Yes, I was banned cos of a coup In Ghana that used the name

Ashibelieve:
Oga I understand but permit mecto say you were mentally lazy. I worked in the bank and in 4years I moved from teller to E-channels because i went out of my way to send mails to the head of department profering solutions.

Alot of peoplw like you go to the bank becsuse you see the flashy suits like you rightly said, even in heaven you must work and worship God forget the gold.

Today i work else where and im using my skills and ideas to grow where I am and im happy for it.

As a teller I was going to school running a second degree in ICT, i met alot of people there who were too relaxed on the salary.

Wake up, your branch has problems start solving them and you will see your mind come alive again to do great things.

Didnt u read where the op said he left banking?that he felt he followed a wrong career path. He is in business now ands wants a different career skill

scriptures01:
The best advise you will get is this:
Find a problem that is facing Nigerians daily, look for a solution.
You will see yourself embarking on a journey that will build you and reward you financially.
Never go into any field based on mere recommendation, do the research yourself. It will save you heartache in the future.

Dunning-Kruger Effect states that, “the knowledge and intelligence that are required to be good
at a task are often the same qualities needed to recognize that one is not good at that task.
meaning - the less you know about a field, the more you overestimate your own ability in relation to that field.
the more you know about a field, the more you underestimate your own ability in relation to that field

Now you are at a cross road, the Dunning-kruger effect will definitely come into play here, you will get a lot of suggestions
and will definitely overestimate your ability to succeed in those field.
Instead of looking for trending skills, look for problems around you and go into overdrive on how to solve those problems
and you will be amazed that people will be willing to pay you for the solution.
Elon Musk is a classic example, he had identified problems in the US (NASA high cost of payload, ineffective electric cars,
etc) and he went on overdrive and came up with solutions to NASA issue, electric cars etc and soon is on his way to becoming the richest man soon.

I left Nigeria few years ago and when I arrived in my new environment, I noticed a problem here and it had to do with the payment system
I started searching for ways to solve the issue and finally found it.
When I launched the solution I was amazed at the number of people begging to take their money to use my service.
It changed my life.

Thanks so much. What an inspirational piece!

LyfeJennings:


Oga go into private practice
The thingy about banking is using what I have to get what I don't have
I'm presently an ABO but once I get confirmed
I'd leave to another bank and I'm going to be asking for SBO.
I don't have problem with deposit since my papa gallant
In ur own case, at ur age, na private practice U go go into

Thanks for contributing. tho with ur level of experience u should listen more

Deprofessional:
Op, please are you married?

If not, please go and get married to an industrious lady.

Thank me after 5 years.

What has Industrous lady got to do with my seemingly dead career? I have 2 businesses myself, does that mean I am not Industrous? Pls stick to career advise and not money because after leaving the bank I am comfortable.

LyfeJennings:


Guess U didn't plan well

I've kept on saying that I am comfortable but career dead. How do u guys skip that part? After working for 10yrs,you will realize that money is not everything. Earning 200k as a bachelor without time for other things seem like a big deal. Earn the same 200k for another 10yrs being married with kids, yet with no time of your own or freedom to pursue your ambitions or career growth then comeback here and say what u said again.

LyfeJennings:
U must have been a contract staff
I work in a bank and the pay is sweet
Life has changed for the better so go and siddon

That was how I thought 8yrs ago.

AntiWailer:


It still happens.

Just take that from me.

The strategy is that u dnt stay in one bank and before that can happen u need to acquire required skills and keep developing urself .

Your career growth, self development , cognate value addition are all dependent on you.

You are right. It's just that the work was too tasking physically and mentally so at the end of the day one is spent. But those are just excuses. I'm looking at the bright side now. I appreciate your contributions. Thank you

rinzaugustine:
Why would you eave the job you have for uncertainty and now coming online to seek advice on a faceless forum.I don't understand

You wouldn't.

AntiWailer:


I have always made sense.

I just want u to drop Ur "it is their fault mentality" and move on and take Ur destiny in Ur hands bro.

You could av resigned and moved on.

I am not talking it, I once had 2 offer letters from 2 different banks at the same time cos of the skill I am very proficient in.

There are people who rose from 180k entry level to collect 1million naira net in banking within 10 years ask around or check people's transactions on pay day

My dear, 180k to 1milli in 10yrs doesn't happen again since post credit crunch of 2009. Besides I never spoke about money. I spoke about career growth, self development, cognate value addition.

AntiWailer:


I have always made sense.

I just want u to drop Ur "it is their fault mentality" and move on and take Ur destiny in Ur hands bro.

You could av resigned and moved on.

I am not talking it, I once had 2 offer letters from 2 different banks at the same time cos of the skill I am very proficient in.

I've gone past that.. Thats why I asked for a way forward. But still, I appreciate your response

AntiWailer:


Part of Ur problem is very evident in Ur post.

