Electrical Engineering: Aspirants and Practitioners

Ohhh, sorry eh, am like still introducing myself, and I'm loving each day of it.
Instead of sitting in a lecture room, I actually got hands on experience, I just loveeeee it.

"Baby" Engineer yo ba epkon ori e
The only person I go curtsy to is Ajalekoko He seems well expertised in his area.

Why you dey fear to write your CV?

rotflmao, you go me rolling, LOL. You dey crase.
We be the same age, you this man

Have I worked? Well, when I was still on the pre-health track, I did some internship at my school's hospital.
Now that I've come to my senses and thought about what I really wanna do (eng), I don't have any work experience yet.
But I'm applying next coming summer sha.

You know, I realized that I wasted more than half of my school on the wrong field. But now that I thought about it, its better that I changed quickly rather than to hate my job sha.

For your CV, why don't you talk about your skills and experience, honors and awards volunteer services, organizations you've joined, courses you took. . . . HOW EXACTLY ARE YOU DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE?

rotflmao. actually no. 
I just realize what I want, not doing what I was expected to do.
But nice observation

not trying to wake the dead argument, but for clarity sake, anybody can discover/invent. the main role of engineers is to  is to analyse the subject matter using advance mathematics and natural sciences. that is why the non university trainned engineers still finds their way in the engineering firms. consider a bricklayer who is only skilled, but no formal education. if given the resources (money, materials) he could go on building a skyscaper. but can you live in such a house?

hi
please every1 give me your opinion i am studying elect/elect engineering in england and am considering serving in the nigerian police force when i finish from here but i dont know if i should do that or i should just look for work over here please give me your opinions.

thank you

  well, my greatest advice to you is that if you really wants to practice your eng. stay put where you are. most of the eng jobs down here are maintenance/management jobs. there are very few eng jobs available. if you are interested in nig police, you can come home and be considered into the officers cader, but dont really expect to practice your proffession. the military(NDA) is even a  better option for you if you are interested in joining a force.

chiaman! only u?

do you have a person computer?wot can you do with it? if you're comfy wiv it u can pick up CAD


@all
how do u go about choosing schools for an M.Sc? i dont want to go and choose a wrong school o! does anyone hv any ideas on how to judge them?

Does anyone know of any places in niger state where one can get industrial training(IT)

Its cuz of a personal problem. Besides I school there. Would have loved abuja or some other place but accomodation will be a problem. As regards what I want to do, I dont think i have the luxury of choosing now, anything that looks good is good enough

meeennnn corpers just left camp o, so a place might be hard r u in FUT minna? where do you stay? shiroro dam wouldn't be a problem if you stayed nearby but if you dont then it cant happen cos they dont give IT ppl accomodation

if you can settle the accomodation wahala then there shldnt be a problem, cos thats the MAJOR wahala involved in the whole thing. . .guy am fine o, i dey bail go abuja today this niger state don tire me. . .when does the I.T. start sef?

I am an Electrical Engineer but have spent most of my time offshore in the driling Industry, can anyone recommend a good CAD training school in Port Harcourt? Also who are the most reliable Project management Training Institute in the country? Please attach email addresses and phone numbers if possible. Your help much appreciated.

next year? ok. . .that means we have some time to find a proper place, do you have a place where you can stay? if you have relatives in any of the cities then we can start looking for a place in them cities. it'd also help if you could specify a field that way it'd be less likely that you'd end up getting stuck in a dead end place(it'll kill your morale) why dont you think about what you want to learn more about? i could help you think it through then we'll find the best (and highest paying) place!

yep i think i'll go for the masters o, but this place is killing my morale, i can barely read for GRE(its like SAT but for masters students). . .

i know exactly how you feel cos the same thing happened to me, it usually gets better when you discover which field you have a passion for(at least thats what happened in my case) thats part of the reason why i was harping on picking something you're interested in because thats what you'll eventually excel at given experience and opportunity.

GRE is just basic arithmetic but the reasoning is different from how we're taught thats why most naija ppl need to prepare for example: X² is what? most naija ppl will say 2right? but the answer can either be +2 or -2 you need to retrain yourself to be more open in choosing answers and the english is something else sef. . .(most naija ppl dont read enough and that adds wahala).

i'm leaning towards the M.sc now o but i could swing either way, i'm afraid the only place in naija where they do what i want to do is PHCN so it means i might be forced to work there (i'm still making up my mind o) meennnnn life after school isnt easy o(just imagine if i work in PHCN it'll mean i have to say bye bye to my range rover at 40 and g-class at 50 plans) i have to choose between job satisfaction and money cos i could just as easily go into IT or oil and gas and make serious money.

Doing an M.sc would mean giving naija and PHCN more time to make the power sector more attractive for young turks like me cos as at now it is only God that can make me settle for what they'll pay me in PHCN if i join(its somewhere around 50-60k per month). i have some my ear to the ground wrt the IPP's but they wont do much power system planning(thats what i want to do)so i wont work there for long even if i join one of them.

netotse, stop dreaming.
If you like power, for now, you get to go abroad, do Msc, and try to build a career outside Naija. Forget PHCN for now.
Before the deregulation of telecoms here, most of the EE grads wanting to pursue a career in telecoms were basically frustrated, taking up fringe jobs in Siemens, Philips, Adebowale, or some other funny firms like that.
Not until the entry of GSM did the game change for everybody, and people could actually pursue a career here. If GSM did not arrive when it did, I would have left Naija longest time ago!

Call it whatever you want, as far as AjanleKoko is concerned, 'government' (and yes, there is a 'government', separate entirely from the people, forget what political theorists tell you!) is responsible for every single one of the problems in Nigeria. Even the latest ones in banking.

@netotse
Doing the masters abroad will atleast create a platform for you to build your career there and you'll surely achieve your 40th and 50th year goals.lol.