OkunrinMeta:


What are you saying?

he is saying there are people that earn that amount in Nigeria. do you have any objection to that?

My best advice is for you to go to dubai.... Leave d law skool for now.. Try ND save plenty wen u get there.. If u re honest, dilligent ND committed in ur job there, u might get promoted.. Youve heard about dat Nigerian guy dat was awarded by his boss in dubai? I didnt read d full story though..

80% of my friends dat went to law skool are as broke as nothing...no job, no connections.... It got so bad dat one of dem applied as an office assistant in one telco, where hes to earn 30k per month..

Goddys:
Please I need an advice of experienced peeps here.
A friend of mine working in Dubai wants to link me up with a factory job of 400k salary, and also I am due to partake in one year vocational training in Nigeria Law school that would enable me to practice as a lawyer in Nigeria.
Now I'm left in the dilemma of accepting his offer to link me up with the job or proceed to Nigeria Law School to qualify as a lawyer in Nigeria

Please what do I do?

U sud be certain of exactly what u'll be doing in dubai..and how trusted is your friend, the job, the pay, cost of living in dubai..? put all these into consideration then decide if it worths it...

It's all about opportunity cost, decision making, taking responsibility for your decisions and learning from your mistakes

Goddys:
I have learnt from all of your contributions... I think I will continue in my career path. Nothing can be so dignifying than being a lawyer.
With time and by God's grace, I will reap the benefits of the calling.

Gbam. My lawyer who is about 31 years old now is a millionaire in Nigeria. How he did it, I don't really know. You can hit on a deal immediately after law school.

Pamelayoung:
How can a learned lawyer stoop so low to becoming a factory worker pls go to law school.

Read the post again, slowly this time, Hint: He is not a learned Lawyer yet.

sommerised:
Go to law school, but pls link me with the factory job. Don't worry I will pay my tithe. My number is 080xxxxxxxx

Baddoo sneh.

I be man of God, pay you first fruit to me when the job click.

ahmg001:
if Dubai is dt bad,y u neva com bk to naija

I have read this tread and you have spoken... this is an advice directly from someone who lives in Dubai. Take your law training and the sky is your limit, take the factory work and the roof of the factory is yours. The implication of your decision will be felt in 10 years.

When you get yourself educated, doors will open when you least expect it. You can take up a factory work anytime in any country but you cannot take up your law proffession so easily. Know what, you might not practice law at the end of the day but your experience and knowledge will be with you for a life time.

My dear friend studied law in Nigeria, went to law schools in Nigeria and studied law in the UK as well. Will all those qualification he did not practice law, he works a ITIL practitioner ( information technology library). All companies value his law skills because he writes like a lawyer, even his boss calls him to review emails before he sends them out.

Now he earns 500 pounds a day, yes 9000 pounds a month. so the decision is yours.

Goddys:
Please I need an advice of experienced peeps here.
A friend of mine working in Dubai wants to link me up with a factory job of 400k salary, and also I am due to partake in one year vocational training in Nigeria Law school that would enable me to practice as a lawyer in Nigeria.
Now I'm left in the dilemma of accepting his offer to link me up with the job or proceed to Nigeria Law School to qualify as a lawyer in Nigeria

Please what do I do?

I doubt if you really studied law. How can you not complete ur law school so that u can become a full lawyer. Are u so desperate that u wanna go for a slave job instead of pursuing ur career?

Speeddial:
It seems you are not a Nigerian, or maybe you don't live in this country. PhD holders have at a time put in application for a driver position in dangote group of company, and now you are very optimistic that going to law school is best preferred to factory worker who will be earning 400k for a start?

Such Phd holders don't merit the certificate. Even if it means lecturing part-time in tutorial centers, ICAN lecture centers, Distance Learning Schools like DLI (UNILAG) etc., or marking exam scripts he won't go hungry. And that would have been more dignifying than applying for a driving job.

