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iamoyindamola:
Always remember dead man tell no tale🤣🤣🤣

As per captain Salazar wey him be abi.

liveLongNprospa:
I nor support posting of address oo.
Because na small small e go enter posting of pikin.
Hope we all agree children are off limits..

The matter no even suppose degenerate reach this level tbh. Hopefully it wont turn real messy.

Unlimited22:
Um...
As Android17 mentioned, it's a lot easier to get funding for PhDs. I've been doing a lot of research, but most of that research has been tailored to the course(s) I'm interested in, and laser-guided with full funding in mind, so the list I've curated is very highly personalized and I don't know how helpful it will be for you.

For example, this was a list I made in August after weeks of research.

PhD Health Informatics

Hopkins, Uni of Northern Texas, Northwestern Uni, UWMadison, TOntario Tech(Health Sciences) , Waterloo (Health systems), Toronto (HSR), Temple University, IU Bloomington, university of Minnesota, University of North Carolina, Arizona State, Northeastern (GRE), Case Western (GRE), UWMilwaukee (GRE), UWashington (GRE)


What I can advise is that you look for something you have some interest in. You mentioned you're a product designer, so my guess is you have some interest and/or knowledge in tech. Do a broad search for Mscs and PhDs along that line. Then add 'fully funded' to your search terms, and add the countries you have in mind. I have a list of courses in schools in up to 10 countries with the potential for full funding.

Ok thanks bro.

I actually had a project idea I was working on, it's a medtech project, maybe when things settle for me small, we will relate and see how we can work together to bring it to fruition.

liveLongNprospa:
We go still host party for here.
No escape ✌️

We go win. I just dey prepare myself for unexpected heartbreak

raumdeuter:
Abeg make dem continue so momentum no go loss

Morale is high currently. I was off this thread for like 30mins to take a call and I missed all those latest pictures

Nihilistjnr I'm up for adoption

Me even fit do P.A work. P.A work no to hard like that.

Make una delay this fight till around 8 so incase man utd wan disappoint, I go dey use this place as compensation.

Android17:
Larride, the odds of getting fully funded via MSc route is hard to non-existent. Your 2 best options are either applying for PhD programs and then "mastering out" or writing a pity party personal statement and shoot for an MBA.

MBAs have less funding opportunities but when they are available, that is a huge ticket out of any situation. First, your odds of getting the F-1 visa approved improves significantly and then the job market is very robust for the MBA buffs. Amazon has hired 2 or 3 people I know making 220,000 - 330,000 USD per year as Technical Product Managers.

On the other hand, the PhD route is kind of windy and drawn-out but it is the best path towards funding and the Visa. Approval rate for PhDs is like 8/10 and you can come in with a TA or RA where you get your tuition waived and a stipend for conducting research for a Professor. You can always lose motivation 2 years in and ask the school for a master's degree. That is what mastering out is all about.

I'll say to make applications during the early bird season (so October-November latest for most schools) because it heightens your chances of being funded and if possible take aptitude tests like the GRE and TOEFL. Most schools are now claiming they are not needed, but they are, especially for a Nigerian with little to no research experience. Aptitude tests will bolster your application - so don't rely on anecdotes of people who did not have them but still got funded.

The USA route can be frustrating for many but the long term benefits to me are better. Biden is destroying the country so who knows what the future holds?

Thank you for this. I don bookmark ham.

donjazzet:
Please for all those mentioning me, I have absolutely no idea what is going on.

I'm as baffled as you are.
I'm only enjoying from the sidelines as are you all.

I believe you bro.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Chelsea no dey ease my stress at all.

I no dey pray for Chelsea again. My prayer points too much already

Nope. Na friendly match. No goals, no cards.

Just Possession based football[/color]

Na same thing Man Utd dey do for me.

So you be Van Gaal disciple? Possession without goals?

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Chelsea?

Abi na the match between me and Njideka tomorrow?

Which one?[/color]

Chelsea now.

Make you no go score against Njideka tomorrow oo.

Emaprince:
Which one be Factcheck everywhere?

I'm confused.

Na Donj alt for this ongoing battle.

