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Hello fellas! Happy Sunday. I didn't want to comment but for the sake of those who may fall for this, BEWARE!

If you are not ready to take time to learn an investment or biz mechanism and how they photosynthesize or metarmophose to become streams of income, then never ever put your money.

The seed of every food you have ever eating since you were born was not planted and harvested same day, was it?
A lot of us do not use logic when it comes to money issues, we forget that it was never easy for us earn that money.

What am I saying? I see a group of people here who are so eager to make money NOW! But they don't want to learn how what they tend to put their money works. I laugh.
How many years did it take you to finish your primary school and how many for secondary school and how many for tertiary institution?

I'm in the internet marketing niche not forex but the principle of money is universal.

Do you think that the owners of this websites where betting is done ever lose? Wether you win or lose, the website owner NEVER lose. Why? Because he has applied the principle of money and that is--FIND A NEED AND FILL IT. What is the need? People want to BET. What is the Fill? He created a website where you can BET. He WINS for EVERY bet placed.

Stagger, if ignorance is bliz 'tis folly to be wise.

@Chamber2

Its a long story but will summarize as much as possible.

I applied for physics in one of the Federal Universities in Nigeria because I wanted a course that is very challenging and agrees with my make up. I know many physics graduates/undergraduates did not apply for physics, they were given physics, regrettably. No matter what circumstance, my opinion remains that it is a great and noble course to study. I did calculus, statistics, theoretical, quantum etc, Electrical and electronic engineering courses -Circuit theory, electromagnetic theory, Control theory, engineering mathematics, Digital Signal Processing etc, Philosophy, Law and Computer Programming, Physical, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Nuclear Physics just to mention a few. So you see, physics exposes you to a wide variety of information and most importantly the ability to THINK ON YOUR FEET, no straight answers to anything (remember questions like: a guy rides a bike in SouthEast direction, the wind is blowing against him in the Northwest direction, while negotiating a roundabout, he falls at a banking angle of 30 degrees, assuming 9.8m/s2 gravity, calculating his speed of falling if his uniform velocity was 15m/s, DO YOU FEEL ME) How do you solve questions like that, you start thinking of all the laws of mathematics, physics, motion, gravity, centrifugal force etc that you know in order to figure a way out.

So you see, physics trains you to think, dissect and analyze situations.

Thats how much I love physics.

Now, I was told that most times, physics grad ended up as teachers and lectures and sincerely I did not want to end up that way most importantly because I wanted to maximize my potentials and also make a lot of MONEY out of my career. We know that in this part of the world, most of what we are being taught is already obsolete before we can even think of what to do with it. I sincerely discovered in my first year in the university that IF I DONT DO SOMETHING, I am headed for a DEAD END. How did I deliver myself from this dilemma.

While in my first year, the school went on 6 months strike and as we were resuming, ASUU went on another 5 months strike.

My friends and I made up our minds that we were going to look for problems and find a solution. What prompted that was the rigor of registration process every session in my school as at then. We began to ask questions, Cant there be a solution where from any part of the world, you can conveniently register online with the advent of the internet, and we have to have casualties all the time while thousands of students were queueing to do their sessional registration?

What was the solution? Computer programming

We designed a top down flowchart of how we were going to do it. We from physics were to come up with a biometric identification system such that students will need to register their finger prints for payment authentication, then computer science friends were to come up with the web application.

That was what led me into compiler construction, Q basic, Visual Basic, C language, C++, C# and Java. You know computer interfacing was a purely hardware programming stuff. I learn fortran, cobol, assembly language, studied A LOT about Integrated Circuits and How to program chips. It was a very interesting though difficult experience because I didnt have anybody to ask who had done such before and had to figure everything out searching online and digging into books(aged) in our school library. If you see machine codes, you go fear. MFC in C++ was also very confusing when I was trying to develop a GUI using C or C++. I used Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 shortly before the .NET platform came out.

You can see why VISION is extremely important in whatever you want to do because without it, your passion will soon quench along the way.

