Holydrone:
Naija has been blacklisted

Blacklisted by who?

PepperJord:
Such an amazing and desiring post for all the new generation but there are also very grateful and creative services like to have the most elegant to buy jackets for men, which are so delightful and creative for all the new generations to having these amazing outfits from them very quickly and desiring.

which kin wahala be this on Sunday?

DSTVee:
I personally think the availability of these jobs are the problem.
1.Foreigners dont trust Nigerians. No Nigerian will prefer peanuts naira to dollars or pounds.
2. People will tell you there are sites to go in order to get foreign gigs but will fail to highlight this sites..
3. After struggling for a while, people give up and make do with what they have or jobs. Available, which are this Nigerian gigs, as annoying as they may be.
4. Our name have spoil kpatakpata in the outside world, immediately you say you are Nigerian, the conversation dies on its own.

Thats why you have to sell yourself and work extra hard in doing that. Create a good profile and put good stuff. Big companies don't care where you come from.

H

oj3k:

Could you pass the blunt? Happy Sunday

And stay low key BG because you lost all your Homies love.

PepperJord:
Such an amazing and desiring post for all the new generation but there are also very grateful and creative services like to have the most elegant to buy jackets for men, which are so delightful and creative for all the new generations to having these amazing outfits from them very quickly and desiring.

who is your dealer? This one strong

HenryDion:
It's been years since I worked with a Nigerian client.

They pay peanuts.

My clients now consist of foreigners, and the dollar can be intoxicating I must say.

Mouth-watering!

What I make writing 100 articles for a Nigerian client, I make the same writing just two articles for a foreign client.

No be juju be that?

Where do you source for client?

jesmond3945:
Thats why you have to sell yourself and work extra hard in doing that. Create a good profile and put good stuff. Big companies don't care where you come from.

Last Nigerian Webmaster after much begging to prove his competence that I gave a job to do, still messed me up, even over paid him to avoid the Nigerian factor, he couldn’t help himself, he still had to fuckery up as usual, 90% of them will mess you up, it is in their DNA.

Yet these ungrateful wailers will still have the audacity to shout leaders are bad?

HEAVEN4444:
because there are 2 billion indian programmers and webmasters competing for the same abroad job

I swear

HEAVEN4444:
because there are 2 billion indian programmers and webmasters competing for the same abroad job

This is just the truth. Indians have overpopulated the market. Indian webmasters outnumber that of Nigeria by 6 to 1.

I think people should just stop thinking that venturing into IT means work will come looking for u, well maybe like 7-8 years ago but now the market is saturated. And more and more people are venturing into IT by the minute

boookworm:


This is just the truth. Indians have overpopulated the market. Indian webmasters outnumber that of Nigeria by 6 to 1.

I think people should just stop thinking that venturing into IT means work will come looking for u, well maybe like 7-8 years ago but now the market is saturated. And more and more people are venturing into IT by the minute

The market is still under tapped notwithstanding, the problem is that most Nigerian webmasters, programmers or whatever they choose to call themselves, most likely than not, will short change & mess you up.

It is best you seek the services of @ least two webmasters, so when one defaults, the other will wrap up your project.

webm:
Software Jobs are usually by connections. Someone has to recommend you and to recommend you, they have to know your ability.

If you want to work for a foreign country, get to work with those working abroad. How do you do that? Contribute to open source!!!

If you find an open source tool you love, pour yourself I to it and rise in the leaderboard. You'll rush you.

A lot of open source softwares are run by startups on the side and every company is searching for the best match in their business.

Contributing to the software that powers their system is the fastest way to get hired.

No one has blacklisted Nigerians. No one is going to give you access to their to their finances when you're working remote

GBAMSOLUTE

jesmond3945:
Thats why you have to sell yourself and work extra hard in doing that. Create a good profile and put good stuff. Big companies don't care where you come from.

Seconded

boookworm:


This is just the truth. Indians have overpopulated the market. Indian webmasters outnumber that of Nigeria by 6 to 1.

I think people should just stop thinking that venturing into IT means work will come looking for u, well maybe like 7-8 years ago but now the market is saturated. And more and more people are venturing into IT by the minute

LIES
Saturated kor staphylococcus ni.