Apostle Skimpledawg

Been a while, how you dey, baby and the family?

izzou:
[color=royalblue]So like this, donjazzet has nothing on nihilistjnr anymore, except maybe to regurgitate old posts?

I don't like this, aswear[/color]

You no go dey pray about una match tomorrow?

raumdeuter:
Are you willing to adopt an egbon adugbo? Just looking all these vacation and enjoyment from my parents house as I have no job can make one faint

I just dey see your mail bro. No vex. Thank you. 🙏

Segedinho:
all this fit add to person depression .


Abeg e don do...no be only you otem create...

😏😏😏

You wan starr another round later abi 😂

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Larride

I hope this entertainment reduces your stress

Buy 2 bottles of Life Lager.
Buy peppered Kponmo (Kpomski) 1,000

Use am take hold body[/color]

😂😂😂

Na real entertainment

Unlimited22:
Finland and Sweden (with the possibility of full funding) open in December and January.

Ireland too.

Don't stick to the US alone. A rejection can break you. This I know, from personal experience.

You too much. If you know preferred schools someone can apply to also, please dont hesitate to drop it.

Taguchi:
Brother just calm down

At no point is life without its challenges, but sometimes it can be almost unbearable if e come plenty

I personally know the feeling of being overwhelmed

Another thing I personally know is that it's a phase and it always passes

For now just take things as they come, one at a time..no too put pressure on yourself and no allow anybody put you under pressure

It's a phase, i assure you..e go soon pass

Thank you bro. I actually feel so much better. Sometimes all you need is someone to reassure you that everything is going to be fine.

Bottling up emotions can lead to taking fatal decisions. I do appreciate everyone kind words. I do not take it for granted.

liveLongNprospa:
Larride look into schools in France

Please share links if you get any.

Thanks

raumdeuter:
Those US school and route shouldnt be your only choice cos even if you get admission, chances of visa is like 20-80. Try other countries as well.

US visa rejection can trigger one into depression, try multiple countries at the same time

Sure Egbon. Thank you.

Taguchi:
Walahi

Na this stray bullet cause everything


But then the fight wasn't necessary, not now at least

They said worse about me during those period. Na normal e-fight things. I didn't know he was busy crying about punches that he was equally throwing.

GloriousGbola:
please follow @qtguru if you are not already doing so. at the barest minimum you may pick some ideas from him on where to pivot to

Thanks, I will do so.

donjazzet:
I do get what you're saying. I get the point. Batists are trying to say, no matter what, our empathy must shine through at all times (which is ironical here, seeing as that empathy seems to end when it comes to different groups, women and lgbtq people). But then that point does fall apart when you examine the values of the people who are crying out for help.

For God's sake, we've been pointing out for months how this party has sunk 100 million nigerians into abject poverty, few weeks ago, you yourself pointed out how suicide rates were indeed on the rise in the country, what were their responses to that? Isn't it the usual trope of how "you love to spread bad news"?

If these people are soo casual in dismissing the plights of the suffering of others because of politics, how then are we expected to truly feel sorry for them when what we spent moths warning against is now actually manifesting towards them?
Isn't that hypocritical and pretensious?

I mean should we forget that APC folks politicized the death of a doctor on a train that was ambushed, something I heavily rebuked larride for?

Are you mad? Please just stay your lane jeje. You and who politicized the death of Dr Chinelo? Please just respect yourself this afternoon.

Theflint1:
It's good to look for that fresh start, but try stay in the present and build, Japa na another person decision ultimately, so what can be done in the interim should keep being done.

That US travel route is actually pretty solid, if scholarship fall comot from am, will make things real easy.

You can also try freelance sites like Upwork as well, you Sabi program I believe, those skills are always in demand, if you no dey programming mood, you fit also try some other niches like data entry and Virtual assistant roles.

Thank you bro. I do hope the one of the schools application click.

I'm a product designer without little or no coding. I wan learn front end development sef to complement my current skill but my head never even settle make I no go add another thing join.

I've tried both upwork and fiver, those places are saturated with product designers so it's not easy to get jobs. The way Nigerians are churning out designers ehn (both low quality and high quality) you have to keep upgrading yourself to stay ahead. I was suppose to even take another course beginning of this month but decided against it when I see wetin dey my front.