You like to make assumptions that usually cost u a lot.

FYI, if u are 35 years old, then I am older than u and my work experience trump yours without blinking.

Let's forget Ur past and move forward.

The secret of why Quality Assurance and testing is a career to look at is that as technology advances, more software developers are needed, the more they write code , the more there is a need to certify the quality of the products they churn out.

Be a certified tester and partake in the gold mine in Technology.

Add automation testing to it and Ur default job cnt be less than 300k per month.

Since u have complained to IT on different IT related softwares u use for 10 years while using systems and also from my analysis of your write up and responses, I think u will do very well as a software tester.

You were the one making assumptions that I don't work 7days In a week.
With this summision, u just started making sense for the first time

AntiWailer:


Lol wealth of inexperience as we debunk Ur lies.

I ask u again which bank use a staff for 24/7, 7 days in a week ?

Just move on from that Bro.

Try and learn software testing, become a certified test and I will get u an offer letter 2 weeks from there.

My dear, do your research. Don't come here to speak of what u dont know. I will have to take advise from kids my childrens age.(no be me de find advise.? Is it not social media again? .i don't need to lecture u that atm duties are on, on Saturday and Sunday(rotation or not) or Even weekend cash pickup services that was eventually stopped. That's what social media is all about.even undergraduates and teenagers that have never worked before have mouth to talk from thier obscure point of view and immature minds.
U said software testing, now that is the only thing u have said so far. Tnks anyway

AntiWailer:


So why do u want to learn IT now ?

You need to accept the fact that u messed up.

Stop lying no bank work 24/7, 7 days in a week. Stop the lie.

Banks that do weekend banking only come on Saturdays and they do a shift rotation.

The first step to moving forward is to take responsiblities , stop blaming every other person except u for Ur mis fortune.

I can't argue with your wealth of inexperience and ignorance. I'll pass. Talk is cheap.

yemibayo:
Have you heard of application support?

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AntiWailer:
Rubbish.

Can you pay your self as a teller ? If some one sit in a place for 9 years and a fresh graduate can learn in 1 week. They are already doing u a favour by keeping u in the system.

Why will u be a teller for 10 years.

You used plenty banking application and u cnt graduate to be a support person in IT at the minimum. You did not acquire any skill to differentiate urself.

I have see a corper move from entry to Assistant Manager within the same 10 years in a useless bank self.

How do u feel when an IT student come and u are able to explain all u do in 9 years in less than 1 week.

You are the cause of Ur problem stop blaming banks.

I have seen Tellers become very useful resources in IT.

I have seen tellers give ideas that led to change in Role.


If u were comfortable as a teller for 10 years, bank or no bank will make no difference.

Who told u tellers can graduate to I. T role because they are users of IT applications? Did u become a programmer by using Facebook apps? Read carefully to get my point. Okay?

BiggyB242:


No, but your salary suppose to have climbed up in 10 years if you were employed as a graduate (full staff) I know most contract staffs salary doesn't beyond 70k irrespective of the years you put.

My Advice is you should go into forex, programming takes a lot of time and dedication. Programming is something one should learn from his or her early age at most late twenies.

That's how it's supposed to be.but it wasn't that way. Thanks anyway

BiggyB242:
Bank job isn't the least paying job, how many engineering companies except the "multinational" and "oil and gas", pay a graduate trainee above 100k, most are between 60 and 100k. If you are employed as a graduate not a teller(contract), you are paid at least 120k as a staff, but as a teller you are under a contract and your salary doesn't go beyond certain point irrespect of the time you put in and it can't be compare to those employ as a full staff.

The disadvantage of working in a bank is they be can sacked at anytime and it become worst when you didn't study anything related to the banking sector because the esperience you get can't be use elsewhere, and it consumes most of your time.

Can you be a graduate trainee for 10yrs?

Oracleforce:


Most bank tellers usually steal from the counting money....you have to be careful of any bank teller because most of them are more expert than Armed robbers... I can't marry any bankers because they could have learn different method of stealing your money directly from your bank accounts,

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chineduuf:
And you failed to make a contact list in 10years. You failed in your own respect too, don't blame the bank alone.
You may commit to a data analytics career. You can gain employment in almost any sector.

Wish you the best in life.

Bro I made contacts but it's career we talking here. thanks all d same

lefulefu:
op u were counting money for ten years in the bank
anybody can count money nau
does that make such a person a banker?
is it by wearing tie and suit with polished shoes that makes u a banker?
while u were doing the teller work u should have gone for a banking programme that would have made u a real banker
most of those bank tellers did another course in the university
u would see a microbiologist,zoologist and an english graduate counting money in the bank
so does that make them bankers?
nope
u made a big mistake just remaining in one place for ten years counting money without going for any of the banking programmes to upgrade urself
but thank God u have realised ur mistake.

