Many Engineers are leaving...

Penguin2:
A sound interpretation of the law.

The wordings are express, “political party”; nothing is said of a Candidate.

The donations can now go on.

Tinubu and his urchins can go die. Very foolish idiots.

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You are missing it.

A word is a enough for the wise. Even INEC emphasized on this also. He is not INEC. We should do the right thing.

emmaodet:


Life sha.
It is true that whatever faces you, is backing another person.
While some are crying, some are happy.
While some are doing house-warming moving into their newly completed building, someone somewhere is being evacuated from a house.
While some are losing their job, some are just getting newly employed.
While some are dying and being buried, some are just being born and organizing naming ceremony.

Why all these my yeye talk?

The war far away Ukraine/Russia has a far reaching devastating effect round the world codedly.

The new company I just joined 3 months ago is a French company and doesn’t really take or fancy Africans. 70/80% of their workers are Ukrainian/Russians.
Since the beginning of this war, the company has systematically dropped most Russians while the Ukrainians can not leave their country because border is closed and the men are to fight at the war front.
So it left a lot of companies in my sector short of many many workers.
They have mostly now faced we Africans and forced to like and recognize our certificate and experiences.
Is our God not a good God?
I have Oga that went to saudi in May and now earning around 8m per month.
That bros go paint the whole ibadan red when him come back. Ibadan babes don suffer plus married women sef.

I sent a mail to you.

I am considering the above between an "MSc Applied Data Science in Engineering" and "MSc Mechanical Engineering" in abroad.

First degree is in Mechanical Engineering with good grade and experience.

I would like to read your suggestions on this in the comment section.

Thanks.

Pls Mods, kindly push to front page. Thanks

I am considering the above between an "MSc Applied Data Science in Engineering" and "MSc Mechanical Engineering" in abroad.

First degree is in Mechanical Engineering with good grade and experience.

I would like to read your suggestions on this in the comment section.

Thanks.

Coquinoqui:
Live in the United States and I’ve never discouraged anyone from coming infact I connected one of my friend to one American lady who sent him an invitation. As im typing this my got his visa interview appointment date. My advice to anyone who wants to travel is to do it legally, don’t over stay and remain documented.

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Thanks

The next president is already a failure before resumption of office in May 29, 2023.

Kpele to the incoming president.

henryelfhel:
Forget about mechanical Engineering it's a nightmare and the most useless course one can study in Nigeria. With the determination and strength I see in you use it to study software Engineering, Data Engineering/Science and CyberSecurity.
You will never forget me if you stick to this advice.

How many universities in Nigeria have the courses you mentioned here? Most of my friends did electrical Electronic Engineering, then, major in programming/Automation. Two in Germany and one in Malta. All got the jobs from Nigeria.

Mechanical Engineering pays very well in abroad. In mechanical engineering, you can major in controls, Design, manufacturing, robotics, AI, ML etc. I know many.

DeLaRue:
Having a passion for Engineering is not a reason to get a degree in the field.

As someone said above, except for a few countries, Engineers salary tend to be on the low side. Many simply can't find a suitable job. The situation in Nigeria is even worse.

Mathematics or Physics may be a better option if you get good grades to proceed abroad for Masters in another field.

Otherwise, medicine, nursing, IT etc are better options for science students. You can take these skills abroad more easily.

So, engineering is not a better option to proceed to abroad right?

This is not a fact. Do your research on LinkedIn. Many engineering graduates are taking the PhD route in the US.

Op study Mechanical Engineering with at least 2.1 (If possible, First Class) if you consider the Aerospace Engineering for advanced degrees in the US (PhD to BSc without MSc).

Study electrical electronic engineering then major in Automation or programming. Also, consider advanved degree in abroad for MSc and PhD.

Pls don't study Mathematics or Physics. E get why.

Gerrard59:


I made that post (a long one) two years ago, and it is a hill I will die on.

I will forever encourage young and ambitious Nigerians to flee the country legally; target top institutions, immerse in the culture, and study the immigration process to know your chances. If it requires you to learn the language, do so. if the popular countries are out of reach financially or by intellect, research other countries. For instance, Chile offers a fast-tracked route to permanent residency after postgraduate studies and eventual citizenship. When the latter is attained, you can use it to apply for a work visa in the US. If Canada does not offer the wealth-building process you desire, wait till you become a citizen and apply for TN Visa to work in the world's biggest economy.

