omoluabiguy:


Lol... no be so. Life has been busy and as traffic no Dey for the post, no ginger to follow up, but I’ll be back.

omoluabiguy:


Soon

lordally:


Still waiting ooooooo Biko oooooo

omoluabiguy:
That feeling of optimism you get right after the completion of NYSC is second to none until you hit the Nigerian Labour market and be greeted with a whole new reality of hell on earth.
I was not part of the few privileged Nigerians who’s got uncles or friends at the helm of affairs that’ll get them a job thru a few phone calls.
The struggle was so real, I wondered what my life was turning into since my whole plans started shattering right in front of my own view.

All thanks to Nairaland back in 2016, I saw a thread of Etisalat recruitment and as a sharp guy, I quickly dust my pali and follow the thread oooo. Anywhere this thread dey go I must follow reach the bus stop. Kpakam, Na so I jam customer service job for etisalat ooo, I was initially feeling reluctant about the job since it’s nothing close to my course of study, but the remembrance of what I’ve been thru after NYSC is enough threat to settle for any job at this point.

Fast forward, we started Etisalat customer service job, but my spirit no dey the job, Na only my body dey there cuZ at all at all man must chop. I was still job hunting on the side and after 6 months with Etisalat, Na so I jam my first software development job with one small company for Lekki.....

I resigned from Etisalat and started my career as a software developer. December 2016. My first salary from this company made me feel like a human being after a very loooong time, but all thanks to the grind and hustle, my brain was totally over calculating and the fear of going back to those struggle became a motivation for me to keep working hard. My aspirations and desires started growing bigger than to settle for this Lekki job.

I started searching schools online to go for my masters degree because I just wanted to leave Nigeria by any means before I grow past my prime age. My salaries was being channeled towards applying to schools in USA and Australia for masters in my field (Software Engineering).
I wrote the GRE, wrote the TOEFL and boom I got admissions both in USA and Australia, but I settled to pursue the USA admission.

March 2017, I came to a new reality of how much money I’ll need to follow this plans up!..... Another struggle began! ......

omoluabiguy:
That feeling of optimism you get right after the completion of NYSC is second to none until you hit the Nigerian Labour market and be greeted with a whole new reality of hell on earth.
I was not part of the few privileged Nigerians who’s got uncles or friends at the helm of affairs that’ll get them a job thru a few phone calls.
The struggle was so real, I wondered what my life was turning into since my whole plans started shattering right in front of my own view.

All thanks to Nairaland back in 2016, I saw a thread of Etisalat recruitment and as a sharp guy, I quickly dust my pali and follow the thread oooo. Anywhere this thread dey go I must follow reach the bus stop. Kpakam, Na so I jam customer service job for etisalat ooo, I was initially feeling reluctant about the job since it’s nothing close to my course of study, but the remembrance of what I’ve been thru after NYSC is enough threat to settle for any job at this point.

Fast forward, we started Etisalat customer service job, but my spirit no dey the job, Na only my body dey there cuZ at all at all man must chop. I was still job hunting on the side and after 6 months with Etisalat, Na so I jam my first software development job with one small company for Lekki.....

I resigned from Etisalat and started my career as a software developer. December 2016. My first salary from this company made me feel like a human being after a very loooong time, but all thanks to the grind and hustle, my brain was totally over calculating and the fear of going back to those struggle became a motivation for me to keep working hard. My aspirations and desires started growing bigger than to settle for this Lekki job.

I started searching schools online to go for my masters degree because I just wanted to leave Nigeria by any means before I grow past my prime age. My salaries was being channeled towards applying to schools in USA and Australia for masters in my field (Software Engineering).
I wrote the GRE, wrote the TOEFL and boom I got admissions both in USA and Australia, but I settled to pursue the USA admission.

March 2017, I came to a new reality of how much money I’ll need to follow this plans up!..... Another struggle began! ......

omoluabiguy:
While you are enjoying the story of my life, please don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow my programming tutorials too. I Dey come make I go sleep first. To be continued.....


