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Philadelphia:
You see your line in bold? That’s what earning potential means.
Don’t think earning potential is limited to only “salary” earnings. Another word for earning is income.

Now go back and read my previous comment.

Ok thought we were still on how great the job's are in the west and how big our savings r

I didn't know say you sabi.

Keep winning bro

BigDawsNet:
You absolutely right but without the neccassry degree or certifications your experience will probably be uselsess.


And you can't always lie on your CV to secure professional job here...

We have what we call background checks...

If you caught, your data will be shared across the country HR System.... You then know what it means...

All you need is the right sector..

Things are happening.. if u dey that click u go understand.

Recently it's been difficult because of some new legislation.

As for the arresting part, they'll need to arrest 60 percent of the population because everyone wey sabi don take advantage.

It's what it is , how you go ask me for 6 experience on something wey them just introduce 4 year's ago.

Philadelphia:
Bro, one’s saving potential is a matter of various factors including earning potential, spending habit, dependents etc.

However, there’s a proverb that says “as elephant head dey heavy am, na so ant own Dey heavy am.”

This might twist your mind a bit.. read it carefully
Earning potential abroad limits your savings potential.

One guy cracked it here on nairaland recently, 9 to 5 peeps r losers in the west, you will be comfortable that's all but even that comfort comes at a steep price, long hours of work , stress etc.

The business peeps , contractor's are the one's killing it because of tax loopholes.

Make i no talk everything here

seunny4lif:
These jobs are not there.. the only one i believe is medical in which case you go don suffer well well.

Nurses are horribly paid, tailor, hairdressers, mechanics in Ireland? Laughs.
Hairdressers and Mechanics making you laugh? Then you have never step your feet outside Nigeria

Software yes, but just in Dublin.
Like really?
Bro, you know nothing
Galway, Dundalk, and Lim are full of SW jobs
Paypal, Master card, FB are all located outside Dublin

All in abroad is hard, let's stop pretending.

How much do you save monthly, tell the truth?
Why will I tell you?

Not that you can't be a mechanic , tailor.. the competition is deadly because you have indigenous mechanics , Eastern Europeans dominating that sector. Infact my russian friend is a mechanic, he's doing ok but nothing special.

Name the software companies? Those little office's with 25 staff yes

Dublin is where the software jobs r , yeah very little elsewhere.

Philadelphia:
Mention me when you’re ready and I may not shame you but I promise that you’d be embarrassed.

Ha ok, God will not shame any of us. We can all be winner's.

For me i have gone past the stage of saving, it's my investments putting money back into my pocket.

I'm just keeping it real, it's not easy abroad at all at all, especially when starting out.

The only way to make sense of our convo is to declare how much we save monthly after expenses doesn't have to be detailed, that way we demonstrate credibility.

Philadelphia:
Lemme see the balance on your account statement and I’d show you mine so you’d guess how much I save monthly

Swear down bro I'm a learner oh.

You first sir

I say mine after

Mosdi the greatest

Nigerian men are useful, all of them

Philadelphia:
OP, you don’t know what you’re saying.

I guess you’re only consoling yourself after several US visa denials.

There’s what’s called quality of life. This, you can’t get in Nigeria with your 100k.

By the way, I’m sure you’ve not been to the US, Canada or any European country because if you have and you breather their fresh air, you’d know that the air in Nigeria is capable of killing you.

Well, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is a professional economist. She must know the economical value of working and living abroad. Else, she wouldn’t have aspired to become the WTO Director to resume at Geneva Switzerland.

Abi you think say her monthly tax no go pass your annual untaxed 100k salary?

No deceive yourself.

How much do you save monthly , that's what I need to know.

The long grammar doesn't confirm anything.

Tell us the truth.

BigDawsNet:
That why we had to study more and get a recognize degree just to get a standard ob that can pay $5000 upward a month after tax...

When you get here you will realize nigerians are cruising....

You over work just to pay bills and stay financially fit here...

That's the only way

Degrees are nothing in abroad, experience is what you need.