Goddys:
Please I need an advice of experienced peeps here.
A friend of mine working in Dubai wants to link me up with a factory job of 400k salary, and also I am due to partake in one year vocational training in Nigeria Law school that would enable me to practice as a lawyer in Nigeria.
Now I'm left in the dilemma of accepting his offer to link me up with the job or proceed to Nigeria Law School to qualify as a lawyer in Nigeria

Please what do I do?

Only If you live in Lagos and work in Dubai, Op so you think, 580k is a lot in
Dubai

Nice one bro, if you know all this, why did you come here to seek for advice?

Goddys:
One's philosophy determines one's attitude towards life. To some, their sole purpose of existence is to acquire as much material wealth as possible; To others, it is to traverse the four winds of the universe to acquire knowledge of life while to others, it is to live moderately taking life one at a step and being contented with whatever comes one's way.
I have come to understand that I can't trade knowledge for money neither can I trade intrinsic qualities I possess for a thousands of naira which I know may still come my way.
Our existence in the society is not solely based on what we acquire for ourselves. Sometimes, we need to consider other factors. Education enlightens one's mind to see that life is too ephemeral to engage in mundane things while at the same time, admonishes one to utilize and maximize all individual's potentials in him.

op, has this friend of yours tell you what percentage of the said amount will be given away in terms of taxes & other necessary stuff like BILLS, I think only oxygen is really free in those countries as in no tax 4 it

Pain is a teacher. Once u go thru pains to become a qualified lawyer u stand a chance of making so much money in the nearest future. One single job can make u go places . Follow ur heart

donestk:
How much do you earn

i can't tell you,make u non cry for me.

Bros my number na 070xxxxxxxxxx... beg go d law school in Jesus name.. even if na 200k self I go do,i wan stoop so low and lower self.. 4 dis recession

sommerised:
Go to law school, but pls link me with the factory job. Don't worry I will pay my tithe. My number is 080xxxxxxx

Goddys:
I have learnt from all of your contributions... I think I will continue in my career path. Nothing can be so dignifying than being a lawyer.
With time and by God's grace, I will reap the benefits of the calling.

You made the best decision... Now that you have made up your mind.. Can you help others with details of the job in dubai? You can bless a nairalander with the link..

in years to come,don't b surprised DAt "Goodys" would become a recognised attorney in Nigeria which will eventually turn him into a billionaire,nd I'm sure he will remember whom advice he took lately which is dat of ''craven".....so I would conclude dat life is all about planning,take d risk nd don't bother wat it will yield since u believe u are doing d right tin......

Craven:
Speeddial, you're offering really bad advice.

A $1200 job in Nigeria is not the same as a $1200 job in Dubai. Sure, people earn at least N500,000 monthly here in Nigeria, and with the exchange rate, it is almost the same thing $1200. This same people are complaining about the cost of living in Nigeria becoming expensive.

Now Dubai is not Nigeria. It is a richer economy with better infrastructure. You know why? Because they have a working government. And you know what makes a government work? Sufficient revenue. Now you know some of the sources of that revenue? Tax. You will be taxed at every corner. You will have to handle all sorts of bills to live comfortably; lighting, rent, water, heating, insurance. You will handle your own transport and feeding. All this and more on $1200 and you still want to become a millioniare.

Even Americans who earn $40,000 (N16,000,000) per year complain about piling bills and debts. And it is $1200 that'll turn you to a millionaire overnight abi?

Debbys, there's hardly any career prospect for a factory worker. There's more in becoming a lawyer. It's best to think of your future and tailor your decision around it. The question you should be asking yourself is this; "Where do I want to be in years to come?" When you figure that out, you should be able to make the right choice.

no tax I'm Dubai

Goddys:
I have learnt from all of your contributions... I think I will continue in my career path. Nothing can be so dignifying than being a lawyer.
With time and by God's grace, I will reap the benefits of the calling.

guy go to dubai do the job for two months and see how it goes.if it favours you,then u can stay. If it does not favour you,then u take the next available flight back to nigeria and continue your law school. The reason why u want to be a lawyer is fitst to make money and take care of yourself and secondly for name and prestige.

