Busy_body:

Do you have them to wait to hear the answer

I agree IT used to pay good, that even with basic helpdesk knowledge, one could earn in excess of £25,000k per annum, but all that na old story, their salaries has been slashed and I know plenty Engineers with PHD's working in Safeway and Mcdonalds jare, no come and use bobo for me jooo, times are hard now, people have to do 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet

platinumnk:

_{thanks for reminding me not to quit}

mike oscar:

No Buddy, I don't.

platinumnk:

Haba u want to meet more nigerians? some places looks like replicas of Lagos, people getting out their cars and flapping their attire. . . hilarious . .  most ppl run away from that though lol

platinumnk:

Yea i am highly impressed with Houstons Commuter system . . A lot of professionals ride the buses and it most of the ones I rode are neat and clean.  I  plan on moving there in a couple of years.

Busy_body:

Can you imagine, some Nigerians have it so bad here, they have to live in bus shelters and sleep on nightbuses from night to morning because they don't have a roof over their head When I hear stories like this and still see Naija's wanting to blow hundreds of thousands of Naira's to check out of Naija by all means, i just can't help shake my head

Thank God Eastern European's economy picked up and some of them went back home, cos they had already taking virtually all the jobs the illegals used to do to survive - Murtala Mohammed Airport would have been welcoming at least 500 planes from UK to Naija filled with returnees who couldn't hack it

~Sauron~:

Ma balls are intact. . . .Go get Akola.

The IT world is still paying mad money to qualified applicants.
Engineers with PHD's working in Safeway need orientation and please don't tell me about engineers who bagged their PHDs and never bothered to upgrade themselves. I am talking about dynamic engineers whose skills are STILL RELEVANT.

Busy_body:


You berra hold you job wella and don't quit before you find yourself exchanging your cosy home for leaving on one of those 45 footer buses you mentioned


Can you imagine, some Nigerians have it so bad here, they have to live in bus shelters and sleep on nightbuses from night to morning because they don't have a roof over their head When I hear stories like this and still see Naija's wanting to blow hundreds of thousands of Naira's to check out of Naija by all means, i just can't help shake my head


Thank God Eastern European's economy picked up and some of them went back home, cos they had already taking virtually all the jobs the illegals used to do to survive - Murtala Mohammed Airport would have been welcoming at least 500 planes from UK to Naija filled with returnees who couldn't hack it

Everytime I want to quit Im reminded of how hard it is to find a good job,  my friend just graduated and Im ashamed to say that she works in a shoe store  

Spader9:

Haha, alright. . .


Yea. I've never been to Nigeria. . .

That's why I like them. . . That's good. . .

Busy_body:

Dunno why "them" is getting changed to "them" Who owns "them" as if the "thems" are useful for anything

Which field in IT is that, alagbari

And talking of upgrading, you want them to be like those in Canada who ugrade themselves for ten years only to be told "they don't have the Canadian experience" Oh well at least those in the UK knows employees dare not take that blatant racist approach to them, but what good is it to them wasting further money they could put to better use only to be told "we will keep your record in our files i.e. don't call us, we'll call you

Abeg get your head outta cloud cuckoo land and go siddon boo By the time you finish upgrading to the standard that can satisfy them, all your hair and teeth go don commot

Busy_body:

By the time you finish upgrading to the standard that can satisfy them, all your hair and teeth go don commot

platinumnk:

[sub]Oh!   Well u should enjoy the DairyAshford, go to one of the movie place where they sell 9ja movies and take their contact info and u should meet with plenty of other nigerians.  
Yah the bus ppl drivers are nice too.  

jay bee:

Haba busybody,
have u forgotten abt inner london allowance added to salaries? even normal regular admin staff earn abt 24k per annum.
most naija professionals that i know earn way over your quoted figure.

And don't you think u will av to lie your heart out to get yur quoted figure if one was to go on benefit?
How r you going to be able to get a mortgage and all other necessities that's needed via credit?

Moonstone:

It depends. . . not every Nigerian is enjoying living abroad. I personally prefer to study there and come back here.
It's a freaking debt cycle with the use of so many facilities to indulge yourself in and then spend the rest of your life paying for it. Nigerians that are abroad in this economic depression are not exactly having the fun of their lives.
Most of them can't get jobs even with a Masters' degree because citizens of the countries were running to, don't have jobs. It's a matter of personality. If you have a 4-bedroom house abroad with a comfy car and a comfy lifestyle to go with it, then fine! It's worth it.
But when you leave Nigeria as a Doctor to go and be washing plates abroad. I think there's a little problem with that.

Busy_body:

Even if you earn £30k per annum before tax, can you afford a mortgage on a decent 2 bedroom house without going to live in the outskirt? My people, lets be real once in a while    

Busy_body:


Why can't we be our brother's keeper and hit the nail on the head for once? Even those who enter the Country legally have to struggle for years to find their feet cos these jobs don't easily fall into their laps just like that, talkless of illegals? And apart from those who were norn here or those who came into the country at a very very young age, how many people who come here in their 20's and above, upgrade themselves and get what you call good jobs? What do you call good jobs by the way? The job that you do that barely leaves you £200 to save at the end of the month?

~Sauron~:

I don't advise any migrant to get any mortgage unless he/she has decided to spend the rest of his life in the UK.
I will rather sleep in a one bedroom while building MY OWN HOUSE in Naija than get a mortgage here.

kvolander:

@Busy_body

Is that you? If you are, appears we've met somewhere B4.
CONFIRM AO THAT I CAN SEND YOU MY NUMBER.

~Sauron~:

The only way to be sure of they are useful is TRYING them.

Several software companies.
Oil/Gas
Networking
Reh reh reh.

Even courses like Project Management and Test Management pay loads of £££
The thing is Naija peops are too reluctant/lazy to further their knowledge. "I am a PHD holder from UI and i don't have to read" is their psyche.
When you have the required qualification, there's no way any engineer can starve but do they have what it takes apart from the certificates they bagged centuries ago in Yabatech?

Siddon dere. . . . . .
In the next few months, i will come and pay  triple the amount your kid sister's bride price to show off.

Busy_body:

Do you know how many Robert Gordon "Oil and gas" graduates are now languishing behind the tills of Mcdonalds upon all the tens of thousands that they paid in tuition fees

Forget the reluctance to learn side, be honest we all know Nigerians and their pasion for collecting certificate, no Country in the world reads/studies as much as we do, fact

And as for my Sister, you don't needto slave and bring all your hard-earned savings because you wan pay bride-price, between you and I, i just wanna let you know we accept credit cards in any name too  

platinumnk:

what if u build a house at home and still get a mortgage?  Its better to have a house in both places.

Busy_body:


forget that side, do you have a loaded bank account? Are you from a Royal lineage, have you got blue blood? What is your current and future career prospect like? Can you keep me in designer goods with shopping trips all year round? If yes, submit ya CV asap for my scrutiny Meeting is meeting We are "meeting" here too now innit

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~Sauron~:

Many graduates read useless courses in the first place. . . . .I won't dispute the fact that many graduates are jobless as we speak.
The KEY is to go for disciplines that pay £££

@sauron

Guy, it's not by reading courses that results to lucrative jobs. I've seen graduates who read non-lucrative bound courses with lucrative jobs and otherwise.
Everything is God's favour.

kvolander:

We have a £4 million family house at Central London. Hope you know area I'm talking about; where the bigboys in the UK reside.    

chaircover:

Getting on to the property ladder at the right time is one of the best ways to secure a bright financial future if played well.

Regarding wages; none of the Naija IT boys & girls contactors in my establishment earn less than £350 a day and that is just for the testing jobs.