Viruses:


Anywhere in the world I believe except it is a pre requisite like ;Medical licence, pilot licence etc.

So while taking the course, don't do it with the mindset that once you present the certificate they will take you. Do it to know it. If someone without certificate answer interview questions pass you they will drop you for the person.

3 cartons of stout for you!!

I’ve been on panels where they even deduct marks from candidates that have certificates and fail basic interview questions

After such interviews, you’ll hear conversations like, “how do they have a scrum certification and not know know the time box for dailies?.. how’s that possible!” �

Please people learn the knowledge when doing the certificate- digest it. Apply it to your normal everyday life, and interviews will be a breeze.

dustydee:

O why nah. Please try and get your ILR if possible. Did you get the tier 1 exceptional stuff?
On a lighter note, that will be one less tax payer to help with the UK's debt repayment.

I can't wait to leave too.

Haha yeah one less tax payer. I considered getting lawyers to try again, but they said that I’ll need to be in the country for another 5 years with the route I’ll take. Been here 7 years now, I’m not interested in being classed a temporary for another 5 years lol. I can’t keep being used for tax purposes only to be discarded if they change immigration rules

To be honest, it’s just because I don’t like it here and want to try something different. Staying is not hard.

dustydee:

Welcome back ma'am. We no see your brake light recently. I hope you are doing good.

I port go another thread lol my time in the UK is numbered, I don dey eye another country. Hehe

Fayzdream:



Thank you very much... Seen the link.


Actually there are product owners/product manager courses. That's the name the courses I know of are tagged. Doing one on udemy presently.

The only accepted po certificate is from scrum (because scrum made the term PO) other agile framework adopted it. But if you want to do other courses to get the certification- sure do you.

There’s no acceptable PM body (at least in the Uk), but if you believe the course you’re doing on Udemy will be used by recruiters, sure do you.

Also, PMs are previously very experienced BAs, POs, DMs, Agile Coaches, Prject Mgrs. there is no direct path to PM unless you start as a junior (not many companies employ junior roles).

P.S; in the UK (unlike America) certificates don’t get you a job, experience does. Certificates only give you the knowledge you need to answer interview questions well.

Fayzdream:



Good day everyone. I'm applying for student visa next year. So I've been reading this thread from scratch. Thanks for all y'all are doing.

Pls my uncle and his wife just got sponsored to the UK. His wife is a nurse. She'll be going first. He is an accountant but want to move into being a scrum master. I am also interested in product management.

Can anyone point us to the best courses to do that are UK accepted. We have a lot here but I'll hate for us to do it and then it would be useless for what we need it for. So pls maybe drop links to certified courses u know ppl have done and scaled into these roles in the UK with. Thank you.

Tell him to Google scrum dot org scrum master certification. Read the scrum guide inside out, use the practice test on the website and ensure to score 100% in three consecutive tries before paying to do the real test. It may not be easy to become a scrum master with accounting background (may be easier to go into Non-tech BA), but he should give it a try and follow loads of scrum masters on LinkedIn to imitate their journeys.

Product manager? It’s the highest level lol, you didn’t even start with product owner that’s less complicated- I like your dreams and wish you well (nothing beyond God).

I hope you get the hint and start with Product owner (repeat the steps above).

GraciousWords:


Incorrect for FSW, check out FAQ 20 on page 1.

Thanks for this. I took my time to read page 1 yesterday and couldn’t believe how much information was there. It answered ALL my questions and corrected loads of assumptions.

kudos to whoever took their time to set it up.

tshtsh:


Receive the money, ask your bank to place funds in a fixed deposit account and submit the fixed deposit certificate as proof of funds

Oh, I thought the POF is meant to be saved for at least 6 months before ITA. Is this incorrect?

vavavoom10:
Hi Everyone,

I am new on here and i have read at least the first 30 pages of this thread. I would like seek opinions on the best route to move to Canada. My current CRS stands at 448, i am age 36, and i have maxed out on IELTS. Express entry appears a no go area for me given my current CRS. My NOC is 2131 . I have a Masters in Environmental Engineering with 6 years work experience.

I would have thought that 448 was a good score. FSW is unpredictable with the scores they pick, who knows they may pick 440- I think this should be your prayer point.

Alternatively, You could consider a French exam is you want to push your scores up a bit to OINP level of 455-464.