Don't sit in Nigeria listening to rantings from people based abroad YET actively discourage you from doing the same. They are evil people. If they have their ways, they will block the skilled migration schemes instituted by oyibos. Tomorrow, the same people will scream rAcIsM at any word a white person says. These people are citizens of developed countries yet spend their time on Nairaland discouraging young ones from migrating. They are simply angry, envious and depressed that other Nigerians are migrating to developed countries through relatively easier and straightforward methods and attaining enviable positions in those societies. If you ask them to return to Nigeria, they would never do so. Check it very well, none of those who actively dissuade Nigerians in Nigeria from japaing are in Nigeria. None whatsoever! From YouTube to TwitterNG to Instagram to Facebook and Nairaland, none of them are in Nigeria. Those in Nigeria have passports of developed countries, such that a few months before the presidential elections, they zoom off only to return after the swearing-in. Two instances are: a certain Bayo and Mummy Iyabo who are APC vuvuzelas on TwitterNG. They mock Nigerians who japa yet Bayo is in Canada, and the Mummy Iyabo has her children in the UK. The other is Iyin Aboyeji, who dissuaded tech bros from emigrating yet is married to a US permanent resident.

Is that not witchcraft?


Think about when you nack 40 years and where you ought to be. Think about when you see your friends globetrotting simply because they utilised opportunities that were also available to you, but you refused to utilise them only to negotiate access to your farmlands with Fulani herdsmen.

The Internet is available, learn to research and don't expect to be spoon-fed. As much as you are optimistic, be realistic and have low expectations. Remember, you are a bloody black person from sub-Saharan Africa.

I have said it several times that some Nigerians are devil and evil. Our politicians are far better than them despite their western education. One who advised me not to leave Nigeria, today he is in the UK.

Racoon:
There is no denying that immigrating abroad does not have its own challenges.Not all that glitters is gold and the pasture is not always greener on the other side as thought.

You all are always speaking same sermon of wickedness. Why are Indians not like you? They migrate more than Nigerians.

They are always discouraging instead of advising Nigerians which skills to learn before migrating.

I know many mechanical engineering graduates who have taken the PhD route with BSc to the US.

Prof. Ndubuisi wrote the following on; "The Biden Administration's Student Loan Debt Plan" though his LinkedIn page,

"Mr. President, that was why we voted for you. Give young people freedom from student loans. When a kid graduates with zero loans, the kid has more choices because life can move on without being worried about how to begin paying loans. As always, I remain thankful to the beautiful Americans who through their generosity ensured that I never received a bill throughout my program.

I was told that the school fee is about $67,000 per year. For the 4.5 years I stayed there, they took care of it and also put me on a salary of $36,000 per year while providing the best education available in the world. Then, they added more, crediting extra $4,500 per quarter which they classified as coming from extra fellowship and scholarship. It was from that money that I used to hire my first 11 engineers to start Fasmicro in Nigeria.

Be thankful if you graduated with $0 in America. It offers choices! While $10k is not enough for many, it is a step in the right direction. BIW - Biden is Working."

Nduibusi Ekekwe is a Nigerian Professor who based in the US.

This generation of Nigerians is fleeing the country. They are leaving in droves, in thousands, every day. They are fleeing to different climes. Just anywhere other than Nigeria.

It is liberating that people have choices to make. The choice to go to where they would be valued, respected, and where they can maximize their potential. It is simply exhilarating. But for some, it may be disturbing but at the same, it is the reality.

Years ago, I used to be an anti-brain-drain proponent. When I left Nigeria at the beginning of this decade, I promised myself to return as soon as I was done with my studies. I was determined to return to contribute to national development. Yes, I was.

But I never did. As years went by, I stayed back. Like many of my peers, I am now converted. As I looked back home, I felt more urgency to uplift family and friends.

Daily, staying abroad proved more realistic in doing all that the mind aspires to do as a human to your immediate and larger communities.

I stayed and stayed and stayed. Like a lot of my friends and peers, it is mixed-blessing--having the best education and operating at the peak of your career. We all stayed.

But thoughts of home remain evergreen and resident in the mind.

But home is almost no longer reachable. Yes, that is the truth. Here is home too. Relish it. Be it. Live it.

Unless you are a member of the corrupt political class in Nigeria, or the very few that successfully "made it" before it all went bust, it is hard to eke a living IF you have no one, a relative, a brother, sister, aunt, uncle, etc., residing abroad in Europe, North America or elsewhere, just elsewhere other than Nigeria.

For many, opportunities are shrinking by the day. Careers that used to be migration-proof no longer are.

And so to all those young men and women who ask me, if they should aspire to come over and join the diaspora, you are welcome--legally.

While I would have preferred that you stayed back home to build the nation, I must be dishonest to say that you should. You cannot stay. It is hard to stay. Listen not to the naysayers.

Come, liberate yourself. Come and maximize your potential for world-class education. Come to the best education that the world can offer. Come and together let us create a new world, a world in the diaspora--in USA, UK, Germany, Canada, etc.

After all, home is where the heart is. And here is home.

With your great minds, come to the diaspora. Come. With open arms, we welcome you. Come, flourish, thrive, future public health experts, future Engineers, future Chemists, future Biologists, etc.