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omoluabiguy:


Actually I’m not in Nigeria the moment so I can’t promise a call plus I no longer have access to the email I used in setting up this account and I’m afraid I couldn’t PM on here, but I have a private Facebook community group where I answer people’s questions regarding assignments or if they are stuck at work or for general consultation. I am more active on there. You might want to join the group too

techtechh:

What is the Facebook page

lordally:


You never sleep finish I go pour you water ooo

omoluabiguy:
March 2017..... I received my letter of admission from a University in USA and looking through the admission package, I saw the tuition and fees, Omo.... I lose hope instantly but hey my eyes caught a part of the papers that shows a STEM scholarship that came with the admission Which actually reduced my total tuition but dang! I still need money meeehhhn!

Big shoutout to the USA Student Visa thread on Nairaland. I learnt a lot from there on how to apply for scholarships and how to get a soft landing in USA as an international student. Never the less, the journey wasn’t smooth, but Atleast you have an idea what to expect and how to navigate through the journey.
Fast forward.... I booked my visa appointment and I started reading a lot of student visa transcripts on the thread and people’s experience of the visa interview.... Omo anxiety wan finish me as I Dey read how many people got denied vs how many people got the visa. Wahala dey ooo

Cleared up all my savings, paid for visa fee, I reserved another visa fee Incase dem deny me so I go re-fire!!! All I sha know be say I dey jahhh Mehn. I kept reading thru the thread, Infact I dey sleep and wake up on that thread just to read everyday visa interview experiences and this really helped position me and have a good analysis of what the interview is like and how to navigate thru it. I did my personal homework as well and ensured I put my paperworks right.

A day to the visa interview, I just dey pray while building confidence inside of me say kpata kpata if dem bounce me, I go reapply So I don set plan B already. On the interview day gangan.... my interview was for 7am at Walter Carrington so I woke up around 4:45am, got myself together and arranged a taxi, left home around 5:30 and got to Walter Carrington by 6:45am. Omo come see crowd.... Wetin dey happen for real I was asking myself if the whole Nigeria wan run comot ni.

We did all check in wahala and finally made it into the main building by 7:30ish sha. The interview hall was another vibes cuz anxiety everywhere. It’s an open interview for everyone, just face your interview windows and publicly tell your story. Every malam with him kettle
I happened to be the 4th on the queue and the First Lady got approved, she’s going for her bachelors in accounting and it felt a little relieving for me , the other two in front me got straight denied because their story wasn’t making sense to the interview and my confidence dropped again. And it got to my turn.
The interviewer could clearly see how disorganized I was because I lost all the confidence and preparations I had built after seeing two people in front of me being bounced.
Interviewer asked me for my passport and I-20. Na so I start dey scatter my folder dey find am, he said I should take my time and calm down, he faced his computer and started doing other things while waiting for me to fix myself lol. I got the passport and document ready and passed it to him.
He asked why I’m going for masters at XYZ university and I started talking to him, at this point, I was getting my confidence back cuz I just stopped giving a f**k patapata you go deny me but I got my A game back and he seems impressed by the interview. He approved my student visa. The moment I heard your visa is approved, my head went totally light in disbelieve but I composed myself and quickly walked out....cuz I don’t even want him to call me back and ask for something else lol.

The security men could see the excitement in me and quickly hyped me for roger. Na so I give dem 1500 naira lol. I carry taxi go back home solo like nothing happened. By 10:30 I don reach home, comot all my suit and tie and just lowkey dey waka for my street like nothing happened, I saw the boiz for area smoking igbo for junction and hailed them as usual, for my mind I just dey talk say meehhhnn .... God go show una way ooo, so these guys no know say I dey flee naija soon lol. I was just watching everything and taking my time to enjoy naija sceneries knowing that I’m taking off soon.
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fortifiedng:

interesting

omoluabiguy:
Started working my ass off thru grad school and that was a very looooong 2 years of my life with so many ups and downs. Took some very high level advanced level programming courses that really reset my brains and opened me up into a new world of ideology.
Indeed you have to be lost before you can rediscover yourself.
Fast forward to graduation. I completed my masters in software Engineering and entered the job market. It has been a whole different spans of Endless learning even while on the job.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the life of a software engineer continues....

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