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Olamyyde:
Use telegram or seedr to download torrents. Besides utorrent is like a malware these days

SOLARPOWER1:
Case 1: If money is your motivation
You are living a very comfortable life "financially" right now in Nigeria ...Unless you are lying, you don't have any business travelling out to Germany.

Case2: if academic pursuit is your motivation
The first thing you have to consider is your age now, and how far have you gone as regards hands on skills in the area of data science, because even go Europe you still have to learn everything yourself...How sound IP your programming skills, are you a intermediate in the area me machine learning/deep learning Mr you have not really started... I know friends who are regretting leaving Nigeria and I know one who recently got a professional job after graduating in DE and all his complain has changed to smile... In summary just know coming to Germany for financial purpose only is a 50/50 thing... And leaving a 500k business that has the capacity to get better is a risk in itself.... Coming to Germany is like starting from scratch again... Do you have the passion and time (age) to embark on such journey

Personally anybody receiving above 350k in Nigeria should not bother leaving Nigeria to DE for financial reasons

Boss13:
You are welcome. Don't forget to seek the advice of a divorce lawyer before you marry. The $500.00 per hour would save you a lifetime of financial difficulties, emotional distress, physical stress, and even jail time. Yes - I said JAIL TIME. If you do not pay child support, child protection services can call the police, take you to court and the judge will send you to jail. I forgot to inform you that you MUST include in the PRENUP who gets to keep the children, custody rights, amount of child support to be paid per month, and alimony in the event there is a marriage dissolution.

I guess you now see the importance of a PRENUP. It is not just a tool utilized mainly by wealthy people. It is an important document for a marriage contract. Do not neglect the alternative option of having your parents pick a wife for you. In my opinion, I think it is the best and fastest option to get married. The Indians and Chinese or Asians utilized the form of marriage (Arranged Marriage) and it works perfectly well for them. When there are disputes and SURELY there will be marital disputes, you can rally around your family for support and also extinguish the fire.

I will repeat again - do not let anybody, including your OWN FAMILY, talk you out of not getting a PRENUP. if she does not want a PRENUP, find someone else who will. If you do not get a PRENUP, you relinquish ALL CONTROL to your wife and automatically become a SIMP. You would live in constant fear throughout the duration of your marriage and only or mostly do things to PLEASE the wife.

Also, utilize your bachelor phase with making friends with the married Nigerian men within your community and seek their opinions, including their marital problems. Though many men don't speak about their marital problems openly, if you are close to them, they would advise you greatly. I wish you that best of luck. If you implement what I outlined, you will enjoy your marriage in the western world, and even if you divorce, your life will not be miserable, at least, not financially. Also, your wife will be committed and submissive because she knows the consequences which are outlined in BLACK and WHITE in your PRENUP.

Oh before I forget - NEVER marry a woman who is above 25 years and try to get a virgin and surely you can if you implement the option of utilizing your parental assistance. Also, to avoid deceit about virginity, include in your PRENUP that the marriage will be instantly dissolved if upon consummation of the marriage you find out she is not a virgin. Oga, don't forget, NO JOKES HERE. This is your life and nobody will live your life for you. Also, consummate the marriage in Nigeria and if she is not a virgin - waka peacefully.

Boss13:
I think I can advise you on this. When you say North America, I believe you are in Canada. Americans don't say North America. Anyways I will say without mincing words, you are not old at all. Even at 40, you are not old. Men age like wine, but women get to hit the wall as they get older. All your options are risky, but option 3 is less risky than others. However, whatever option you choose, do not fail to get a Prenup. You are in the western world where women's rights are recognized more than men. Regardless of the option you pick, have it at the back of your mind that WOMEN CHANGE after marriage. Hence, you MUST PROTECT YOURSELF. Many young men in North America and even Europe are no longer considering marriage and I am sure you have heard of MGTOW or REDPILL and if you haven't, please do - study up quickly and get updated.

