shindarayo:
this is so true. My elder bro is an example.rem back den we he graduated as an accountant, he was offered a job as an auditor in an acciunting firm, his pay was less dan 20k, and considering d distance btw our haus and d workplace he didn't want to accept, buh tanks to an intelligent and literate mother she encourage him to tk it afta cing wat he stands to achieve with the experience he will gain.she helps by gvn himm tfare everyday yl he uses d salary forhis own personal needs.four years down d lane now, he works in a better place now and earns over 150k per month.so op HELL NO, I wld neva work as a cleaner no matter d pay, ill rather learna trade dan do dt

FriedPlantain:
You laugh that I'd rather earn 30k as a graduate in a small company than 100k in an oil company working as a cleaner?

This is where young graduates get it wrong, everything isn't just about money, money, money. Do you agree with me that a young graduate with over 5 solid years experience in a small audit firm earning 30k has a better chance of earning 300k soon enough with his wealth of experience compared to his graduate counterpart that works as a cleaner in an oil company and has vast years of experience mopping floors and mixing detergents? He also has a higher career prospect as well.


Friedplantain

juicee1:
You have a great point which can only move the less enlightened.

Let's put it this way: he earns 80k mopping floors while you earn 30k seated in an airconditioned office typing on a desktop computer.

Assuming the amount the both of you spend on transportation and feeding for every month is 20k each, he will have 60k left for savings while yours will be 10k.

60k x 12months= N720,000

10k x 12months= N120,000

What can you investments 120k in? I don't know for now. Probably something that produces little, not even up to the 30k you earn from being an auditor. I stand to be corrected.

As for his 720K, if he's not a spendthrift, he can invest in transport biz. Placing a danfo bus on the road in lagos can fetch him 80K per month asides the 60K he earns from mopping floors.

80K + 60K= N140,000

140K x 12months= N1,680,000


While he's saving N1,680,000 after 2yrs, you will only have N240K after 2yrs of your comfortable audit job.


In the 3rd year, if he's extra smart, he can add another bus to increase his margin of profit. He can continue the trend in the 4th and 5th year.


By the 5th year, he would have become an employer of labour with 4 danfo buses, each fetching an income of 80K per month asides his cleaner job of 80K per month. Don't forget about the amount he would have saved during those periods.

As for you, your sure believe of nabbing a job worth 300K might get dashed when reality hits you in the face. Even if you finally land the job, you are still going to remain a "yes sir" kind of person cos you've programmed yourself to work for others instead of employing people. Your mentality of comfort at work is one of the reasons why many youths are unemployed or not doing well in employment.


Sometimes, we are suppose to get muddy and dirty before we look shinny. Remember that diamonds are found in the rough.

nebukadnezzari:




This is what sitting in a class room can do to ones mentality...those teachers and lecturers have crushed your spirit man, turned you into what kanye calls NEW SLAVES. money is the ultimate, your kids won't ask you what experience you have when they are starving.

hope4nigeria:
abeg leaf that thing, that doesnt work in nigeria anymore if you ask me, . you must be confortable in ur Job or your parent are still feeding you thats why! i once had such orientation untill a friend got offered as a driver in
United Nation Abuja, we laughed at him until we discovered this guy take home basic salary is 150k, with free medical insurance, he has been to many other country, free acomodation in ASOKORO. he has bult 3 houses in different location where he's collecting rent, you r there talking of career, na you wan invent l human live?

MuhdG:


Lol. I laugh in klingon

Esji80:
YES I can...As a graduate I am now earning 6k teaching in a Sec Sch

LaurelP:
did u say 6k? or u meant 16k

MuhdG:


Lol. I laugh in klingon

LaurelP:
just for fun. As A graduate, if u are offered a job as a cleaner for a pay of say 50 to 80k, would you accept it? Maybe in an oil company or multinational?

ajasa4link:

But the wise man earning big as a cleaner will just save enough to start his own cleaning company and become an employer of labour ,while the one working in an audit firm looking for his 300k job will remain an employee developing other people's business for them.

juicee1:
You have a great point which can only move the less enlightened.

Let's put it this way: he earns 80k mopping floors while you earn 30k seated in an airconditioned office typing on a desktop computer.

Assuming the amount the both of you spend on transportation and feeding for every month is 20k each, he will have 60k left for savings while yours will be 10k.

60k x 12months= N720,000

10k x 12months= N120,000

What can you investments 120k in? I don't know for now. Probably something that produces little, not even up to the 30k you earn from being an auditor. I stand to be corrected.

As for his 720K, if he's not a spendthrift, he can invest in transport biz. Placing a danfo bus on the road in lagos can fetch him 80K per month asides the 60K he earns from mopping floors.

80K + 60K= N140,000

140K x 12months= N1,680,000


While he's saving N1,680,000 after 2yrs, you will only have N240K after 2yrs of your comfortable audit job.


In the 3rd year, if he's extra smart, he can add another bus to increase his margin of profit. He can continue the trend in the 4th and 5th year.


By the 5th year, he would have become an employer of labour with 4 danfo buses, each fetching an income of 80K per month asides his cleaner job of 80K per month. Don't forget about the amount he would have saved during those periods.

As for you, your sure believe of nabbing a job worth 300K might get dashed when reality hits you in the face. Even if you finally land the job, you are still going to remain a "yes sir" kind of person cos you've programmed yourself to work for others instead of employing people. Your mentality of comfort at work is one of the reasons why many youths are unemployed or not doing well in employment.


Sometimes, we are suppose to get muddy and dirty before we look shinny. Remember that diamonds are found in the rough.

LaurelP:
just for fun. As A graduate, if u are offered a job as a cleaner for a pay of say 50 to 80k, would you accept it? Maybe in an oil company or multinational?

sonofananimal1:
HAVE YOU EVER ASK YOUR FATHER WHICH WORK HE DEY DO WERE HE TAKE DEY PAY YOUR SCHOOL FEEL, GIVE YOU CHOP MONEY,

I GUESS NOT... SO STOP SAYING RUBBISH.

EVEN JESUS FATHER WAS A CARPENTER......


THIS GENERATION OF FALSE LIFE. KEEP DECEIVING YOURSELF