Livesimple:
How much is ur current salary as a lab technician lets start from there first?
Note: am gonna give u a very gud career guide.

50k and if i finished as a lab scientist, highest u can earn is 150k. Can we chat on WhatsApp then?

AkalaJ:
You stand a good chance of becoming a successful I.T professional if you put your mind to it. I wish you best of luck.

thanks bro

Charpell:
Finished university 2012, 5 years later no meaningful employment.
One day i figured out that my B.Eng certificate was no longer useful, dumped it and started programming from scratch, watching Youtube and free courses from coursera
Started coding at 2017 (27 years) and I have never looked back.

You already have the funds, it makes it easy for you

hmm u can imagine if u have being coding earlier instead of wasting your time in school

Meel:
I believe I am in the position to point you in the right direction being a medical laboratory science student in his finals who has a side gig in IT.

The big question is what do you want to do with Medical Laboratory science??
Where do you see yourself in the next 10 years??

Answers to the above questions will go a long way in allowing you make good decision.


Medical laboratory science is becoming saturated day by day. The well paying Jobs are federal government Jobs. Private practice is an obstacle that takes some level of tenacity to overcome. I will not sugarcoat things for you, the profession is a shadow of itself.

Interns payment is being debated, privatisation of federal hospital laboratory is being considered. The financial proceeds from the profession is getting dim day by day.

If you don't have a solid plan on what to do with the profession, and you depend on government for Job ( you don't have connections) , you are on a long thing. Professional courses which majority view as a sure banker to employment is no longer sure again oo.




IT is the new oil, but reward from this takes some level of skills and time, web is saturated ( from my perspective). Search out for other areas of IT.




As some has said, you can learn programming simultaneously with schooling, which I am in support of. But medical laboratory is hectic to be combined with a thorough programming endeavor.

Final take home, as a lab technician, you should have worked under few scientists. Which of them do you want to become??

none sir, the few ones i see and envy a little bit works for federal government and someone like me that i don't have connections. I might end up earning peanut in a private organization. That's why i want to dedicate 5yrs of my life learning programming, and as for motivation, if i think about the fact that i can't face my parent to tell them, i wasted their money, will always motivate to make it in programming, at least if i make it and I'm getting jobs, and later tell them i used the money to study programming and getting paid for it, they won't feel disappointed.

Hello nairalanders, I'm working currently as a laboratory technician, but my parents wants me to further more for medical laboratory science course in university.

Seeing the way technology is moving, I've decided to go into IT, which is the reason i want to use the money I'm supposed to use to study MLS to go into programming, instead of using 5yrs studying MLS, that's even if ASUU did not extend it to 6 or 7years, i want to dedicate this 5-6yrs of my life into programming( web development and other parts of programming maybe application software development also).

I've also decided to go to teach myself first online, and later go to IT school for certificate and meeting with other IT gurus sake so as to gain from them.

So is programming worth sacrificing this career for? Please advise.

tensazangetsu20:

Programming is not saturated o. It is just saturated with a group of people who all know the same thing. Most of what gives money in programming isnt known or learnt.

like what and what? And also are you a programmer yourself?

Buttocks can also be called, bum bum, ass, or backside

tensazangetsu20:

I forgot that healthcare people earn peanuts . Well you can start learning programming on the side.

wish i could do the two together.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
it is becoming choked saturated.

wow, do we more programmers more than we have scientist?

tensazangetsu20:
Use the medical laboratory science to move yourself abroad then you can learn programming once you are out of the country.

Aiit, but the salary range for mls isn't that encouraging, your savings would have finished settling bills. Or is there anyway i can do that, without big money being involved sir

supportnija:
Their both good, Any course you read these two things come to play LUCK or Favor
80% , intelligent 20%, it take favor or luck to show you outside the world.

wow! Thanks so much

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Go for mls

Aiit, have u tried programming before and u realize that it's not worth it? Or why do u choose MLS

Karleb:
Follow your heart.

my heart is with programming, and I'm willing to work hard for it, knowing what is at stake, knowing fully well that my parents won't take it lightly with me if i don't succeed in it, thinking about that only should be my motivation for making working hard in if i study the programing. By The way thanks so much

Hello nairalanders, I'm working currently as a laboratory technician, but my parents wants me to further more for medical laboratory science course in uni. Seeing the way technology is moving, I've decided to go into IT, which is the reason i want to use the money I'm supposed to use to study MLS to go into programming, instead of using 5yrs studying MLS, that's even if ASUU did not extend it to 6 or 7years, i want to dedicate this 5-6yrs of my life into programming( web development and other parts of programming maybe application software development also). I've also decided to go to teach myself first online, and later go to IT school for certificate and meeting with other IT gurus sake so as to gain from them.
So is programming worth sacrificing this career for? Please advise.

