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Hello all.

My Cousin read Accounting and had good grades. Last year, he got a job as a Fraud Analyst in one of these new generation banks.

He claims his current role isn’t lucrative abroad, and wants to switch.
He has a flair for tech, particularly Information Security.
But the major hurdle is his degree and requisite experience.

Info Sec roles require STEM degrees and at least 2 years of Info Sec work experience. He has none of these.
He is willing to self-study, but fears he won’t get an Info Sec role afterwards.

Should I advise him to keep his career as a Fraud Analyst?
If not, how can he transition into InfoSec without having the degree and experience?

Thank you in advance.

Smile4mee01:
Hmnnn....

The truth is that employees are not wired to be wealthy, the company pays you just enough to remain with them. For even those who earn millions monthly, it's a small percentage.

What I can advice is this, it's more about what you do with what you earn. Investment is the only option to reaching wealth as a regular employee.
1. Real estate
2. Stock and shares
3. Businesses

I recommend the first 2 because you can engage in them while still working. 3. Can consume your time.

Haven said that, Contentment is great gain.

Your health, family ,relationships with God and people can fetch you more happiness than wealth can.

Peace

I feel Real Estate is capital intensive and someone 2-3 years in their career may struggle with financial capacity.

Is there any Real Estate investment that doesn’t require huge capital outlay please?

Lovelink1991:
That influencer is an animal in human form but nevertheless the soldier deserves what he got because when the masses wants to fight for their well-being they are the same people used to fight the masses

Do you think these ones are happy being used?

Blame the Generals who give them the orders instead.

Please how do I get to Tiamiyu Savage Street, V.I from Maryland and also from Oshodi.
And how do I get back please?

BigYash:
Maybe you would have been in the police cell or prison now,if you went there to do what your mind was telling you.

Not everyone can be that kind of person,but you can command it effortlessly when you have money. Instead of trying to learn how to he violent,my guy invest into making more money. Nobody go even bold touch your brother,know he is from your family.

How can you command it when you have money?

DrAda:
Testosterone. Nothing else. Women who are more assertive have been found to have higher testosterone levels compared to other females.

You are correct on this.

I am like OP and my testosterone level is on the lower end of normal. I.e 380 / 1000

Tenses:
That bread shee nah real agege bread?
And nah tea she carry for that kettle?

I will ask the third question when I get the answers to my questions.

Na ewa agoyin dey that pot

AdolfHitlerxXx:
You might be right. Saw a guy in Edo, former . Took money and went to Malaysia.

Came home and was shot in the head in a barbing salon.

That guy was a die hard NBM member. He was still an active member in their Malaysia chapter.

His past cult activities caught up with him.

Angelfrost:
She should find a decent and faithful person, and stick to that partner.

Life no get duplicate.

Well said!

Angelfrost:
I have worked closely with mission hospitals for years, and seen firsthand the ravaging effects of HIV and other almost incurable STIs.

There is nothing you will do or tell me to knack raw if I ever get possessed to cheat on my wife.

I didn't even try it in my dating years in school... I have always had a heightened sense of survival!

By the time you treat disease wey go resist every drug known to man, then your eye go clear... Continue diving in raw or allowing guys or that guy dive in raw. Na one day dem dey catch thief.

Someone I know even used better condom, and still ended up with genital warts that has refused to go for years now... He regrets his life daily.

How about a woman who doesn’t like condoms. A woman that loses wetness within few thrusts with condom?

SpencerForbes:
You’ll need discipline to reduce weight. Drink lots of water before and during meals and try to turn your fat into muscles with exercises. Don’t eat fatty and oily foods and quit eating bread or junks. More liquid less solid should help you out.

Also try out intermittent fasting. Sometimes eat light breakfast because if you skip it fully, you might eat twice as much to cover it but you can skip lunch or take just snacks while working. Resist the urge to eat that late night snacks or meals and you should be getting better in few weeks.

Most important, hit the gym.

Thank you so much.
I will implement it.

SpencerForbes:
Na wa oo. This life no fit balance. Short people are insecure because they think girls love tall guys and tall guys are insecure for what I can’t even explain.

Well, I’ll advise since you have low appetite or probably low stomach, don’t try to over feed in a spot. Divide your 3 square meal into 6 smaller portions. Don’t drink water before and while eating only after 30 minutes of eating.

You can also gain weight without heavy but nourishing food. Milk, eggs and Akara for breakfast, then by 10 am you can chew groundnut with any light meal or even bread.

For lunch, you can take pap or custard and moimoi with lots of milk and 2-3pm, bread and egg.

For dinner then you can go a little heavy, you can take rice and beans (always add protein and vegetable oil with some pumpkin leaves.)

