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airsaylongcome:
If there's no passion, then forget about it. You won't succeed if money is the only driver. Sometimes, just the need to solve a problem without earning money forces you to learn the deeper stuff. I will illustrate with an example, I work as a VoIP engineer for a US employer. For years I messed about with VOIP in my house. Played with the system, made mistakes, watched YouTube vids and learned some more. All without a prospect of a local job let alone remote. Was on it on and off for 5years. When I had my interview, just that experience of doing it without earning was overwhelming proof that I had passion for the field. My starting pay blew my mind


And it is Data Analytics or Data Analyst not the Analystics you put up there. That already shows that you are not conversant with the field.

For Nigerian Market, Web Dev

Sir, thanks for the swift reply and that was a typo error. I have been doing my research on data analytics for some time now. I want someone to be real with me, especially a Nigerian. I'm tired of reading "your passion and strength" that's all I see on the internet. If someone comes to me ask me for advice on which is the best branch of engineering to study I will say Civil because you can be self-employed, next electrical from experience they are the most sort after in industries (looking at job advert) etc. There are people who have a passion for teaching but It doesn't pay the bills.

I am a mechanical engineer by profession which I haven't been so lucky, the main reason I am switching to IT is the prospect/money. Why are most Nigerians switching to nursing as soon as they get their feet on US soil, bros is the pay nothing else.

Using Nigeria market as a pivot point, which has more market value and jobs are readily available? Let's assume I have equal strength at both.

LofiLogic:
Money no too dey ui/yx nah or I dey wrong?

Nah mostly female they run this package.

SocialJustice:
They should let him live his life.

There is nothing wrong with taking advice from those that have been there. One thing we should try to learn from people mistakes.

SocialJustice:
No be today. Once you done cross over, settle down. Na to look Nigeria, select the finest girls to enjoy. Girls brain dey hardly correct once them hear abroad.

It applies to guys too. Una dey see the way old mama dey come pick fresh young guys from the country.

Meself, I will sell my birth right make oyibo woman cross me.

Update: Omo, see likes dey fall like rain, I greet una specially. We will make it.

One of my colleague recently married a woman almost twice his age both Nigerians. The woman bought him a car (Toyota corolla), rented apartment within the space of 2 years woman don blow reach 8 million for him head.

Them don marry Nah to relocate, I feel the guy nah trap e enter, that's what everybody from the woman's tribe are saying. From him own perspective e don hit jackpot.

JohnOkolo:
Hitting should be totally eradicated from School if teacahes want peace, it will only get worse and the days go by and people are more enlightened against bodily discipline.

A Human is not a animal that can be controlled through wipe, such practice emanated from slavery and should not be used in this century.

Any teacher that will flog my child will have himself to blame on earth.

But you can't dialogue with a 6 years old they aren't adult.

A friend of mine was giving a story at her place of work. It goes like this...

A new teacher was moved to a junior primary to invigilate a class. During the exam, this said teacher hit the Oba's granddaughter with a ruler not very hard though but you know these rich folks' kids. The daughter(princess) showed up to the school infuriated told the mobile police attached to her to flog the teacher fifty strokes with a horse wipe everybody (teachers) were on their knees begging she refused and didn't listen, though the teacher wasn't flogged because the mopol noticed the teacher was married.

Finally, the Princess insisted the teacher must be sacked immediately, and it was done. She sent her chief the next day to confirm if the teacher was sacked. Though, the princess is still insisting on the details of the teacher. Rumors had it that such occurrence and the teacher involved lost her job from Abuja and can't be employed in Nigeria.

Wasn't her action too drastic, the teacher didn't know the granddaughter?
How can a parent dictate to you how you run your school, the worst she can do is withdraw her kids.

bluefilm:
So what's the problem?

Why are you crying out for help as if your child being a genius is a very terrible thing.

Attention seekers everywhere!!!

I just pray that your genius child will grow up to teach you the proper use of "I am" in a sentence.

Nonsense.

There are some set of people all they see is negativity. May God help you.