GraciousWords:


....also are you 2171 or 2172?....looks like 2172 has a chance of being selected for OINP Tech draw.

Sorry 2171. Typo.

But even if I my experience was 2172 my score is 453 with 1 or 2 year experience or 478 with 3 years. I won’t be picked because oinp goes for 455 & 464

I’ll just wait for the fsw draw

GraciousWords:


Yes, create a new profile.

https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1001

Thanks. I didn’t think the helpcentre would be useful to me. Much appreciated.

Hi,

I just got my scores today and edited my previous scores on my EE profile but forgot to change the testID and date. I also changed my noc from 2171 to 1122 because the latter is the non technical version of my job (ontario picks 1122 more than 2172). I'm not sure why my profile got locked with a message telling me that I am ineligible to apply.

Can someone advice on how to resolve this? do i just create a new profile?

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tosinhtml:


For your Global Talent, how are you able to convince CEOs of you former companies to write a letter of endorsement for you?

Why did they reject your last application?

I was friends with their friends and them so it wasn't too hard. but i still didnt get it-- they know what they are looking for, for the visa.

fatima04:
You people are not playing with this new part at all and now made me catch up after several days of reading through more than 40 pages. I will not dissappear and miss hot gist again oo.

Welcome back @Aphrodite007, we missed ya and glad you are doing great.

Thanks for your message on celebrating Little wins, saw it at a good time and we really do get overwhelmed amongst everything else.

I also thought @dustydee was a woman oo �� , maybe it's Shim sha

Missed the argument from our Mr Alaba intl importer exporter of drugs, some very funny responses that made my day.

Always a pleasure reading through @Ticha post omo, semi-retire at 50. We don bookmark the post and hopefully save enough to venture into it.

I want to add Engineering to the list of lucrative courses people can focus on asides IT and medics. It is a really lucrative industry, with loads of opportunities,although the salary return may not be as high as some IT roles. Lets also encourage our kids, nieces, nephew etc to study Engineering related courses, I am forever grateful to the person that pushed me to Quantity surveying.

There are lots of Engineeringcompanies offering apprenticeship roles with starting salary of 22k with benefit (for 2/3days at work) and still pay their Tuition. Basically, they are not saddled with student loans and still have good savings once done. I have seen 2 black kids in my coy blow up this opportunity on youthful exuberance.

Oga beryour i dey watch you oo, seems you wan port away from Engineering with all this tech analysis and abandon me, issokay oo

Reading through all the posts and seeing iboboyswag situation get resolved pages later was quite motivating and should be a lesson to people creating groups outside NL on whatsapp, seun really did strike gold, make he just increase some of its functionality.

Glad it all worked out @iboboyswag I can imagine the dilemma you and the family went through, the fear of UKVI ehn.

@akorkor having issues with that email and glad you asked your question on here and got better suggestions and help that I may not have been able to offer privately.

Endofmyjottings

Chynells:
Hello All,

I received my IELTS score today and I am sad.
LSRW 8.5/7/6.5/7

I am 36YO.
I am currently doing my MSc and studying French.
I just need someone to comfort me cos I am devastated

Be proud of yourself. I have lived and worked in the UK for 5 years lol, my Listening score was 7.5-- i'm still shook and don't have the energy to be embarrassed . Just try it again, you will def do better next time.

.

Mashaunola:
Please help me it’s urgent!!!

Please which flight can I book that does not require a transit visa during layover. Please your kind response will be appreciated.

A flight to your destination

contra:


I'm assuming this is for Audit.

Your brother need to work as a manager in Nigeria for 2 years before he can be considered for Manager in the UK.

It's traditional for big4 to downgrade your experience. Manager to AM and AM to Senior and so on. Depending on the big4 and your brother's performance and awareness, he will spend at least 2 years in position before he'll be promoted. If he's tired, he can switch to another big4 or one of the mid-tier firm - top10.

My advise
He should take the offer but with a higher salary. In london 50k, South 47k and North 40k is the range. Let him ensure he's getting the higheat level of AM if it's Deloitte or KPMG. Its better to spend 2 years here without promotion than stay in Nigeria just because they want to get manager before coming - just 1 advantage - you'll be way ahead in completing your 5years here with solid 2years UK experience in the bag. Most new managers from Nigeria struggle in audit, some are on year 3 and still no promotion to SM.