Down the road, I HIT the ROCKS, I couldnt get an IC programmer that I can insert a IC Chip, run my program from the PC and reprogram the IC to do what I want it to do. You know the interfacing circuit must be able to read the finger prints, use Analog to Digital Converter to translate to machine codes, manage all the interrupts, addresses and the GUI must be able to reproduce the same image.

Thats how I hit the rocks o but seriously, our lives never remain the same.

Note that we READ like MAD MEN. Any computer programming/electronics book that can give us further clues, we spent lots of money to acquire them, even shipped in Microsoft.NET Visual Studio from the USA as soon as it came out. Any little holiday, We are back completely to what we loved doing. I remembered that for 4 years, I never went home for CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR celebrations. I could as well take myself out for a good lunch and get back to work.

We reasoned later that and asked, why dont we use an existing devise that can do what we planned to do. Remember whatever you think you want to do, most of the time, it already exists somewhere.

Thats was when I began to focus on C#/Java and server side programming/wired and wireless computer networking. Did I lose focus? Without defending myself, I will say NO, I only looked in a different direction. ONE QUESTION IS FUNDAMENTAL, HOW WILL I MAKE MY KNOWLEDGE RELEVANT AND MARKETABLE?

I was not fully involved in the finalized project coding because we had other friends on board who were very very smart and good and I dont want to list where they are working right now, doing what they love, CODING, but sincerely, at the end of our 3rd year in the school, the project was finalized and launched the same year. In addition, on several occasions where we met with the management of the school including the Vice Chancellor, we had to defend and explain how it worked to them and take their feedback for necessary adjustments.

To cut the story short, I was involved in the implementation and management of the application and alongside learnt wired, wireless plus fibre optic networking since I had to confront myself that, TRULY, programming was not my natural habitat.

Because of the exposure to hardware programming and interfacing, I became very good at diagnosis, repairs and maintenance of hardwares and eventually became a supplier of laptops, desktops, programming lecture to seniors, colleagues and juniors and later was into sales and installation of wireless routers when the school forayed into provision of wireless network connectivity to the public.

Eventually, I did my Industrial Attachment with the school, developed other programming applications with Visual Basic.Net etc and went into DATA MINING full time. Now that we had a huge database of information, what do we do with it? Hence my foray into Data Analytics/Business Intelligent/Information Systems. I also developed networking skills, contracting, sales, marketing, research etc skills. I had to fix PC for influential people in my school, I would have missed the opportunity to network with them if I didnt learn how to connect with people in higher positions of authority. I also made a few bucks from those relationships.

Summarily, by the time I finished school, I was too busy to think of what to do next with my life.

While doing my research, I discovered that technology implementation especially in Nigeria had moved into packaged software and rather than bottom up development (banks, telecoms etc). That was when I went into SAP and Oracle e Business suites because they are already perfected softwares that you can use to manipulate and analyse information to the extent that you know how to use them. My sound programming background help with ABAP and I had hands on experience already with MS SQL SERVER, ORACLE SQL, My SQL, ASP.NET, ADO.NET had a tough time understanding Java and JavaBEANS etc so I dumped it and became MICROSOFT/BILL GATES fan for life. TRUST MICROSOFT - EVERYTHING HAD BEEN AUTOMATED, Just Click and connect your database if you are not interested in writing codes (seriously, am very lazy and coding is not fun for me)

I discovered that there are billions of pages of information but who will make sense out of it? That is the niche where I live. Give me sufficient information, using all the tools that technology have, I will tell you in simple sentences what is the best decision to take, What that is called, I dont know , information systems, decision science, executive decision making, strategic analysis, whatever I am still looking for the numenclature that captures that,

I also need to mention here that the one and only hobby that I enjoy doing anytime anyday is READING and RESEARCH, I cant count how many years of my life I have spent on the internet inundating myself with information.

Many years down the line, that is the field I still am today, ANALYSIS, tell my firm what the figures and trends are saying and what is the way to go/STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING.

I want to make a lot of money from my talents and want to stay relevant, any industry I find myself, and thats what led me into writing professional exams in Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Project Management, Information System Management, Finance etc.

