free. Education became not just accessible, but radically inclusive. And we scaled like never before in Africa.

Today, inside ALX, the Holberton’s engine powers one of the most ambitious software engineering programs in the world and since we joined forces, we served 1.29 million learners with programs constantly evolving, continuously updated, always learner-first.

We don’t sit still. We keep shipping. We update our curriculum relentlessly, because the industry moves fast, and our students deserve to move faster.

Almost every single week, I receive private messages from students who have found jobs - most of the time, their first job - and they want to say thank you. They tell me how #ALX_SE changed their life. How they now support their families. How they finally feel like they belong. This is what keeps me going. I may just have the best job in the world.

And the ripple effect keeps growing.

My wife, @Sophie_RB42 (my “co-founder in the shadow” who ran Holberton ops from the trenches) is now building https://t.co/QFxEfEv6U0 with @_MariemEhab, an #ALX_SE grad, to support the global community of job-seekers, helping them get prepared for interviews, fast-tracking their journey to a job.

So many alumni are stepping up in powerful ways. @nuux_tv, @DohouDaniel10 and others are mentoring and building new learning communities. @YoussefCharifH2 and @AbduuHany launched https://t.co/c6N1W2UxkD to help students find remote jobs globally. Hundreds of alumni are giving back one way or another.

This is what legacy looks like.

It almost sounds like we have made it. Don't be so sure. 10 years later, the world has changed dramatically. “AI is coming for your job!”. We hear it all the time. And it’s true, to an extent (Though today, it’s more like: someone who is using AI is coming for your job.) AI is rewriting the rules. Everything is shifting. We all have to adapt and learn to work with AI.

So here we are again, 10 years later. Once more, we need to rethink education. For everyone. And that’s exactly what we’re doing at ALX. I know Florian, and the network of incredible Holberton partners are also working actively on this.

The next 10 years are going to be wild. We’re building the foundation for another new kind of world, that needs a new kind of education that embraces the Future. We need something radically different:
- Project-based.
- Peer-driven - with some peers being AI-powered.
- Modeled after how engineers actually work.

Sounds familiar? Let’s do it again.

[And now… time for pictures!] 👇🧵

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

I caught myself mid-sentence typing out a smiling emoji … like : - ) and I just have realized, we have come from far. Typing on 2Go the emojis to communicate in chat rooms. Millennials are literally the pioneers of social media apps.

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

@eleliayub @Ken_Mwaura1 you can help

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

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[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

Building my tech skills have become so much easier for me these days after developing an open-mindset that failure is not a setback but a learning opportunity. #ALXSE @alx_africa

[Mark A100 @gatere_mark]

Software Engineering Internship opportunity at @Microsoft Kenya 🥳

📆 Start date: June 2025
🕑 Duration: 3 Months, Full-time
📍 Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Learn More and Apply: https://t.co/w6XKyyEoRv

#internship
#IkoKaziKE

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

Having a growth mindset has taught me to persevere in times of rejection. I failed 1 coding interview yesterday and received rejections on two job applications. Today, I’m psyched up learning how to pass coding interviews.

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

@kareynjeri1 @MicrosoftADC Some rejections actually sting more than a heartbreak… people say it gets better, but I disagree. I’m praying you get an acceptance soon.

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

@kril_2 Use Documentation to learn and practice what you do.

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

In W9 of PF we looked at various tech tracks that one can choose from. It was refreshing to learn more on the career path of SE, Data Science and AWS professionals. @alx_africa did great introducing PF cause now one learns with a clear path to follow. #LifeatALX

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

One key thing that stood out for me in W2 of Professional foundations at @alx_africa is the power of creating small habits. Small habits eventually create better behavior #ALXPF #LifeatALX

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

Update: they all did exceptionally well. Concept well understood 👏🏾. Time to gauge their knowledge and skills in Machine learning with another project.

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

I gave my students an assignment that deals with cleaning & preprocessing of data, EDA and loading it to MySQL and retrieving specific info using SQL Queries. I’m currently grading it and so far I’m loving their work despite the assignment being tricky.

[Cherop @LearnWithSharry]

The assignment required them to apply all we learned. This shows that they are understanding the concepts, which makes me so proud.

#DataScience #MachineLearning #Python

[Kelvin N @NdemoKelvin]

As a growing developer, you sometimes have to take a step back from events and work on your skills, From my observations its very easy for people to be lost in the hype of new framework and languages and forget to perfect that one thing they are good at

[The codewali @the_codewala]

😂💯