Why not work as a factory worker for like a year or so and try to save atleast 500dollars per month , convert it to naira ans send to your naija bank account at home , with current dollar rate you can be sending about 200k to your naija bank acount. Do that for like 1year , It should be tangible enough to start cool business in Nigeria.

Forget all them white collar jobs for naija, most businessmen who knows their onions earn s far more than those sitting under AC suffering themselves.

And if your destiny lies in the dUBAI ish, another opportunity might have sprung up in that city.

Just imagine your opinion, what's the big deal about brrn a lawyer, go to Yankee or other western countries and see how many phd holder's work as janitor so as to make ends meet...


quote author=Pamelayoung post=49849165]How can a learned lawyer stoop so low to becoming a factory worker pls go to law school. [/quote]

mengho:
op, has this friend of yours tell you what percentage of the said amount will be given away in terms of taxes & other necessary stuff like BILLS, I think only oxygen is really free in those countries as in no tax 4 it

I understand that Dubai (or UAE) doesn't levy income taxes.

goldedprince:
Why do Nigerians think life starts and end with school.

Schooling is not an end in itself but means to various ends. Schooling will help you to overcome ignorance, poverty and diseases.

If education is expensive, try ignorance.

Get your qualifications bro. 400k is not even a lot of money. Less than £1,000. That is a pathetic reason to forgo law school.

Goddys:
I have learnt from all of your contributions... I think I will continue in my career path. Nothing can be so dignifying than being a lawyer.
With time and by God's grace, I will reap the benefits of the calling.

Now you are back to your senses ....

Oga.....d truth is...u re d only one dah knw d situation u re in........Buh remember dah ur present determines ur future.....

Goddys:
Please I need an advice of experienced peeps here.
A friend of mine working in Dubai wants to link me up with a factory job of 400k salary, and also I am due to partake in one year vocational training in Nigeria Law school that would enable me to practice as a lawyer in Nigeria.
Now I'm left in the dilemma of accepting his offer to link me up with the job or proceed to Nigeria Law School to qualify as a lawyer in Nigeria

Please what do I do?

Don't fall for Dubai slavery
It's a smarter move to complete ur legal education first

AnonyNymous:

You don't get it. . . if he was making that $1200 and living in Nigeria then no problem. . . but in a high standard society like Dubai, its almost nothing. . . after settling bills upon bills and taxes upon taxes, before he'll find money to tale care of himself, he probably won't be living half as well as he would be if he were a qualified Nigerian lawyer

pls what bills n taxes will he be paying... Is he going there to work n save money or work n live like a pregnant woman ( anything wey pass go enter mouth)... Work hard n send ur money to ur mama... Sacrifice a year... If all goes as planned .. He'll be 400k x 12 richer... N he can still be the lawyer he wanna be....

dantori:




Bro let me make testimony with your name you may decide to forego the job in case you do pls am a mechanical engineering graduate since 4yrs I need job BADLY. THANKS IN ADVANCE

Mechanical engineering graduates should be able to teach Mathematics and Physics. Many private secondary schools are looking for good teachers in sciences and mathematics. Extramural classes are there, you should reach out rather than showing interest in factory work.

kayjasper:


My brother, your perspective is a bit flawed and shallow.

You are comparing 400k in Dubai to Nigerian 400k?

They are not the same... The living standards out there and here are far more different.

Have you even been outside of Nigeria before?
You think the amount of money you hear people make is the same value to the Nigerian equivalent?


Even in Nigeria, You can't compare living with 4000 naira in Zamfara with the same 4000 naira in Lagos!!

Think of the future not the immediate.

Dumping his Law certificate for just a moment of 400k salary as an unskilled labor will be the most foolish thing anyone will do.

Think ahead... Don't think of the Immediate!!!

Purchasing power is basically different since the price of goods and services aren't the same

A 400k job in naij at the moment is effectively 200k or worse with the resent devaluation but it's still better than suffering in a foreign country