Nigerians balling abroad are not the one's with degrees, they're the ones who know how to game the system.


Lieing on your CV will get u a professional job faster than actual degrees.

You think say i don't know wetin dey sup

seunny4lif:
Abroad gives all the opportunity you need
My GP went back to school at the age of 40 to study medicine, now he is 51 and a medical doctor
I know over 10 Nigerians here in Ireland that has never studied before in Nigeria but got here and now working as a professional nurse, GP, Hairdressers, Mechanics, House building, and Software developer because of the opportunity here given them.
If you want to enjoy yourself abroad then be a professional.
Tailors get paid per hr as a professional

These jobs are not there.. the only one i believe is medical in which case you go don suffer well well.

Nurses are horribly paid, tailor, hairdressers, mechanics in Ireland? Laughs.

Software yes, but just in Dublin.

All in abroad is hard, let's stop pretending.

How much do you save monthly, tell the truth?

BigDawsNet:
Absolutely...the key is don't be lazy if possible take the second job to cover your savings...

Because a $100 per day income in a month will not give u a reasonable savings fter deducting your bills

By the time u reach 40 doing two jobs, u go don dey haggard, ontop you can't still save 2k a month .

1k per month in savings will take over four years to gather 50k. Ordinary 50k oh.

Abroad hard no be small. Forget the sane climes nonesense people talk about.

Reni1:
OP is a JJC who just arrived in the US, most likely. Home is where you make it. If you are in the US or Nigeria, live your life and if possible try not to compare what’s it’s like on the other side.

Nigeria is hard, abroad is hard.

But the enjoyment i dey see for Nigeria when people have money, you can't dream of it in abroad on a 100k salary.

Nigerians wey dey waste 10 million spraying money in nightclubs

Fear those people and don't believe them when they complain continuously about poverty.

If he was totally useless you won't need any advice.

You're gaining something you ain't ready to part with.

Also (butterflies) and (i don't like him) under the same story.

I smell mago mago on your part .

We're told not to judge when they do crazy stuff like drug abuse, i guess their maker can do the judgement.

Everything in moderation folks, life ain't no fairy tale where everything goes.

There are consequences!

felaismyhero:
No brother, that's not the truth. You are not a fool. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; that doesn't mean the blind people are foolish or less wiser than he is. Knowledge bro!

Bro I don't want to be a one eyed man in the land of the blind.

It's stressful bro.

Wouldn't it be better if we all had eye's or better yet more people with sight than not.

Yes I'm a fool because I'm part of a foolish group.

Nothing wrong with being accountable and accepting your failure's , the quickest part to restoration!

Culture of quick wealth, parents littering the country with low quality humans, general cultural decadence and lack of pro activeness on the government's part to ensure it's citizens are of high quality with high iq is the reason for these problems.

I'll start off solving this by finger printing every mofo in the country.

Hold parents accountable.

Make scapegoats out of people who display and flaunt questionable wealth.

Prevent additional cultural decadence which promotes other vice's by instilling ethical thinking in the curriculum/ work place.

Lead by example.

Awesome. We see a problem we provide a solution.

Enough of cry cry baby syndrome.

lefulefu:
where are u? In canada?
I am in the carribeans
I have a few friends here both nigerians and non nigerians and study colleagues but brotherly I don't think I will have that time bugging ppl to be my friend
I remember in that child's play movie there was one dollbaby called chucky always looking for ppl to be his best friend
I am not chucky abeg
When u bug ppl to be ur friend they will normally run away from u
Friendship should come naturally

Lolz , imagine being so desperate that you don't mind buck dancing.

The one way pain me pass na one chick i travel to go bone, after completing the job na seperate rooms we sleep.

Dem no tell me before I sneak commot the babe house for midnight, drive another 2 hours to my location, na for phone call we take settle the rest.

I come dey reason my life say which kin emptiness be this sef , even after puna still no joy.