I remember going to get something from a close-by shop. It was so sunny that I had to face down while walking, a lady saw me and asked why was I walking that way and I told her the reason. Her reply was "I'm a man, it doesn't matter if I'm dark and ugly (she made a funny face how one can be) that I will still get a beautiful woman, she went further to say that the most important thing is my pocket". And my reply, "oh as a man I do not deserve enjoyment, I should just keep putting myself in harm's way just to make money for a woman".

I see some men wear rags, while their wives are shining. You hear them say " I want to look good for you", so is it a crime for me to look good as well? I refuse to be in that category.

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If you got such games in a week, you are supposed to be a millionaire because with just 1k rollover of 2 odds in a week you are a millionaire and you wouldn't bother selling sure games.

Nnatuu:
In order of priority…

First, gain a skill.
Reason - it’s a lifetime investment with minimal risk and opens more opportunities to network and grow.

Second. Start a side business with small capital. Especially what you can manage effectively alongside your job.
Reason- it’s an investment with some risk but can open up doors of independence for you.

Third: Go for PHD. This is good but be sure to deeply inspect what you expect here. PHD abroad is good but critically evaluate how much funds you have to pursue both the visa processing and all. Be careful a bout situations where you e come halfway and the entire ups and downs of visa processing gulps your 900k or even more, and visa is not guaranteed.

DON’TS

1. Get a house.
Reason, it’s NOT an investment! It takes money not give. being very honest with you, 900k will not be enough to rent a house with key properties. And leave you some money to live with.

For a girlfriend and living independently, put that on hold until you have enough resources to handle that. Any woman who does not accept you the way you are will never accept you, they can only accept your money when you’re rich but not you.

This is what I'm scared of, what if after pursuing the whole school thing and it doesn't pull through. Though, I have this belief I will scale through on the first trial.

remmyton:
My opinion
Don’t leave your uncle's house for now. Pursue your Ph.D. outside the country
I will attach a link below, go through it thoroughly and find free tuition universities in Germany taught in English
Search more on other options
That 900k is not a lot of money in this current economy
So, I suggest you shouldn’t go for an apartment now

https://www.study-in-germany.de/en/plan-your-studies/find-programme-and-university/

I have about 7 course mates who are in Germany currently doing their master. I'm conversant with the process, the issue is the block account.

gabicon:
You have a BEng and MEng that you haven't used, what is the guarantee that the Ph.D. you will use it? I mean stop leaving in the past, today's world is all about results and solving problems and not gathering degrees. You need to understand that the present education system we run has outlived itself, it was designed for the industrial revolution which was characterized by mass production, to mass-produce goods you need to mass-produce people, that's why we take the same test or we are categorized by a grading system but the real world is categorized by results. The education system relevant in today's world is rather bespoke, the number one sought-after skill today is how creatively can one solve problems. It will shock you that youtube is a better university than most of the universities in the country because with youtube I can learn to solve problems and get paid for it.

You need to go through the journey of self-discovery, what are you gifted in? what are you passionate about? This is where your breakthrough lies, the beauty of the whole thing is that there are free tests you can do online to know your gifts.
Go do these tests or ask people close to you what they think you are good at, tie your gifts to a skill of the future and start working on learning the skill, join professional bodies and forums that offer the skill.

As for your accommodation, I will advise you to give yourself say 2 years to find your gift and master it in form of a skill. So create a 2 year plan with a timeline and milestones, remember only discipline will make you follow through with your plan. The reason I ask you to stay is because of stability, at your uncle's place you don't have to think about rent, food, utilities, etc. secondly learning and mastering a skill will involve so financial commitment.

God bless you and see you at the top

The reason for the Phd (US) isn't because I want to get a degree but is the cheapest way out of the country when looking at the likes of UK, Canada, and Australia

rita25:
IDIOT U WAN DEY STRAF ANYHOW...UR UNCLE HOUSE NO ALLOW YOU.

Baba if Nah straffing marra, I don run am tire back in the days.

Gerrard59:
No school in the US admits someone into a Ph.D. program without funding the person. OP will not pay tuition but will be paid a stipend (fellowships, teaching assistantships, or research assistantships). OP can even marry and take his wife along to the US.

Again, I reiterate, he won't pay a Kobo or cent as a Ph.D. student in the US.