Again, you said your brother will be a manager in few months, you mean July or October next year. That's when big4 in Nigeria promote. That's at least 7 months plus 2 years before coming to UK as a manager. Is this your brother's promotion guaranteed? No!

This is the usual standard.

NB - i've advised based on the available information you provided. I can give him a more personalised advice if he sends me a message for free just this time.

I have a few big4 friends, they complain/say everything you’ve just said lol. I totally endorse this as true.

Also nothing wrong with coming here as less/smaller, if they are truly worth the position, they will get there in no time and even surpass.

Lexusgs430:



So you think ....... As a true investor, I conduct recycled purchase strategies, on some positions.......


I sell my positions, start another position........ That fruit I plucked, plants another seed.......

You must have control over your greed. My greed won’t allow me to sell, especially when it’s doing so well. I start wondering what would happen if I sell and it grows more or if the new one I’ll buy will tank.

Smh

IamE:
Our tech mummy.

I have watched so many tech videos of newbies and how they got into tech. Specially those that claim 6months was all it took them.
Honestly I don't think I have the slightest idea of what a CV for a tech dude should look like.
I am a Frontend dude. Basically HTML, CSS & small JAVA.
One thing I have come to understand from the videos I have watched is you don't have to know ALL about the field you in as there is room for growth secondly they would love to see a completed job on previous work.(I HAVE NONE) On this not I am considering hosting a responsive page for my LHASA-APSO dog.
My Wife's COS just arrived for her UK nursing job and I should be joining her in a month or 2.

1.Do I start applying from 9ja or wait till I reach then apply to areas close to her?

2. Can you help me with a sample CV.
3. What other tip would you suggest to me.
I am open to suggestions o our tech mummy
Codeindo@pm.me

Lol I’m not tech mummy o, let me call jtech (and the other real tech people) to contribute.

You can start applying from Nigeria but most times they will call you, and if your number is Nigerian they may not call. So best to wait till you get her and her a uk phone number.

Like you pointed out, you don’t have to know all. If your focus is frontend (which bit seems to be— wait, Java or JavaScript though?) practice well.

Offer people your service for free to build their website, then use that as proof of your skill (I think that’s what GitHub is for). Beef up your LinkedIn to look good and keep watching frontend vids (if you meant js) to improve your knowledge and speak the linguo convincingly.

But while searching for a dev job, do other smaller jobs. The smaller jobs will teach you the culture and help you twist your accent small. Although you don’t need these to get a dev job (cos they know devs are mostly foreigners), you def need it for growth/promotion.

elisinho:
since inception, I have always had something for tech, but I didn't have much money that can give me a breakthrough from nigeria to here
now I'm in the uk on a tier 2 visa and I have this colleague that is studying computer science with software engineering
though he is British and he sometimes brags about how he is leaving us rekindles my passion for tech
He said the tuition is 6k and completely online makes it more interesting
I have these concerns and the reason I bring it to you our pillars
1. on a tier 2 visa is it illegal for me to do this masters that is completely online?
2. is it worth it or I'm better off with some courses

thanks all in anticipation

Any form of education especially in tech is worth it. You’re not after the certificate but the tech knowledge to get a tech job. So it being online doesn’t matter, if anything it means you can do it conveniently while working on your T2.

Wish you well.

BouharryArtikou:


Probably not an ‘assumption’.
Probably work was really poorly & haphazardly done.

Advice to students: When you are on Tier-4 visa, your school work should be the main thing. Any other side ‘hustle’ should be secondary.

I cum in peace.

I literally just said this: the reason I don’t participate in the student thread is because I get frustrated by how they forget that they are coming to study. I know some of them use it as a front to emigrate, but that’s more than 10k spent to not even get a good education, which could set you apart from others.

I know how many of my friends I’ve warned to not try this. You’re running from Nigeria and you now don’t plan well to come here. The result is that you remain in a particular “ok” job where you work to pay bills and not to actually live your life- hoping for a breakthrough.

I know family friends that I advise to do courses but they work so hard and don’t earn enough to afford the courses or even have the time to study- a vicious cycle— really not worth it.

iboboyswag:


Long story but the work was assumed poorly done. So extension was sought and granted. But the catch was we didn't realise that extension would be for a longer period past the visa validity.

The school then change the status to part-time from fulltime.