If I have opportunity to choose another course, I will go for Quantitative Finance/Physics/Information Systems/Actuarial Science because of the weight of calculations and reasoning that is involved and most importantly it is applicable e.g. Quantitative Finance is very integral to the worldwide financial industry, FX, Hedge funds etc

I love influencing the direction that things go and thats why I want to be a decision maker for individuals, presidents, UN, AU etc

I believe my long story will encourage somebody in their quest for greatness.

Identify your habitat, go all the way doing what you love, dont limit yourself by a limited imagination, Think beyond your environment, Look outside the box, Pursue your dream passionately,

I can assure you that if there is no vacancy for you today, life will create space for you if you stay glued to your dreams, dont stay on the bed, wake up and work out the dreams,

@Chamber2, I rest my case,




Man, You JUST INSPIRED THE SHIT OUT OF ME, Going back to the drawing board. I must make an impact in the oil and gas industry,

But is it too late to start all over again at 26?

I used to be good reader in my secondary school days but I lost the passion due to economic problems. I still read thoug but not like in my secondary school days.

When GEJ came into power, three new refineries were promised. Where are they?

Thousands of Nigerians wrote the NNPC aptitude test, NONE Were called after the interview stage. Infact, nobody is talking about that uptill now.

People are dieing every day in the North and he has kept a blind eye to that.

I have never seen any president as a weakling a president before. Do you know that in the history of the USA, it is a TABOO to have somebodylike GEJ as a president-- A weakling.

What about the three new refineries that were promised?

Stu.ipid MO.RUNS

Me dat way SBG, it is not luck. Success does not come dat way. It comes with adequate knowledge in your chosen field and action, ability to implement what you know.

It is very POSSIBLE. I only need 50k and will turn it into 100k in one month. What will I do with the money? I design website and sell them at www.flippa.com . So it is very POSSIBLE.

Yes, there is . I made money from clickbank in 2010 and the latest which I have just tested is website flipping. And I sold my site on the 30th of December.

Edit--> There are more ways to do this. I got talking to a friend and he told me that he just got a client to write 24 articles for $100.

Now ,the good news is that he is NOT using paypal to receive his money. There are more lies about paypal way of doing business than truth. Yet, thousands of Nigerians have been made to believe that you can't do business online without paypal. BIG LIE!

The problem is not Google, the rules still remains the same, but with an improved protocol.

Early this year, thousands of sites lost their ranking. Why? Google has changed her algorithm and methods for ranking sites. Even the almighty Ezinearticles, which used to be bride of Internet Marketers, did not exscape the Google slap. The panda,as it is called, did hit alot of sites and they lost their ranks in Google search.

No thanks to improper SEO and over stuffed keywords in content. While so many people may frown at this, I will say kudos to Google for taking the bull by the horn.

Don't blame Google because what they are doing is to the benefit of every one. We are all web surfers and we all search for information. Have you ever searched the web using Google and at the returned results, you saw something that looked like you have found the information you want but got disappointed after you clicked through. Google what you or I to always find what we search for.

OP thank you for bringing up this thread, but unfortunately, i can see that we do not have much oil and gas professionals here on NL. This tend to make it difficult to get the right answers when a question like this is asked.


But thank you for the response so far. I also have similar interest.

I am a petroleum engineering student and would be graduating next year. My problem is just like that of the op. How do I enter the industry, what certificate should I acquire after my HND programme next year.


What will be the best way to position myself in order to get a job. My major interest is Oil and Gas production. though I like drilling but not as much as oil production.

I should be please if given the right information that will direct me.

Writing an ebook is not hard. If you have your PC, just download open offic software . It is free at openoffice.org after that, type your content like you would when using MS word and the click on export at the top of your open office editor window.

It will immediately convert your content into a PDF file.

Viola! You have your ebook READY.

Omo see wahala ooo

the babe is asking for 25k, she says I can manage 25k

Man in the last couple of days my eyes don see something oooo

I no no say na so e go b ooo girls just they ask me for one thing or the other. And now I even have one wey say she wan do her hair, bad luck for me be say I DON BROKE, I FOR FIT DO THE BABE,

Guys wey get cash for hand no fu.c.k up ooo this na the season, but PLAY SAFE!