Marriage is good, don't get me wrong. However, western values have bastardized the ideals of marriage and replaced it with Hollywood fantasies, add feminism into that equation, what you get is women and men with the wrong beliefs of marriage. You HAVE TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF A DIVORCE LAWYER before you get married. The hourly rate in Canada is between $250 - $500 per hour. Spend the money to listen to how you can protect yourself from marriage before you sign the marriage certificate. If you do not protect yourself you will lose all control regardless of the option you choose.

Also, do not forget the PRENUP I mentioned above. When you start courting your potential wife, ask her about the idea of PRENUP, and listen to her response. If she refuses, move to the next one. In your PRENUP, have your lawyer draft EVEN THE BASIC NECESSITIES such as SEX, the timing, frequency, favorite position, and even hour. Include the consequences, expectations, and financial responsibilities in the event of the dissolution of the marriage. Do not JOKE about this. Inform your potential spouse to have a lawyer review the PRENUP before signing and sign and include her initials on all pages of the PRENUP.

My brother, even after a PRENUP, you are still not safe from a devilish woman. Next, you must set up a mechanism to protect your assets such as incorporating your assets either using an incorporated company or an LLC and transfer all your assets to that incorporation - your house, your car, your investments, and even your savings and have the incorporation borrow these assets for your utilization. For example, if you have purchased your home, transfer it to incorporation (a numbered company is easy to create) and have the company draft a rental agreement recognizing you as a tenant. You pay your mortgage as rental to your company and your company pays the mortgage with the same rental fees from you. Do the same with your car and other investments. Your lawyer can assist you with this. In this situation, no woman can take your property from you. Your company can eject her after the lease agreement is over. These mechanisms MUST have been implemented before you even dream of courting any woman. This means you should have these mechanisms like YESTERDAY.

Don't get twisted with LOVE. Marriage is not love. Hollywood and Advertisement companies created the ILLUSION called LOVE. Marriage is DUTY and RESPONSIBILITY to your family. I am saying this so you don't get stupid picking up your wife and stay stupid in your marriage. Once your wife does not live up to her expectations in the marriage, the consequences in the PRENUP kicks in immediately and you seek redress. Both the PRENUP and SAFETY MECHANISM provides you with a safety net to avoid losing CONTROL in your marriage and lose your asset in the event of a divorce. Oga, don't start saying your marriage will not end in divorce in Jesus's name. That's bullshit and a recipe for DISASTER. You have to plan for it and protect yourself. Even in Nigeria, I know politicians and business moguls who implement the SAFETY MECHANISMS I outlined above.

Finally, I know you are pressured and concerned about marriage. Don't worry. You are the PRIZE. You appear to be well settled and doing well for yourself. Many young women will rush you even in North America but don't be fooled. I don't know if your parents are alive, if they are alive seek their assistant in picking a wife for you. Give them your criteria - Age, Shape, Height, Educational Level, Religion, Tribe, and Skills which includes the ability to cook, clean, and sticking to traditional values. Also, the woman has to be from a stable family and that means both her father and mother are still in their marriage and they are doing well financially, including all her siblings. Do not be an avenue to alleviate anybody from poverty. You might be shocked I said you are the PRIZE. Yes, you are. Women are the PRODUCT and men are the BUYER, if you do not put a ring on her finger, she will NEVER BE MARRIED. Many men do not know this and they keep on SIMPING. Now, do you want to put a ring on someone who would DESTROY you?

You can hit me up for more advice. Don't mind the excessive emboldened words. I want you to note them. By the way, I live in Canada.

