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Cassahav:
Whatever you choose i suggest you have your own side hustle and this what you need to get going as you learn https://www.nairaland.com/7122259/career-eye-opener-2022

No lies detected

JOpress3:
Op, Your SALES SKILLS is Gold if and only if you leverage the MEGA OPPORTUNITIES that abound in the online space.

The internet is a through leveller in this generation for those who takes advantage of it.

The Real money/balance in life you're seeking is in the internet my friend..

With good internet Salesmanship skills you deal with a global Audience and not localized Lagos, or Abuja or Nigeria. You have access to the world market. (Global village we are indeed)

Speaking from experience, i worked as Sales rep for more than 5 years in Financial sector for years and quit for online pursuit for happiness.

And today, the same sales skills with some digital training has proven one thing to me

the real money is in the digital sector. Earning far, far above your Boss.

A reason why "Jeff Bezos, Elon musk, Mark Zuckerberg, google owner, Bill gates are the reachest in the world.

They are great sales men, they leveraged of the internet opportunities and sell their products to the world effortlessly

Your Sales skills is GOLD, Leverage the internet knowledge and you will thank me letter.

My 2cent

Thanks

laivwire:

A mistake majority of young graduates do is to follow a fake passion dictated by their degree or first job they pick up post nysc. (Yes, all those jobs you did pre-nysc are irrelevant in my books.) when in actual fact they are to use that job role to discover themselves; their strengths, weaknesses and available opportunities they can key into.

Your job description is more important than the job title as that is what dictates the skills you learn, where you suck and where you excel. These are the transferrable skills you can hone to develop in any industry you find yourself.

We all hit roadblocks in life like Job terminations and all that but these periods are necessary as they give a hard reset that makes you reassess your career tracjectory and convince yourself of how tough your fighting spirit is. It's pretty normal and necessary.

Anyone can make money to survive but it's more important we find peace and success in whatever we find doing with our hands and brains. You've worked in different roles and industries and you will know which tasks you truly enjoyed and the ones you don't want to do again. Be true to yourself in making that choice.

Lastly, work on developing yourself in your chosen path to the best wherever you are. It doesn't matter if it's a one man business or a multinational, the salary will never meet your demands except you get so good at what you do that you can make your demands and they'll be heeded asap.

Goodluck

Wow...

Thanks a bunch!

Wow

sulaak:
Your lack of integrity in the finance sector is an indication that you are more suited to work outside the finance sector. I just hope you have learnt your lesson and buckle down to be a good engineer.

Yeah....I gave that a thought too...
Thanks bro

Focusmind:
If However, if you intend to move abroad, retain the engineering and pursue it to the fullest. Those with such qualifications always fits into the developed world's environment. Lastly, please leave women and face you hustle. Do not allow any distraction to get into your way.

I really appreciate this advice .... I am open to aquiring more skills ....and women is now the least of my attention... them no dey tell person...

I will like to engage you further to learn a thing or two,... do you mind dropping your digits?

Thanks

ImoleNaija:
May God lead you aright.

Amen

rhymesnoni:
oga you can run an ICAN and other professional programmes as well. I though Engineering is hot cake, Why switch?

Yeah... I wanted to do ICAN or ACCA about 3yrs ago even MBA is also in the plan because its good for any discipline especially if you intend to own your own establishment, they are good to aquire those knowledge and skills no matter the discipline(I stand to be corrected though) but circumstances and maybe indiscipline stalled the plan but I will still do either of them

I also intend to do some other courses that will increase my skills and make me sharper... "but soup wey sweet, na money kill am".. but I will keep grinding sha...

HBB1:
There are stages in life ( depending on you peculiar circumstances or family background).

There is the hustling stage, where you just have to sort your basic needs.

There is the self discovery phase, which you pursue when your basic needs are met-- you can't pursue becoming an Astronaut, when you have not eaten

Then there is the flourishing stage, where you build on the previous stages.

You don't have to start from the bottom if your Parents are rich, or if you discovered your path early.

But if you are 'fortunate' to find your self at the bottom, alaye hustle!

Do anything and keep grinding, then gradually move towards your dreams and preferences.

Hustle!
Do anything, as long as it is not criminal.
What is the worst that can happen to you ?

Hustle!

Forget marriage for now...
Or do you want to transfer poverty down to your kids?
When a man does not have a reasonable income, he feels the same way a woman does when she can't have kids.

A man is a provider-- it is in our DNA.

Hustle!

Thanks

brighly:
I see you studied electrical engineering. Go learn software development in a Bootcamp or anywhere. This will expose you to new opportunities within and outside Nigeria. You can try below Bootcamp, it's free but they take 15% of your salary after you an international job till your $15K tuition is complete. You can try other Bootcamp as well.

https://www.microverse.org/

Thanks, I will look at it...

jonex2000:
So that you will steal or be depressed again? Abeg stick to your engineering before this time them put you for prison

Lol..Thanks for the advice ...

qekng40:
The reason that got you sacked at the bank must be grave since you were ashamed and depressed cause of it and going back might only bring back bad memories.