Romuladus E. Azuine, DrPH writes from Washington DC. He is the Founder and CEO of Global Health and Education Projects, Inc

Dear Fellow Nigerians,

I have noticed one thing about we Nigerians (few) Immediately some of us in a group got a job, scholarship or travelled to abroad. Immediately, we exit the group and disconnect with friends. We assumed that we have arrive and ahead of others. What happen to networking and influence? What make you to think that those you are heading today won't be ahead tomorrow?

Think about networking and giving back to the society. Knowledge without sharing doesn't make sense. You have knowledge, try to use it to make impact.

I believe in your personal statement, Statement of Purpose (SOP), essay or letter of Motivation as you may call it, you wrote that you will use the skills and knowledge gained to make a positive impact. This is one of the reasons Indians are ahead of us; prospering more than us in all human endeavor from IT to real estate development, medicine to engineering and in organizations. They build a healthy community that looks out for everyone even to the least among them. Also, you that you feel like betraying your fellow Nigerians, please stop it. You that you feel like hoarding information, it is just you and you alone, please stop it. You that is discouraging others, please stop it. If you don't have the right information, you can reach out to your friends to find out. What is the difference between you and our politicians whom you accused of destroying Nigeria? Our politicians can't travel Nigeria's roads today. The economy is even hard to some of them. Nothing last forever. Just your impact positively matters a lot. This is what posterity will look after.

National cohesion is better than individualistic accolades. If your fellow Nigerians aren't well in the same neighborhood with white people, they will point hands to you. Few cultists make Dubai hard for other good Nigerians. We are interrelated in an inescapable network of mutuality.

Thanks to those who are helping their fellow brothers and sisters with materials, information and resources.

I urge you specifically not to give up because better days ahead. Hope in God for he is the master of all things while you use your brain and effort to push forward.

Lastly, build your network whether you are in abroad or Nigeria. Your network determines your net worth. You never can tell what tomorrow will be like. You might need Nigerians at home when aspiring for a political position tomorrow

Any time you read here, you will see a Nigerian from the UK, US or Canada discouraging others at home not to migrate legitimately. Before it was illegally.

Link 1 :https://www.nairaland.com/7273177/jakpa-advise-think-critically. Advising others not to travel to the UK

Link 2: https://www.nairaland.com/7303290/untold-truth-why-immigrants-leaving. Discouraging others not to migrate to Canada. We know all these challenges.

Some think that those at home are clueless and lack information. We are in a digital age with information at your beck and call.

Why are Nigerians always like this? The Indians are not like this. They have built a health community that looks out for everyone even the least among them. On the other hand, any Nigerian who migrated which we will know his or her background, will turn a motivational speaker over night. This is just a few among them.

Even when you get a legimate offer through through graduate programs, they will still discourage you not to come over.

I will share some information bellow.

Dear Fellow Nigerians,

I have noticed one thing about we Nigerians (few) Immediately some of us in a group got a job, scholarship or travelled to abroad. Immediately, we exit the group and disconnect with friends. We assumed that we have arrive and ahead of others. What happen to networking and influence? What make you to think that those you are heading today won't be ahead tomorrow?

Think about networking and giving back to the society. Knowledge without sharing doesn't make sense. You have knowledge, try to use it to make impact.

I believe in your personal statement, Statement of Purpose (SOP), essay or letter of Motivation as you may call it, you wrote that you will use the skills and knowledge gained to make a positive impact. This is one of the reasons Indians are ahead of us; prospering more than us in all human endeavor from IT to real estate development, medicine to engineering and in organizations. They build a healthy community that looks out for everyone even to the least among them. Also, you that you feel like betraying your fellow Nigerians, please stop it. You that you feel like hoarding information, it is just you and you alone, please stop it. You that is discouraging others, please stop it. If you don't have the right information, you can reach out to your friends to find out. What is the difference between you and our politicians whom you accused of destroying Nigeria? Our politicians can't travel Nigeria's roads today. The economy is even hard to some of them. Nothing last forever. Just your impact positively matters a lot. This is what posterity will look after.

National cohesion is better than individualistic accolades. If your fellow Nigerians aren't well in the same neighborhood with white people, they will point hands to you. Few cultists make Dubai hard for other good Nigerians. We are interrelated in an inescapable network of mutuality.

Thanks to those who are helping their fellow brothers and sisters with materials, information and resources.

I urge you specifically not to give up because better days ahead. Hope in God for he is the master of all things while you use your brain and effort to push forward.

Lastly, build your network whether you are in abroad or Nigeria. Your network determines your net worth. You never can tell what tomorrow will be like. You might need Nigerians at home when aspiring for a political position tomorrow


This isn't how Chinese are behaving. Some Nigerians are just devilish in nature.