No opportunity for growth. Banking programmes do not give growth in my former organization

Ade3131:
OP,

I understand exactly how it feels as someone who's had similar experience with a leading bank in Nigeria too. Although, I started and finished my 5 years banking career as a contract staff in a very Okay department but the story is very much alike bcuz contract jobs are dead end jobs... At least in Nigeria.

Since you've got businesses to pay your bills, I think you're well placed to horn a skill, and there's nothing stopping you from delving into IT if that's what you want.

I will suggest a few that might not take much of your time to learn...and top of my list is Database Administration. You can Google what it takes to be a database administrator to get started.

Another one that might appear slightly easier is to learn UI/UX. It means user interface and user experience. This skill is good for people who are naturally good designers.

There's also frontend web developer and back-end web developer.... And over time you can up your game and become a full stack developer (that's for someone who has a combination of frontend and back end skills).

Those are like the easiest I know of but the big fish in IT will require lengthy time and resources to be market ready. Those are software engineering and development (cross platform), Business analytics (i.e as a data scientist), Artificial intelligence and robotics, and so on.

Am on course to becoming a frontend developer myself and I can tell you it's not been easy. It requires extraordinary courage and zeal to remain focused while learning online on your own without being pressured by anyone.

@OP,

Pls keep me posted on what you finally settled for and I won't mind if we can create a group or community of IT enthusiasts who are coming into the field as newbies. This is to encourage each other and learn from the group as well as creating a healthy competition to spur us on.

Lemme know what you think about it.

Thanks.. OK I will keep u posted

studentofTruth:
@Op, search within you and find what you're passionate about and go for it.

Thanks dear

Magic1:


Your position wasn’t contract, then what?
As a full staff of Executive Trainee position, your take home is about 170k. You mentioned your colleague who got promoted twice in 10 years and if it’s a proper promotion (without notch), that means he/she was promoted to ABO/ABE/SE (all second level depending on the bank) or BO/BE (3rd level) and the salary of an ABO/ABE/SE is between 360k-380k depending on the bank and for BO/BE, about 400k-420k.
So tell me, how are bankers not well paid. Any banking salary less than 100k is contract. Some banks have made it appear like it’s not contract whereas they are not directly employed by the bank, rather vendors. The contract marketers earn salary plus commission on deposit.

I'll pass ur comment. Did I say I earned less than 100k?

DORS:
I think you should run a business that can sustain you for now while learning copy writing, and apply it wherever it will be lucrative for you. The way you titled your story made me want to know more, if you cultivate the potential, I believe you would do well, programming pays but requires a high mental dedication and you don't have much time right now.
you can even apply it in construction management to make things easy to for you. since you have a background on it

Thanks dear

chukwuibuipob:
Noisemaker! Tell us u are a contract staff.Only those contract staff like to compete with confam banker.u see dem buy dis/dat on credit.Dey sha must outshine their boss even buying panties/bra.If their boss use Nokia xpressmusic,nah iPhone those mgbeke go use.Oga go drink garri plus groundnut,Aunties go waka go Chicken Republic to eat.Mind u,Banking world is fun.If u Don make it enough,u resign to do Ur own biz.

Like I said before, I wasnt contract. I was a core staff. Do I need to repeat my self?

Willie2015:


Oga,
What did you do with all those loans ...
Available to staffs... From
Personal loans, Cooperative Loans.. Consumer Loans ...
Upfronts... Profit Sharin.... Share loans ...
Medical upfronts...etc...

I did a lot. If u read my post, I said I am comfortable just career dead

abnot:
Your post is misleading . You spent 10 years as a cashier . I don’t know anyone who spent The last 10 years in the technology division (software ) of a bank that did not exit with a bag of knowledge. Many of them move to fintechs in Nigeria , the test of Africa and beyond. Cashier position can be done by a high school leaver and I wonder what kept you there for 10 years

What is misleading about the post?

iamclime:
Data Analytics is a good way to start.
As for businesses, add honey selling to your list, if interested. Thank me later.
Caveat: These businesses or skills will not make you "blow" immediately, but you'll have your needs met if you are proficient in them. Peace.

Most responses favour data analytics. I sure will tow that path. Thank you

easzypeaszy:
If u r in Lagos...get a place around market area and become bank agent...Agency Banking...they make alot of money...I went to Ikeja to withdraw, I was charged 400 for 10k...and we were more Dan 5 at dat moment...some withdrew upto 50k

Nice.. Thanks.. I am in Lagos. I will have to assess the risk of doing cash business. Thanks all the same

brandnprinting:
At age 40 if you are thinking of learning and working as programmer is worst life decision you will ever make.

I am 35

Wow.. Thanks moderator.
Thanks to everyone that has contributed. Be sure to know that many will learn and benefit from my experiences and the plenty advice given here. Thanks everyone I sincerely appreciate