Timiofak:
Lmao, big joke. Seems you have not had discussions with people other than Nigerians that are abroad. Generally, Naija babes want the feminism of the west and also want men to do the conservative things we do in Naija, how does that fly? an average Naija babe wants a guy to make meals, do house chores and still want you to take care of all the bills the way our fathers do, and plenty go still dey threaten you untop your own money, though, to be sincere they are good Naija babes too oooh, but make we no lie nothing to write home about them. Op go for east Africa babes or south African babes since you said you dont like caucasian babes. I’ll advice you sef, if you are friends or dated any babe in naija before you travelled try rekindling things with her thats if you’re are that high into naija babes sha. [b]And as my popular saying, never go into any marriage without a prenup, [/b]in this present age,no matter how gentle and nice the babe is 10 years from now she can decide to part ways due Irreconcilable differences, its no ones fault , but dont loose out and regret. We are both young and if you look at the world from my perspective maybe you would get my point. Just my 2cents sha.

wisemania:
One quick question,

how many of us think the requirement listed by various recruiters(Nigeria) for data Analyst role is quite annoying?

I mean,

....
Should be adept at queries,
Should carryout db maintenance regularly (why the hell do they have a DBA),
Should install and update systems software (DBA job),
Should carryout software tests(Really?),
Systems design and maintenance (Data Engineers/ Data Architect role),
Machine learning (data science ),
Experience with Google spreadsheet, GA, Qlikview, python, JavaScript, C#, tableau, PowerBI, etc (Alright)
Etc........


Men, I'm exhausted already!!!!

Make system no go blind my eyes!

Olalekank:
I found this online

Some companies abroad that can sponsor your visa - https://github.com/shubheksha/companies-sponsoring-visas
The list keeps growing

cochtrane:
I think many data scientists/enthusiasts will agree that SQL is the foundation of data analysis. In fact, some jobs require you to know SQL and nothing more. If you are getting to data science and don't have knowledge of SQL, then you've still got a long way to go.

For those struggling to learn SQL, I've got some news for you. I'll be organizing a SQL class for free in some days (maybe a few weeks?). If you are interested, send me a PM and I'll add your name to the list. When we get to a reasonable number, I'll open the class. Perhaps we can get new people interested in SQL, or help beginners firm up their knowledge.

Mode of delivery: online (zoom)
Time: will be about 7- 9pm Nigerian time on a weekend.
Resources needed: A laptop and good internet connection
What to expect: You will be doing some coding yourself, while following the lecture

We will use SQLite. But most of what will be learnt can be extended to MySQL and Postgres.
Shoot me a PM if interested. Hopefully we can get some more engagement going here for enthusiasts!

If we get enough interested candidates, we'll open the class.

Glokit:
Top schools to study... on average budget

Griffith College
Technically University Dublin (Previously DIT)
National College of Ireland
Dublin Business school

For your interest... its better to study in Dublin although the standard of living is very expensive but you will have more access to jobs compare to any other city...

For jobs check
indeed.ie
Jobs.ie
Jobbio.com
Glassdoor.com

For students jobs and side Hustle it’s better to enroll wit agencies like
Noel Recruitment
Excel Recruitment
Cpl Recruitment
Temple Recruitment
First staff Recruitment
Addecco

For accommodation
Datf.ie
Rent.ie

For food/upkeep
Lidl
Aldl
Tesco

More Updates soon... but u can ask questions

cochtrane:
This is an interesting question, and this is how I'd do it.

Prior probability that the woman has cancer is P(A) = 0.01
Let event A be that the woman has cancer
Let event B be that the woman gets a positive mammogram test
So, we are looking for the probability that the woman has cancer given that she gets a positive mammogram test, i.e P(A|B)

Using Bayes theorem, P(A|B) = (P(B|A) * P(A))/(P(B))
We know the prior, which is P(A).
P(B) can be expressed as P(B|A) * P(A) + P(B|not A) * P(not A)
P(not A) = 1 - P(A) = 0.99
We take P(A|B) to be 0.75, which is what the physicians claimed, i.e. the probability that the woman has cancer given that she has a positive mammogram test.

P(B|A) is the probability that she gets a positive mammogram test, given that she has cancer. That probability is 0.8, since the mammogram accurately classifies 80% of cases.