Oyinbo craze no be small, they can seperate sex from closeness easily.

lefulefu:
I am saying there whites who are older and they still behave like kids.they don't want to work but they still keep on collecting money from their parents to weed and party all day.i am not talking of 20 something yr olds but 30 and 40 something yr olds who also behave like kids.and as for mixing most ppl prefer hanging out with their own age group that one is natural.anyway for any nigerian complaining about not being able to make friends in a foreign land then he or she should try and make contacts with fellow nigerians living where he or she residing
There lots and lots of nigerians living in the US
Same In canada
Also In the uk
There are other african groups,carribeans etc.if u can't hang out with any member from this group then the person has an issue and he should look more inwards.

The convo is shifting again lol.

When you get here you'll understand.

lefulefu:
there some 40 something yr old whites who live in their mom's basement and use their mom's paycheck to buy and smoke weed all day.u got the lazy ones who also behave like kids just throwing tantrums all over d place playing video games all day.the immaturity issue is not really a racial thing.

True, but they know they're old and won't mingle with the younger crowd.

The young run all the exciting stuff & you can't mingle because you might be seen as pervy.

The older crowd already have their in groups, hard to break into.

Focus on the age element , the racial part is more like cultural.

79733139:
So because two or three people cannot do something that means it isn't doable? Fine accept their opinion as the gospel truth.

You have refused to grasp the depth of the argument.

Your points about self confidence is correct and will help a lot anywhere.

The argument is really about how insular European's are in general, it doesn't mean you won't get the odd white punna or some temp freindships, but if you stay long enough and look back, you'll discover no solid relationship's were built.

It's what it is.. Europeans also mature quickly, after their second year in college, they get serious about their life choices, unlike Nigeria where over 30s still behave and party like kids.

The routine ..once you get passed a certain (max 18-20) age, ... work, then outings on Friday, sat.. that's even if you're social.. now add extra responsibilities and you'll almost prefer to stay indoors.

You can craft the life you want but the west is just a closed in society and you'll have to live within those limits.

79733139:
There would always be hotel bars and restaurants that are not only for lodgers, there would always be the ones that open to anybody that is well dressed and wishes to have a drink or meal. People look for ways to socialise (even in winter like visiting ice rinks) and make it work, people buy courses to speak with a neutral British accent or General American accent and make it work. They do so many things just to be able to socialise and deal with loneliness... rather than complain and insult anyone that makes suggestions.

So sure, yes for you, the verdict is you would NEVER be able to socialize with people in your environment abroad. However, don't make the generalisation that it can be done if you are black (or African).

Because you have failed to do something doesn't mean it cannot be done! Just because I can't run a 100 metres race under 11 seconds, does that mean that someone of the same age as me cannot do it?

And if offering Nigerians suggestions on how to deal with loneliness and socialize with their neighbours in a foreign land makes me an ITK, I wear it proudly. Some people are likely reading what I am writing and might decide to take the bull by the horn and do something instead of complaining and saying it is hopeless... "white people don't want to be my friend"

Oga u stubborn sha, but extremely clueless.

All the people wey dey abroad don tell their truth, u wey no dey get d biggest opinion.

Haba y

Randy91:
Do you have an experience ?

Pls share..because i have one in my click of friends and she is very good and caring...honestly

Ha make i no dissuade u, there are exceptions as u know. Just keep ur eye open.

To avoid long grammar, just think of anything bad na Kenya women go dominate. Just an observation, i no get stats to back am up oh.

Good ending. Arrest any pedo bastard, don't care of it happened centuries ago

Lagoon0:
What defines decency? Ancient days men put on gold earrings in Israel but do that in church today you'll be tag.

Lack of knowledge is too apparent

Maybe you're correct, but nose ring people are usually weird,in the 70s people called them hippie's , not because of the nose ring itself though.

Just my observation.

Randy91:
Una get time ooo

One thing to do once in Abroad is to KEEP AWAY from NAIJA BABES...most of other African babes like kenya, cameroon, Ghana, etc are COOL

Kenya ? They're the worst. Stay away.

Fantastic. Love it!

Good!

She's childish, you're not off the hook yet in terms of loyalty. 50/50.

You need some redpills.