To gain weight in this tinubulation, you must budget 200k - 300k monthly. Remember you’ll be taking fruits during this intervals.

Avoid drugs like apetamine and co. They’ll slow your metabolism. Eat right and with a little exercise, you’ll bulk up. Also work on your self esteem because your main purpose of bulking up shouldn’t be for women but to improve yourself.

Talk to girls in your circle and start from the ugliest one. Keep that up and you’ll be laughing with the hottest girl in no time.

You seem knowledgeable.

I need the opposite. I grew up eating large portions and now, I am chubby with a large appetite.

How can I reduce my appetite please?

franchasofficia:
You are making a huge mistake.


Redirect your energy to things that would improve your financial life.

The reason you are this worried about a girl you dated for just one month and she ghosted you is because you are struggling financially and you have limited access to women of your taste and by chance or luck or whatever you met this very lady who happened to be your spec physically or beauty wise and as she ghosted you, you have not been able to meet a girl as beautiful as she is or more prettier than her, hence you feel that you have lost a rare gem that you can never find again. That is the reason you are feeling suicidal, and you are committing a big fallacy.


Let me enlighten you, as a man, what makes you a man of value, the dream man of most women is your financial worth (ability to provide without stress) not your handsome look, not your 9 packs, not your intelligence, not the length of your Gbola or how good you are in bed. Focus on what makes you a valuable man; finance. Get it right and watch prettier, classier, hotter, better ladies become easily available to you such that you will be wondering what made you fell so badly for this girl of today. By then, you might see the girl and even feel ashamed that you once felt like committing suicide because of her.


The older a man grows in financial wealth, the better he becomes and the more he becomes more appealing to women.


You have not even seen women my brother, just work on improving your financial life and you will have the opportunity to travel around and see that God really created beautiful women beyond the ones you are seeing now lol.


To make you understand where I am coming from, I am a happily married man with kids. As beautiful as my wife is, when I visit some places and see some ladies and how gorgeous they are, I just smile and say wow God de create lol.


If I decide to marry again today, I will marry a lady prettier and hotter than my wife, with even good character join, and you know why? Because I am financially better today than when I married my wife and I have become the dream man of so many classy ladies unlike when I just finished NYSC that I was the dream man of few mgbekes and maybe some local beauties



In this beautiful life, you should only be worried about two things:

1.) things that affect your health negatively

2.) things that reduces your finances



With the above two things in tact, my brother the world is yours as a man so better wake up and face your job or business and start thinking of how to improve yourself to enable you get promoted, secure a juicer job or grow in your business if you are a businessman.

Hello Sir.
I always find your writeup inspiring. I believe if I had a father and/or brother like you, I’d live a better life.

Can you please be my mentor as I navigate the murky waters of life?
I am in my early twenties and just concluded NYSC.
I am surrounded by only sisters, and it affects my manliness.

I will be glad to receive a positive response from you Sir.

Parachoko:
I'm never in favour of supporting total ban on importation of fuel because of our past experiences on issues like this.

What I don't understand is why the oil companies are not willing to sell to Dangote if he's ready to pay in dollars.

Many reasons but, oil companies already have standing contracts with international trading houses long before Dangote came. They simply don’t have “free oil” to sell.

There are other economic reasons too.

omoredia:
What part of Dangote refinery is being affected to reduce supply to the Nigerian markets.

Crude is local
Refinery is local
Labour is local
Market is local

Dangote should explain

Crude is local but is being sold to Dangote at global rates(global prices, insurance costs, freight charges). Exactly the amount international buyers purchase it.

Labour is local but earnings of some top level staffs matches their counterparts’ earnings internationally.

Dangote operates not only in local markets. He exports refined oil too. After all, he still imports crude and will want foreign exchange earnings.

oyebanji:
This is being clever by half. What is the dollar value of the loans for the 2 periods?
To put this in context, under Buhari, Naira to USD was averagely N320 while under Tinubu its averagle N1400. At Buharis N75trn and Tinubu's N65trn, loans under Burai is $234bn while same under Tinubu is $46bn.

That the average Naira value is significantly lower under Tinubu and higher under Buhari is a proof that Tinubu dragged us back regardless of debt volume.

AbelAbdul:
Go and do ur masters under Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. It is a STEM course

Thanks a lot. I will.

amnotapervert:
You would need to find a job in one of the sectors the government has identified as a priority category.

I don’t know your skill set or what you are best suited for that part is entirely up to you, boss

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/rounds-invitations/category-based-selection.html

Thank you chief.
I appreciate you.

Kaczynski:
If you like don't humble yourself and do the needful, you think here is your fathers house where you can do whatever you like.