Theflint1:
Likeee...what's happening now fit dey likened to the great depression. It's everywhere, nothing easy this period, and raising a family in all of this makes it even tougher. Times like this probably good to focus on personal development ahead of when things pickup, things will surely get better.

Just like nihilistjnr said, better to look inward, drop some obligation and focus on yourself and family for the main time.

Expert17:
Its well my bro. Just be strong, the good things of life doesn't come easy, E go better last last.

Surely bro.

I go still drag you and Onana tonight sha if he concede any yeye goal.

Amoto94:
Remove one of the dots before com

Thanks.

donjazzet:
As in!!
I'm truly sorry but I can't feel empathy for people who deliberately and willingly self sabotage their selves and fortunes despite several warnings and forebodings.

Am I really supposed to feel sorry for someone who has actively defended the wickedness of our leaders and vociferously attacked everyone who sought an obviously better path and reset to the countries political system?

Am I really supposed pretend that the last few months and years haven't happened where he doubled down and tripled down on support for the APC and still continues to this very day despite the fast paced backwardness the country has speeding at??

I'm sorry but I'm not pretentious. I wouldn't pretend to feel sorry for someone who is getting burnt because he stoked and enflamed the furnace and then walked into it despite soo much pleadings and warnings not to do so.

The APC is directly responsible for the gross economic mismanagement of this country for this past decade. A mismanagement that is costing lives and creating massive economic refugees on a daily basis, anyone who would see all these and still support them because of primordial sentiments or "our son" only has himself to blame and cannot seriously wish to see any sort of sympathy towards him. It's that simple and logical.

Nobody is asking for your sympathy bro. Keep it and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

TrebleChamp:
The country is stressing a lot of people, especially family men. E truly no easy this days with bills increasing on a daily, bro try to dey watch a lot of comedy skits like sabinus and co to make you laugh and take your mind of things. I have always said that nairaland helps me kill stress, you will be ok bro.

Thanks chief.

nihilistjnr:
Finding ones purpose in life is one of the hardest things to achieve. And the truth is the vast majority of people will live and die without ever figuring out what they were put on this planet to do.

I recommend looking up the concept of Ikigai to see in simple terms what finding and achieving your purpose might entail.

Until you're able to find your purpose, if you ever do, I suggest that you focus of a series of short term and long term goals that you can set for yourself. The goals don't all have to be super specific either...although it helps.

That's the technique I use to get through life at the moment, because sometimes I feel like a leaf blown on the wind, going wherever fate takes me, without a sense of my own agency. I sometimes feel like my life is just one long exercise in duty and obligation - duty to be a good sibling, a good son, a good husband, a good father, a good employee, a good neighbour etc.

Defining myself in reference to what I mean to people has caused me great mental anguish in the past, because I recognise that I act as an umbrella to so many people with nobody doing the same for me.

These days I have accepted that there is a gap in my life associated with not knowing my purpose for existence, but I am also hopeful that my day of insight will come. Till then, I continue to set monthly and yearly goals for myself and focus on achieving them, which provides me a sense of purpose in the short term.

I wish you well my brother, but you must know yourself and you must learn to suffer. To be a MAN is not a day's job.

Thank you boss. I am grateful. Especially defining myself part. That's really needed.

Amoto94:
Product Designer - Remote (Europe, Africa, or eastern regions of the Americas)
$40,000 - $75,000 per year
https://mailerlite.recruitee..com/o/product-designer-mailersend

The link no dey work.

nihilistjnr:
Things are super tough here as well right now. The economy is tanking, there's fewer job listing, and cost of living is RIDICULOUS.

Be prepared to never stop studying if you want to make it in corporate. Be prepared to run multiple concurrent jobs if you're looking to do menial route.

I graduated from my MBA 3 weeks ago, and I'm already on another training course as we speak. This shit is NOT easy.

I actually know. My own frustration is majorly from the fact that it just seems as if I'm going round in circles or just stuck in a position. That feeling where you don't even know your purpose again.

I guess it's just a phase of being overwhelmed with situations. It's a wonder to me how I still function optimally at work.

Na why I dey look to just move and start afresh.