If you substitute everything into the equation, you get P(B|not A) = 0.27%. This means the probability that the woman gets a positive mammogram result given that she does not have cancer is 0.27%. This is the size of the false positives and honestly is too low. This would suggest that the test is incredibly accurate, which as we can see from the figures of 80% and 90%, is not the case. So, it is very unlikely that the 75% from the physicians is correct.
I suspect the "benign" case is the complement of the "cancerous" case, though it's not clear. If that's the case, then the probability of getting a negative test given that she does not have cancer (it's benign) is P(not B|not A) = 0.90, so that P(B| not A) = 1-0.90=0.1 or 10%. This is more likely the value of your false positives. If we compare with our earlier 2.7%, we see it is much higher. With this we can confirm that the physicians obviously are not right in their diagnosis.

Olalekank:
https://twitter.com/wejapahq/status/1296341805752082433?s=21

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wisemania:
We need to be careful when dishing advice.

We get it! You are a bookworm, you can't help it, we understand, but be careful with your advice. Ejiod already explained the process of becoming a data scientist.

How?
By FIRST becoming a data analyst. You do not need to understand the intricacies of advanced statistics (or ML) to become a data analyst. What you need is

1. basic mathematics (statistics),

2. basic intuition of how ML algos work(they've been written in packages already for your usage). Kiril eremenko did a great job on that on udemy. Just get the course for free and learn the intuition with how and when to use it.

3. Excel,PowerBI(because it's cheaper for companies to integrate as most companies rely on Microsoft products and it's simply advanced excel) and or Tableau (or any other visualization tools). Tableau is a bit expensive though

4. SQL (T-Sql/MySQL/P-SQL) they are all 90% the same. Learn MySQL and the rest will become a breeze!

5. A programming language (Python/R/Julia, etc). You don't need to know all the functions of the language, just learn the basics and the necessary libraries for now (trust me, there'll be plenty of time to dive deeper into these languages later!)

After you're pretty solid on the above, start applying for jobs (junior data analyst or Business Intelligence Analyst).



If you need to feed, get a job with excel,powerBI/tableau,SQL,Python/R
then learn the remain (Statistics, ML-DL) on the job as required.

Else, you go HUNGRY


This is barely my [b]3rd month into data analysis and I've gotten some interviews already... No time to waste, as you need to survive...
[/b]

Olalekank:
Been a little cold here

Some companies that might be hiring
https://careers.bloomberg.com/job/search
https://www.palantir.com/careers/
https://stripe.com/jobs

Here’s a link to some companies that might be hiring abroad. It’s for new grads but you can check out their careers page
https://github.com/cmackenzie1/new-grads-2020


Here’s a Leetcode question to warm guys up a little
https://leetcode.com/problems/add-two-numbers/

emperordelis:
Mine was sometime around 2017,i had just completed my professional exams and it was only natural i start looking for a better job that befits my new qualification..Rearranged my CV and started bombarding marine / shipping companies and their agents with my CV. After about a week, i got a mail from one of them asking me to be in Port Harcourt the next day for an interview. I was excited,couldn't even sleep well,left Uyo very early the next day and got to PH in time..Went straight to the address she asked me to come to,if i had known how this day would turn out to, i probably wouldn't have wasted my time going there.
I got to the gate,security man won't grant me access without getting approval from whoever asked me to come. I spent over 30 minutes trying to call this lady,no response even after the security man assured me that she was inside,decided to call one last time and call it quits,she eventually picked up and gave me the worst attitude / insult i have gotten from any HR Personnel so far. Insulted me for calling her number,i tried to make her understand that i didn't come on my own,just yesterday she sent me an email asking be to come for an interview. I have never felt so embarrassed in my entire life,i apologised for calling,ended the call and cursed her to suffer for 6000 years..Wasted transport,wasted energy,wasted false hope just to come and receive insult... Some HR people totally forget the Human in their Job title

Ayinke93:
I use Udeler to download my Udemy courses on my Laptop. And you can get torrent files from Freeturialsusa.com then use uTorrent or BitTorrent to download them.