Since you spent more time working a student job than doing the studies you came for, One would have assumed that you would have at least saved enough money to handle problems like this.

My issue isn’t even the visa extension (or lack of), it’s the change from full- time to part time as an international student on tier 4 (means you no longer even qualify for the tier 4 because it’s for full time students).

You def need a lawyer

obalala:
Thanks, so been born in Israel of man still counts as entry to United Kingdom?

It’s Considered a UK island, unless stated otherwise. Put it there, let them be the ones to deduce whether it’s considered the UK or not

obalala:
Would appreciate any body's opinion on this

The day she was born in the country is the day she entered the country.

Thenext:
Thank you sir

Do you want us to fight?

Everybody knows I’m precious about my gender Oga. Shey you did not see the “f” beside my name. Also, Don’t you know Aphrodite is a “goddess” (woman), not “god”?

So I humbly ask again, do you want us to fight?

Thenext:
Please I need your contribution on this matter.
The surname on all my credentials (WAEC, degree, NIN, international passport etc) is Tunji, but I don’t want my children to bear Tunji but Olatunji. My children now have Olatunji as there surname on there birth certificates and NIN. I have done affidavit in court to claim that I am the same person having surname as Tunji and Olatunji. So my questions are, is this acceptable legally and will there be any problem at the airport when traveling abroad with the children. Or any future implications for me and the children.

Just attach the affidavit. And have a copy ready to be shown or shared, if asked. You’ll be fine, women change their names everyday.

cunlay007:



Train inside Doha Qatar airport….sound strange just check your boarding pass and work to assigned boarding area A-G

Yup it is possible, most big airports have them. The train will be free. @solalal36

OSCARTM:


Other parts of tech that folks should consider is the security, compliance and audit of IT; these areas are also in high demand as most IT professionals do not fancy career shift to them. Furthermore, a degree in Computer Science is not required to thrive in these roles.

IT Auditors - They initiate periodic review of IT processes, Infrastructure and Security; they are usually required in the Big4, IT consulting firms and companies with large staff/customer base. A professional certification called Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) is usually required to be considered for the job role, while additional certifications like CISSP, CEH, CISM, ISO27001 LA.....may be required for knowledge purposes.

Information/Cyber Security Specialists - They ensure adequate security of the overall IT infrastructure of organizations; there are several job roles related to this part of IT like Information Security Governance Analyst, Network Security Specialist, Application Security Specialist, Cloud Security Specialist, Ethical Hacker, Vulnerability Assessor/Penetration Tester, SOC Analyst, and so on. Professional certifications like CEH, CISSP, CISM, CCSP, OSCP will be required to be considered for these job roles.

IT Risk/Compliance Analysts - Their responsibilities are closely related to that of IT Auditors, they provide guidance to IT/Security professionals on internal and regulatory compliance areas relating to IT processes, projects and general IT Infrastructure. Part of their responsibilities also involve identifying risk exposures, documenting them and recommending controls. Professional certifications required includes ISO27001 LI, ITIL, CRISC etc.

For those who are not tech savvy, you could consider switching to IT audit/compliance first, then evaluate the possibility of moving to information/cyber security later.

Career in the roles mentioned above is rewarding. I will be willing to provide more information on how to switch to them here, folks can also check online for more information.

God bless you. Well done.

Hehe just like you pointed out, I’ve been romancing audit or security in my head, but laziness won’t want to allow me to write my cissp and change my career since I’m already ok where I am

BoyDimples:


thank you for your reply, was thinking of using my "remortgage statement" I just remortgage instead of the home deed. She does have her University letter as well stating she is a full time student etc

Both ok. Wish you the best

IamE:
Good evening all.
I applied for a change of name on my passport via an officer and he's been on the process for over 2 weeks.
my wife's COS was sent to her this evening. And while filling the form i got to a spot that asked for my name and passport number as the dependent..
Please i want to know if the passport number will change upon completion of the change of name..
Please guys i need your advice

Yes your passport number will change lol- it can’t be the old one because they will issue you a new expiry date. You can fill your current name and old passport number for now. When the new passport comes you’ll have to use that new name and new passport number (don’t worry, the data page will show the old passport number to create a link).

Alternatively you could wait to avoid any hussle. Men don’t change their names often, so I’m tempted to ask why you changed yours— but I’ll mind my business.

(Is she a dangote? )