JOYFUL SACRIFICE
Tags: taskforce, codeofafrica, awesomitylab, storyrecap
Published: 2022-03-20 08:40:07

The wise man looked around one day and said `happiness comes within` and he became silent. That is a story I heard, but I can agree to that.
We do what we do just to make us feel happy and since we are all different, what we do to achieve it and how we express it differ.
Well, rest assured I'm not going to lecture you on that but I've a story to tell on how mine has been so far during my time at `task force 5.0`.
If you understand the **`5.0`** then you have the joy, but wait on as I tell you the whole story.
Just a recap, hold your ribs and desist from laughter. Oxygen lately is expensive to find.
![My story movie recap](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/z0wimah06v6mlpdrmmwb.gif)

One faithful evening off my usual routine, I decided to check out what others are talking about and then landed on a poster that welcomed developers to take a challenge for the next taskforce. I happily looked for the link with all the information and took on the challenge. I did the interviews and was given the offer.

Once there, everyone welcomed us for they knew our intention is to master the skills they have to offer, for they had laid down the timetable.

We introduced each other and I realized I was a grandfather to all which was pretty cool because, if we were to vote for the leader, democracy was not going to apply, as I would have become a dictator.
![smart move gif](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/9rzn3ptf4wyn6wf0ztbo.gif)

That was the recap to my story though. Sit tight as you grab a cup of coffee and read on.

As days went by, we learnt numerous set of skills we really needed to master the art of being good programmers but my happy part is also somewhere else.

Breakfast and lunch time have always been the best times during the day but guess what, there is even something better than that.
### **`The valentine code`**
The explanation can only be delivered by **Thirtsa** who I personally never expected to be so cool among the boys. Her presence is equivalent to finding the line with a missing comma that was crushing your code.

There is **Manzi**, the youngest in the room with lots of conspiracy theories in politics, sometimes we wonder why he ain’t a lawyer but we are happy is not as most of us would have fallen short at his hands in court and what is even better is when is in a conversation with **Ibrahim** aka the FIFA guy over things that are so strange to some, but they understand each other and **Janvier** comes in with his happy mood, all smiling just to interrupt the conversation with his geeky move while **Christopher** is preparing for the next joke that somehow makes everyone laugh to their knees.
![Laughing](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/7acilfwvvjchks84ovzd.gif)

You can’t imagine how I always enjoy those moments when **Samuel** aka the law-abiding argues with **Sam** aka the python guy and **Elvis** aka the react master pours in his ideas to confuse everyone just to create peace and **Maniple** has to support whoever is winning just so he can pull the legendary move.
![Eating popcorn](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/qndzxx734jncq9id6o24.gif)

Friday is the day we are always looking out for as it holds the most secrets to our happiness at task force and this time, food is off the table which is shocking right!
![shocking to hear](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/wcqtlnmdn22xxjr6pbz1.gif)

#### Presentations
Every Friday, we have to team up and create a presentation on things we did learn throughout the week and present it to the elite class, I mean the guys who already have knowledge on of timetable. It is worth giving them the title right!

And you will start asking yourself how this is the moment we all are always excited about, well that is just a cover story or an icing to the cake as the cake is what follows.

![friday party](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/fagzpht6zcuu5vxvki1m.gif)
Just like a french from England would say **Partee** is the real cake.
It is one of those moments when we get to interact with the elite, share a drink and hear their advice as they are more relaxed than other days.

For the task force team, it is just another icing level to the cake. Throughout the week, we plan for this day just to prove who is better in our usual games.

**Pingpong**
Our beloved pingpong, the only game that we all can’t resist from regardless and the best part is how the rules are never constant. Everyone has to bend the rules in their favor just to beat others and trust me, the competition is super tight.
The competition was short lived as we lost the ball and we had to find another source of dominance.

**Need for speed**
It is a four player racing competition where everyone has to connect on one of the machines with the game.
The thrive to dominance is what makes the game more interesting. No one is a winner here. When you try to dominate, the rest of the team goes against you and trust me you are on a loosing truck.
The interesting part here is the bending of rules, again!

Well rest assured, this is very much inevitable as the desire for dominance is at its peak.
The funniest part is when there are four other players awaiting to join, the first is also considered a looser which has never been anywhere else in the world of competitions.

When I look back and think of my initial idea of being a dictator in the group, I thank God I never did as I would have not lasted a minute with them.

If you followed well, then you will start asking yourself about my role in the whole story, well rest assured as it is so simple. `"I’m the one writing it for you to read"`.
> You rejoice in suffering when you love what you gain through suffering more than what you are giving up in suffering.

And you will ask for my sacrifice and I'll think about the response.

And now my mind has the giggly feeling after a recap on my joyful days with the team and can’t resist from laughing.