I would advice you stay put in your engineering career as you're more vested with its academic knowledge and experience.

Stay and grow in your engineering domain and watch the sky be your starting point.

Erm, about the money issue and marriage issues, please do not be pressured oh... Na who get life dey marry ooooo

Thanks

9gerian:
Any job or sector that allows you to horn your skills in sales and marketing is surely a good one whether in an engineering company or the banking industry.

Be the best at selling. Master it and you are on you become a hit cake any day, plus it makes it easy for you to start your own business if you choose.

Sales and marketing is the lifeblood of every business!

Thanks baba

Good day guys and I hope God catapults us to our next Level in life

Please, I need advice...

This write up might be long but please bear with me and give your honest, critical analysis and mature opinion(s).

I am a graduate of Elect/Elect Engineering, graduated 2015 from a Nigerian Federal University.
Before graduating I have been doing some Secondary school teachings during holidays and ASUU strike periods.
After graduating, I did some little sales and maketing jobs and teaching as well as I was yet to get my school statement of result due to issues I needed to sort out so I could not go for NYSC
So after I sorted it out, got my result and went for NYSC 2017/2018..I served in an off-grid private electrical power generating company in Ogun state..
After NYSC, a relative who is a top staff(An executive director) of a nigerian tier-2 bank invited me to come work in the bank, so I grabbed the opportunity without hesitation because of the fear of unemployment that has plagued our nation and also considering the fact that I graduated with a 2.2, so I feared that I might experience difficulty getting a job in my discipline
I started with being a contract staff as a sales executive with little pay..he promised that he will help me get confirmed as a full staff in a year but after 1year I only got a little promotion to another job role still a contract staff with very little salary increase so after a few months, I got agitated and wanted to leave but he persuaded me to stay but after some months further I made a very big mistake and did something that questioned my integrity, so I was sacked, the man that promised to help me stopped picking my calls, I became very depressed and downcasted because I knew I had dissappointed myself, my family, my colleagues and even the management since they all saw me as an industrious lad who was doing very well in his role and meeting targets.

I wallowed in depression and self-pity for more than a month before I moved on with my life and got another Job in a Lending company as a Sales Analyst with a higher net salary of about 160k(more than ×2 of what I earn before) but the pressure in the company was too much and stress of going from mainland to Island everyday and this was early last year when 3rd mainland bridge was under repairs, the traffic was crazy.
Due to the pressure and toxicity of the company coupled with the fact that my girlfriend whom I thought was my source of happiness and was doing all I could to please her started seeing another guy, her colleague at the office(fear women).., my self-exteem and confidence dropped drastically so I had to resign from the company after three months just for my mental health...With the advise of friends, I started doing e-hailing(bolt) business but my car(nissan) high maintenance, police, lastma, taskforce etc... even 'agbero' wahala frustrated me and made me reconsider.

Now I am back to my engineering field which I got a job as a Sales Engineer for 75k salary 3months ago . Its a one-man business Electrical Engineering company. although the MD has promised to review my salary since I am doing well at my role..
During the interview, I said I would only accept a minimum of 120k as salary but he said he could only afford to pay me 85k since he was going to train me

Now my serious deliberation is this:

*Should I move back to the finance sector considering the fact that I now have about 4years+ experience or I should continue and grow in the engineering field that I only have a little over a year experience?*

The pay is very little with many expenses and responsibilities ...not in comparison with anybody though but I am 30 already and most of my mates are already married with kids. I am not getting any younger.

Honest advise please

Mods should please help move it to front page...Many thanks

Guy my candid advice to you, please dispose anything like Hypo or sniper from your house eventhough e dey kill rats and insects wella ...I no wan read say person drink sniper because him babe leave am.

Also from this moment, no ever carry her matter for your head again, catch your own cruise too and observe how she responds to them ...that should give you a hint about how and what she feels about you or take you for... no carry any girl/woman matter for head oo except she be your mama.

Be on the safer side guy, flirt and catch cruise with other ladies, you fit from there see another babe wey like you and then you find love... all those girls no dey put egg for one basket as long as you never engage or better still marry them...
Otherwise you go come back here to come wail about this same girl... whether she's catching cruise or not just shine ya eye guy.

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Omo I had to uninstall my whatsapp and download another one yet still the same thing...it could not even verify my phone number sef

Make them no scatter my plan oo�

I see nigerian youths taking BBNaija more important and serious than bagging a university degree.
I see youths using magic voodoo to get into the BBNaija house

This I have seen

Meanwhile Bubu has this to say

Iyaebe:
You think she has not handled it other ways and it didn't work? tuface has no business with marriage, getting married was his greatest undoing

Lol

Is it because of a small bruise that she's showing us her bum?

Wetin Alh.musa no go see for gate sef