Exactly, I keep wondering why people think it wouldn't be enough. I have a friend who didn't spend a dime except for the processing fee.

truthCoder:
don't get an apartment.

stay with your uncle since he is not asking you to leave nor is he giving you issues.

you were able to save 900k because you were staying with him. once you leave, you might find out that the cost of independence alone will swallow the 900k. Ordinary bed, sofa, tv, gas cooker, generator and rent will swallow everything.

There are wonderful girls who would date you for who you are and not where you stay. She can always visit you at your uncle's place and when you want to do 'an-chu-chu' with her, you can always get an hotel room. If she cant date you because you don't have an apartment, she is not your girl.

vertigo can be treated. don't lose hope. If you get to USA, you might find out that na one small calcium lump self dey inside your ear or one small surgery wey dem no go even admit you.

a friend suffered heart palpitations for years in Nigeria which affected everything. When she went to Dubai, na so dem treat her and she is now 100% back to normal.

try to learn to program. get a good laptop, learn during break time and when you get back home. Dont quit your job o. 100k per month in this Buhari economy....many would kill to have that.

don't sacrifice what you have for what you don't.

cheers

Thanks, bro, I have a laptop already. I'm not planning to quit my job for now though.

Eleken:
Op avoid this guys
Don't tempt yourself... for double wahala

Lol, Nah me go teach am work sef

Akalia:
900k is too meager a sum for running a doctorate degree in the states. I suggest you still stay put at your uncle's place and save up some more doh to get a place of your own and start a viable business.

Not really bro, I'm looking at US. Full scholarship and RA or TA positions.

Today007:
As a lady, I left home at 25. By the time I was 28, I had so much experience with the responsibility that settling down was no longer a challenge.
Leave and go stay on your own. Experiment first, role play with relationships and your siblings. I started with one room and grew to become bigger with hard work, avoiding distraction, and minding my business. I nor do pass myself. Be courageous cos this is your life.

I have been on alone right from my university days and even during service I rented an apartment I had planned on staying back. Unfortunately, my roomie who I thought was friend to emptied my account on passing out parade day and absconded to Lagos. After a job search for a while, I decided to go for my master going from my uncle's house to save accommodation costs, that's how I ended up here till now.

project8:
Y does not stay in your uncle's house, build yourself from there. If a lady truly loves you she can follow you anywhere and can endure your situation after all it's not permanent. Except if you have other reasons y you would want to move out. Ohh and the Ph.D.? 2million is too small to run a PhD here in Nigeria talk more of going to a foreign country with less than or even a million naira

900k is more than enough, I have a family friend that got to the US with less than 600k.
I'm looking at a full scholarship and Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant. I just need to ace my GRE.

ybalogs:
Are you not planning to settle down??

I was looking at marriage before I turn 35, but looking at the third option it won't be possible.

ybalogs:
Are you not planning to settle down??

I am wanted get married before I turn 35, but looking at the third option it won't be possible.

Jobia:
Delimma ko Chidimma ni

It was a typo. Check the time it was posted.

truthCoder:
don't get an apartment.

stay with your uncle since he is not asking you to leave nor is he giving you issues.

you were able to save 900k because you were staying with him. once you leave, you might find out that the cost of independence alone will swallow the 900k. Ordinary bed, sofa, tv, gas cooker, generator and rent will swallow everything.

There are wonderful girls who would date you for who you are and not where you stay. She can always visit you at your uncle's place and when you want to do 'an-chu-chu' with her, you can always get an hotel room. If she cant date you because you don't have an apartment, she is not your girl.

vertigo can be treated. don't lose hope. If you get to USA, you might find out that na one small calcium lump self dey inside your ear or one small surgery wey dem no go even admit you.

a friend suffered heart palpitations for years in Nigeria which affected everything. When she went to Dubai, na so dem treat her and she is now 100% back to normal.

try to learn programming. get a good laptop, learn during break time and when you get back home. Dont quit your job o. 100k per month in this Buhari economy....many would kill to have that.

don't sacrifice what you have for what you don't.

cheers

Thanks bro.

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
Make I grab my weed and read comments quietly because he be like say this issue big pass me

But me know say deep down in Ogbeni op mind.....woman matter still dey but him nor Green add am join....him nor dey fit carry woman wella for him uncle house.....