I found him. yes, I am talking off the main culprit hidding behing the names , Austine Azuibike or Desmond Akpuafor.

If you have been on the internet marketing scene and have been a reader of Success Digest Extra! between 2008-2009, you will know that this guy scammed people in thousands of Naira.

He once collected 34,000 naira fom people just to set up ordinary blog, wordpress blog. and this money was colloected fromover25 member s of his list for a service that was never delivered. He introduced the useless online survey which people are now splashing all over the web. Onlne survey is not for Nigerian and the method pf collecting the money made is not available to Nigerians

I am already talking to the scammer and I will need your co-orperation to fish his hide out and bring him to book.

Vicky2k, it is not that payoneer is not good. The problem is the funding model.

@Iluvokocha, I will contact u,

Dgunnerz:
Enjoy.
Glo rules!

Yeah, that is right. No wonder they say, RULE YOUR WORLD! The best part is that it is faster than MTN. I have never experienced a fast connection as I am currently doing. I WILL ADVICE PEOPLE TO SWITCH TO GLO AND RULE THEIR WORLD,

Dgunnerz:
i hope so

HURRAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! IT IS FINALLY WORKING! I registered the SIM card at Glo office yesterday and tried to connect this morning and BAM, IT IS WORKING.

I am using it to type this message. Thank you Dgunnerz.

Okay, I will do that today. I just hope that it solve my problem.

Okay, I will do that today. I just hope that it solve my problem.

I have done that before coming here. I created a profile and it does not work. I put the glo SIM in a Glo modem, and it still didn't work. I get a 613 error in both mtn and glo modem.

I didn't send ACTIVATE to 127 before subscribing and when I tried to do it afterwards, it says all day plan is not compartible with my current data plan

Dgunnerz:
2sexy,have you tried other networks?
If you haven't,is there Glo 3G service in your area?

No, I haven't tried other network. But the thing is that I get the Glo 3G plus Signal but It refuse to connect.

And I never sent ACTIVATE to 127 before subscribing plus the sim is not registered yet. Could this pose a problem.

I also put the sim in a Glo modem but it refuse to work and I get 613 error stuff as when I put it in the mtn sim but it works when I place the sim in my phone, using the data plan which I subscribed to. Though, I tried to subscribe the all day plan and i get a reply stating that the plan I am subscribing to is in compatible with my current plan--ALWAYS MACRO.

Please help because I don't want my 3k to go like that. Thank you for your time.

Please help. my unlocked mtn e156g does not work with glo line and i have already subscribed to their always macro which is a 1 gb data plan for 30 days. I did not know about this problem till now

what do I do?

Please house help. I unlocked my Mtn huawei 156g and immediate put a glo sim and subscribed to the alway macro 1GB data plan which cost 3k per month.

The problem is that it has refused to work with my Glo sim.

I have never used the sim for any 3g activation except pay as you go.

Please help me because the 3k on the subscription is my problem. Though I tried to use it another plan like the 10mb but it say that the always macro plan is not compatible with it. What do I do?

To those that seem offended by my post, I don't want to say anything to you.

It is not about being dealt with because I have gone beyond that level since 2009.

Its about Nigerian girls who only want to settle down when they are almost over due for marriage. Does that make sense?

It just as though it is wrong to define the direction of a relationship at the early stage. The last one really stunned me. How could one say "I have never had a good relationship" and you vehemtly promised her that you would not treat her bad. You kept to your words and you respected her and gave attention just to proof that there is a good in this world. The same person wakes up 1 day and say she does not want you anymore, even if you promised to wait for her.

And I just ask myself: is this someone that said she has never had a good relationship?

Hi. . . I saw that facebook page 2month s ago too and it made me skeptical. But I got the card and I am fine. People here are not UBA staff as you claimed. UBA is too busy to do any of that as you claimed.

I am not a UBA staff.