Sincere apologies🙏
I thought you were not wise alone. I’m just realising you’re extremely ignorant too.

So everyone with a non-STEM degree goes to wash dishes in Canada?

Kaczynski:
Dish washing.

You’re not all that wise lol

AbelAbdul:
Choose research if;
You want funding or lower cost
You’re okay with research work
You may do a PhD
You have a strong academic background

But know that research takes extra time and harder to get admission.

Choose course-based if;
You want to finish fast
You just want a job after graduation
You don’t like research
You can afford tuition

Great! Thank you.

If the research-based can get me a non-academia job after graduation, I think I’ll gun for it.

Thank you once again Sir.

AbelAbdul:
So which job do you want to do that AI cannot do? AI is there to make working easy and not to takeover any job.
Imagine you do 'Business Analytics and AI' as a course, you'd be most preferred for a job.

I appreciate you. I feel encouraged right now.

Lastly, do you advise professional masters or research-based masters? I read that research-based can help with tuition fees, that’ll be a huge relief for me.
But still, I’m not sure which is most preferable.

AbelAbdul:
Do Business Analytics. Try and draft towards tech. Because in Canada people in Tech, Social Work and Health have more chances

Good! It’s just that AI is making me scared of tech as many jobs are getting done by AI now.

Thank you very much.

amnotapervert:
Just inform yourself before applying, and do not let anyone discourage you if you have done your research and want to move forward.

Thanks a lot.

Please considering my non-STEM major, BSc Business Administration, what kind of jobs will I be accessible to me in Canada?

amnotapervert:
If you are coming to Canada, please do not be discouraged. The main thing to keep in mind is that nothing ( work and PR) is guaranteed or promised. Having low expectations is the key to staying realistic and happy. You should also understand that you need to plan your life after school even before you start applying for admission.

Think about which province you will stay in, what type of job you can get after school, and whether the school you are applying to is registered as a Designated Learning Institution (DLI) so that you can be eligible for a Post-Graduate Work Permit (PGWP). https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/study-permit/prepare/designated-learning-institutions-list.html

Consider how many points you might have after studying and working in Canada and whether that is enough for you to qualify for permanent residency. Check if your course and job fall into categories that make it easier to get PR

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/rounds-invitations/category-based-selection.html

You need to know all this before you even apply for a school.

Also, think about whether your course can lead to a job in the province you are targeting, and whether it could help you qualify for a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) after studying and working there.

Remember: immigration rules are always changing, and nothing is guaranteed. Planning carefully and being realistic is essential.

Thank you very much. I appreciate your advice.

It will be depressing to spend tens of millions to go there only to end up with no job nor PR.

ehiremen2002:
It depends on what exactly you are looking at.

I am already in Canada. I came here through the study route a couple of years ago, and I actually got most of the information that helped me from this same Nairaland forum.

Everything I know today about the process started from here. I eventually secured my PR, and since then I have been using this same forum to guide family members and friends who are trying to follow a similar path.

Whenever I come across situations where I am not completely sure about the best advice to give, I bring the matter back here so people can share ideas. And by God’s grace, many people have successfully come to Canada through the same route after getting guidance here.

So I’m not really sure what you mean by analyzing my post history.

You can take your time, grab a drink if you like, and go through my posts from the very first one when I was asking questions about coming to Canada as a student.

At the end of the day, the same forum you are trying to analyze is the one that helped someone come to Canada, study, and eventually secure permanent residency.

So instead of focusing on post history, the goal here should be sharing useful information and helping others succeed through the same path.

Hello Sir/Ma.

I want to start doing deep research about coming to Canada through study route.
But before I start, I’ll like to know if you still advise coming to Canada in 2026/2027 please.

I have B.Sc Business Administration, recent graduate with only NYSC work experience. Trying to pursue a career in Finance in Canada through Msc Finance.

Thank you.

ukaface:
It’s just like having a list …. Dead, dead, dead, dead and then asks ‘ you still want to live

Terrible analogy.

Everyone is meant to die at some point. Nobody is meant to divorce at any point.

Orlandoo:
So if the victim later dies from the injury he sustained during the attack, the perpetrators should be awarded national honours by the president instead of jailing them abi?

Have you seen where a minor is jailed before, in Nigeria?

Racheal45:
Our Air Force too weak let be honest
Dem jus Dey do fine boys Dey are not helping this fight
Maybe dem no too dey equipped

They are scared of Anti-Aircraft guns.

Make dem no go shoot down aircraft of multi-million dollars.

Today’s test na die!

The even brought a physics question out as if every one is in STEM

Charlchuks:
Then let the dot go.... What are you people so afraid of

Do you need permission before you leave?