Hi People,
Well, I've always wanted to be a lecturer. Not just anywhere, but here in Nigeria, in a Nigerian University. I have always felt that was my calling, and that is the career path I chose. Okay, now I graduated, two years ago, and I've finished my service year and I realise that i NEED money and I realise that a career in Nigerian Universities is not easy to get into. I've been getting promising job offers from left , right , and center ( I'm a Pharmacist and luckily it's relatively easy to get a job in Nigeria) and I've been turning them down because I wanted a Master's degree etc to start my career but i only recently began to wonder if i'm being stupid. I mean, Shouldnt i just get a job and start working and maybe try to get a master's degree around my job? Especially with the spate of unemployment in Nigeria. I'm beginning to think that focusing on a master's degree fulltime is stupid because universities in Nigeria would delay regardless of whether you choose full-time or part-time studies....so right now i'm beginning to think of ditching the idea of a 'career' and just get a job instead and make some cash....

Bludeville: Shouldnt i just get a job and start working and maybe try to get a master's degree around my job? Especially with the spate of unemployment in Nigeria. I'm beginning to think that focusing on a master's degree fulltime is stupid because universities in Nigeria would delay regardless of whether you choose full-time or part-time studies....so right now i'm beginning to think of ditching the idea of a 'career' and just get a job instead and make some cash....

So what else do you want to hear from us,you have a problem with a solution to it.
Go make some money

Besides you are a lady,you dont have a problem you can decide to go for a degree,if you get the admission soon.
All you have to do is marry right since you are a lady,if you were a guy it would have been a different story.

Hey poster, it is very good idea for you to get job and work experience. It will not only give you the professional exposure in your field but also make you get full grasp of most of the things you have learnt in your undergraduate. This I think would put you at advantage when you eventually go for your masters and a better lecturer in the future as you will be delivering both from theoretical and experience wise. You can not ask for more when you have achieved this status.