RepoMan007:
This is just the beginning of a trend that will wake a lot of people up.
Mechanics too will soon start learning CAD and running out leaving the industry with backbenchers.

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My brother, many don wise up. A folklift operator just relocated to Canada from Nigeria. He told me, it is folklift that took him to Canada. E no get BSc.

Saudi Arabia is looking for Engineers seriously,taking the advantage of war in Ukraine to industrialize the country with crude oil money. Currently, this I where I submit my applications while I also focus on my UK school for graduate program. I have stopped applying to Nigerian jobs.

I know many who have left or planning to leave soon, and I am among them. My scholarship group makes me to have daily interaction with many. Three just left Nigeria: one to Canada through PR and he got a job of $40000 per month; second one to the US via MSc route and the other to the UK, a medical doctor. One is just waiting for Visa to the SouthEastern University in the US. Three of my friends are leaving to the UK this September. Two are going to Aberdeen on self-funding and the other one secured a job in the UK as an Engineer but following his wife to Hull on dependent visa. He got his MSc in the UK years ago.

The list is just endless.

BigIyanga:

If Trump comes back, he’ll ban them again

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Lol. They will be shouting village people for nothing.

BigIyanga:


They love watered down info from a 10th party broker. Go direct to the source and get the sauciest sauce

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I just pity their life. They won't take advantage in the US now.

jojothaiv:

It's getting clearer, your comments have been insightful.

What would you say about someone who has HND in Architectural Technology, what's the odd of going through that route too?

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Don't waste your time if you have a distinction.

Write IELTs/GRE
Do WES evaluation
Write an outstanding SOP

Professional Certifications (Not a must but it is an added advantage)
Voluteer experience/Work experience
Academic CV
Etc


Reach out to US Schools. Email them, they will reply you.

Unfortunately, most Nigerian Graduates can't even mail foreign schools. They will sleep in Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. You won't see them on Twitter and LinkedIn. This is the easiest thing to do.

MyAmericandream:


Which step ? it’s as easy as ABC. Just write standardized exam ace it, evaluate your HND results on WES.

Write a compelling SOP , package your CV , get recommendation letters from department submit your application to different schools in America . Gbam!

Note:
You can only try this in USA. Any other country is just a waste of time.

Thanks for telling them for me

BigIyanga:

Only GRE is needed for STEM in the US. Some schools may require TOEFL. Yes WES and ECE will do evaluation and place her where she belongs.
A smart person is a smart person with HND or BSc.

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It is not all schools. Early this year, one school in the US waved GRE but made IELTS/TOEFL mandatory. This is a STEM core leading course.

Fully was available.

I know many ME and Nigerians graduates who are getting fully funded to PhD direct for more than 3 years now even someone with 2.2

I read and saw a lot of ignorant comments here. Someone will go to Church in Nigeria to use this to preach without finding out what she did, to make her has a leverage.

Potbellyman:
Her thesis must have been exceptional

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No Thesis.


She did WES Evaluation and Wrote GRE and IELTS. WES will evaluate your first degree into a US based academic system.

Some of us need to get the right information before passing a half bake information.

casualobserver:
you can go the university abroad if you have no school cert, you can be a professor without even a masters (infact Wole Soyinka has no Ph.D), you can undergo a ph.d without even a 1st degree. it all depends on the individuals personal career path/background, experience etc.


It is only in backward Nigeria where we produce graduates who dont understand English (as is well evidenced on nairaland) or know how to think, that we place undue importance on degree and certificates. bill Gates, Steve Jobs who are responsible for the tech advance the world is witnessing etc etc dont even have 1st degrees!!

Thrash. I wonder the kind of information you are passing. This is not true.

Oyecool:
Don't you know that mst of those western countries classified Higher National Diplomat as post graduate certificate equivalent of M.sc in their setting most of my friends in UK were admitted into M.sc in various Universities
Let our Universities in Nigeria shun ego as they are not better than those Universities in Europe and America.

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What you wrote is not a fact.

HND is not equivalent of MSc in any western country.

Get your facts right.

I like the way young Nigerian Graduates are opting for PhD programs in the US these days.

Let your will be done Father Lord of Heaven and Earth

My Brother, please run or flee.

Last week, I wanted to take a lady out and she started commanding me, telling what to do on top of my money and telling me her decision is final. She told me not to call her again and I cut the bluff off her feet immediately. I deleted her number and stopped calling. She taught I would call her to apologize.

Days later she called me, I asked her who was talking and she gone angry. Later asking me why I deleted her number and stopped calling her. I talked commonsense into her stupid head hardly. I warned her if she tried such again, she shouldn't dare to call me. Since then she no misbehave again.

After all what ladies did to me in the past, I have commonsense and wisdom.

Some ladies need iron hand sometimes to reset their memory into a sane one. If not, they will ride on you as a SIMP. Besides, they hate guys who are too weak. Don't be soft always.