Cc: mukina 2
Cc: lalasticlala please help me push to front page for more advise.

E be like say I dey hear, boyero oo

If not for the way things are been done, we've been made to believe that fathers pay every single bill in the house, getting married with 60k isn't bad, provided my wife will be working too, and also we'll be working towards increasing our income too along the line, because along the line responsibilities will come; kids, school fees and all. But as it is now that it's the men that will take care of everything, even if madam dey work, they will keep their money saying father should provide, don't even try to settle with that amount. But if it's both parties that are contributing I see nothing wrong in that.

chival:


I love leap of faith

I love your taste you must know what good music is. That song touches me every time I listen to it.

Kenny Rodgers- my world is over without you
Olakira ft daido- Maserati
Chris brown ft Kevin McCall- No bullshit
Drake - Marvis room
The Weeknd- feel it coming
Miguel- pussy is mine
Olamide ft omah lay- infinity
Chika- high rises
Lionel Richie - stuck on you
R Kelly- leap of faith. Listen to this whenever I feel down

Only seen soul onward over the moon as a cartoon lover sha, Tenet and Mulan too. planning to see the white tiger soon. This Daniel kaluuya really surprised his mum with his statement that award night bad guy kaluuya.

You say song in the 90's I dey see All of me- John legend and Adele -hello. Songs wey never reach a decade.


anyway sha nice collection

so that's how I just wasted my data and time watching this video. All I saw was a girl hiding her face, wanting to turn herself into motivational speaker but only ended up contradicting herself

baby mama wahala! !!!

You met a married man and u knew he was a married man but u still went ahead to say yes to him just because he told u his wife abroad can't disturb you. I believe money would have made you open your legs for him, because I'm very sure he was not the only one disturbing you as at that time.
When you were about to lay on his bed too, u didn't call on Nigerians oo or foreign bodies but now that it has happened you are calling on Nigerians. Nigerians wey our own problem sef pass your own.


All these men too that can't keep their pennis in one place. see a woman calling you out in public, Shame grip me for the man walai.

ThisCouldBeUs:
How did she contradict herself? Several men out will prefer to chase ladies upandan with empty pocket. Imagine you can't feed yourself and you are dedicating 80% of your thoughts to "how to woo a girl". Head dey pain you.

sorry o, did you even read the title at all? it says that the woman was penniless after the divorce which means that the guy has money and was spending on the lady, but soon after the divorce the lady became penniless. So what's this you are now saying about guys chasing girls when they don't have money. Is that what the topic is all about or can't u read?, this is even blossom chukwujekwu we are talking about.

Also the lady said in the video that she's happy and she can get whatever she wants herself and later said being alone sucks, if u are actually happy right now, why are u saying being alone sucks again. isn't that contradictory?. I bet u didn't watch the video. All these nairaland airtel basics people sef, if u don't have data to watch video ask for the summary of the video before commenting.

Nigerian ladies na everything una dey need urgently. From urgent 2k to urgent advise

so that's how I just wasted my data and time watching this video. All I saw was a girl hiding her face, wanting to turn herself into motivational speaker but only ended up contradicting herself

oga still insist you want to go through her phone ask for her password, if she finally gives you then it's okay , but if she doesn't then oga it's enough to call a relationship, but before u do f**k and f**k her real good. Then leave her and find someone else. But if u think u should continue the relationship with u guys keeping secrets, then plenty of tears awaits u to be shed o



by the way, who's is this guy on top of me for this easter Sunday?

All these nairaland fake stories sef. so u broke up with someone then u now had gut to be making money with his property without his consent, then now came another gut to come and expose yourself on a public forum. pls is senselessness that cheap? oya now that u av brought it to nairaland what should we now do?

Superpower:
How dare you disrespect mary j blige like that.You must be very ignorant.

if saying the truth about mary not measuring up to FELA is a disrespect to Mary, then I'll be glad to do it over and over again. I love Mary though, but I can't because of that disrespect fela

Sleekfingers:



mary j wey don dey sing over 25 years ....u say common mary j......
Anyway, dem never born most of yall.....

On that list.....i voted for dionne warwick.....i know say , u go say common dionne warwick now.....

mary j has been singing over 25years and FELA sang for just 5years right? If u don't know FELA sang for over 30years and if not for death, FELA would have sang more years.

Wetin den dey look since all these days when he still dey alive, na now wey e don die dey con dey say den wan put am for hall of fame, As far as me I'm concern it's not worth it. Fela was and is still fame himself, if not for the way this country is, we are suppose to have FELA HALL OF FAME where will now be adding american singers inside, imagine fela competing with Mary j blige for hall of fame, c'mon, mary j blige should be under FELA HALL OF FAME. When did mary j blige starts singing?