If not I see no reason why him dey emphasize on the renting of Apartment
...two out of the three options is emphasizing on getting apartments...

Haha Ogbeni dey miss steady kpekus....

Not really bro, I have my fair share women. Some things get old. Person just have to face life.

saddler:


You have got nice plans mate. I will advise you to go with last idea if you can follow through wih the requirements.

Please leave this shit hole of a country if you can. Even if na Ghana your money carry you reach, just escape this contraption called Nigeria.

Dont get an apartment because the next thing that will come to your mind is settling down.



Another advise is to never allow all these broke Nigerian girls come near you, they are a distraction and liability packaged in their body-revealing outfits.

Thanks bro, actually when it comes to the ladies I'm well experienced. Can't really fall for it. I'm not really desperate for a woman just that all my paddy are all getting married, I'm not even in a serious relationship.

ashatoda:
I will advise that have if you have a side hustle you can invest in go for it, and try to also have one of the tech skills you mentioned and is interested in. But the main advice is to think and work more on the third option which is traveling out. Why I say this is because of the plethora of opportunities abounding outside and what you can achieve for yourself in a sane environment. Nigeria is.also good but the clime is not encouraging to people who are not willing to cut corners and the business climate is so unpredictable. Regarding your health I believe there's more standard health institutions abroad which will cater effectively for your health in as much as you have a legal stay. This should be your end goal but if there's any way to use the funds you have effectively to.make more in order to hasten the goal go for it. The tech skills is a means also so that when you get over there you won't be stranded. So the ultimate goal is traveling, tech skills is intermediate goal while growing the savings is the present goal. This is my own advice or let me say my thoughts about the issue on ground

Thanks bro,

Please, I need your advice because right now I'm confused about where to go, it's a lifelong decision.

I just turned 34 last month, still living with my uncle, but no pressure on his part is a big house. Currently, I teach in a school where my net salary and my home lesson inclusive are approx. N 100000 a month. I have a master's degree in engineering, so I haven't put that certificate to use. I have a saving of 900k, it will be higher by December. Although it would have been more than that, I lost 400,000 to the detriment of a bad investment. Last two years, I had an illness that struck (ENT related), which doesn't have a cure. One of the symptoms is vertigo (a sensation of feeling off-balance). This made me change my mind about travelling. For a few months now, I haven't had the experience.

I have three thoughts, but I can only do one at a time.

Firstly, leave my uncle's house, get an apartment. Use the rest of the money to start a business as a side hustle while working with the school.

Secondly, leave my uncle's house, get an apartment. Next, I invest my time in a tech skill (web dev, programming or data science).

Thirdly, travel to the US for my PhD program. I have already been preparing for my GRE before now.

Thank you.

mignone:
I don't know which is best for u bt Since ur uncle doesn't have a problem with accommodating u as u said, what happened to stay there if plan A or B is the way? I say this cos renting an apartment will likely gulp abt half of ur savings.

If you were in my shoes which will you opt for. I think I'm too old staying with my uncle. It is depriving me of having a serious relationship, no lady is going to take a man who doesn't have his apartment. That's not the issue though, I'm more concerned about my financial situation.

Please, I need your advice because right now I'm confused about where to go, it's a lifelong decision.

I just turned 34 last month, still living with my uncle, but no pressure on his part is a big house. Currently, I teach in a school where my net salary and my home lesson inclusive are approx. N 100000 a month. I have a master's degree in engineering, so I haven't put that certificate to use. I have a saving of 900k, it will be higher by December. Although it would have been more than that, I lost 400,000 to the detriment of a bad investment. Last two years, I had an illness that struck (ENT related), which doesn't have a cure. One of the symptoms is vertigo (a sensation of feeling off-balance). This made me change my mind about travelling. For a few months now, I haven't had the experience.

I have three thoughts, but I can only do one at a time.

Firstly, leave my uncle's house, get an apartment. Use the rest of the money to start a business as a side hustle while working with the school.

Secondly, leave my uncle's house, get an apartment. Next, I invest my time in a tech skill (web dev, programming or data science).

Thirdly, travel to the US for my PhD program. I have already been preparing for my GRE before now.

Thank you.

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