CSTRR:

This is actually the problem.

Indians have saturated the foreign market

And then add the bad reputation of Nigerians.

Explain this, before wuna go dey write things anyhow.
There is no saturation anywhere, Nigerians still getting jobs.

CSTRR:

Nigerians are still getting jobs, of course.

But you have to be very very competent.
The threshold for trust is very high.
Most of the jobs are going to Senior engineers.

They would rather trust an Indian junior developer than a Nigerian junior dev.

And there are millions of Indian junior devs prowling for jobs.

Thank God you said something LEGIT, once you are competent, you will get jobs, but otherwise no shi-shi for you.
Secondly there is no saturation anywhere, you just have to be good.

HEAVEN4444:
because there are 2 billion indian programmers and webmasters competing for the same abroad job

This is actually the problem.

Indians have saturated the foreign market.

And then add the bad reputation of Nigerians.

Though I know someone that works for 3 Dubai based companies right from Nigeria.

As a front end, backend and mobile developer.

The guy is balling as fucckkkk.

Though he is very very very competent.

That'll change next year, I hope

justosee:

Where do you source for client?

Every job board you know

maak400:
I believe it's due to lack of information. Most web designers, digital marketers and other IT guys don't know how to get this foreign firms to work with. I am an experienced web designer and digital marketer who works for a Nigerian company that pays peanut, I would like to know how to get foreign remote jobs.

Wwr

danchuzzy:


Sites:

1) Freelancer.com
2) Fiverr.com
3) Upwork.com
4) Peopleperhour.com
5) Truelancer.com etc

I was using peopleperhour before.... I'll check the others out as well.

Three foreign and one local job...my LinkedIn and cv is messed up and I cannot take anymore. I need to drop one to be able to take one now and it's given little time for development. The bar make sense thou. If you ain't getting it, you aren't looking well enough.

olioxx:


GBAMSOLUTE


Seconded



LIES
Saturated kor staphylococcus ni.



Explain this, before wuna go dey write things anyhow.
There is no saturation anywhere, Nigerians still getting jobs.

Nigerians are still getting jobs, of course.

But you have to be very very competent.
The threshold for trust is very high.
Most of the jobs are going to Senior engineers.

They would rather trust an Indian junior developer than a Nigerian junior dev.

And there are millions of Indian junior devs prowling for jobs.

Kevinsamba:
Because Naira is stronger than Dollar and Airtel is a wonderful network.

Today must b opposite day

Try these gig sites


Upwork.com
Fiver.com
Freelancer
Youtube channel monetization

I give out tasks there. Especially to Indians/Pakistanis/Bangladeshis

I tried two naija guys,

1. No capacity (couldn't do the job within the timeframe I wanted)
2. Strung me along (told me they could instead of being upfront with me)
3. Lost time (the timeframe for my project had elapsed before I got a feedback)
4. Got greedy ( changed prices after pre-negotiations)

DSTVee:
I personally think the availability of these jobs are the problem.
1.Foreigners dont trust Nigerians. No Nigerian will prefer peanuts naira to dollars or pounds.
2. People will tell you there are sites to go in order to get foreign gigs but will fail to highlight this sites..
3. After struggling for a while, people give up and make do with what they have or jobs. Available, which are this Nigerian gigs, as annoying as they may be.
4. Our name have spoil kpatakpata in the outside world, immediately you say you are Nigerian, the conversation dies on its own.

That was then bro. A lot of foreign companies now trust Nigerian developers. I have like 6 close friends that are working for foreign companies as developers and they are earning their pay in dollars. 5 of them have less than two years professional experience as a software developer.

Don’t limit yourself bro. Note I am also I software engineer(Java)

I am a writer but this issue also applies to my industry or any other freelance sector. It's mainly lack of knowledge. Many don't know where to get these foreign jobs.

It's also down to laziness as many Nigerians have poor research skills. They will rather spend all day checking social media than create works and market their portfolio.

We also have to work on our professionalism. The Nigerian work environment makes one lazy. The competence and professionalism is why Indians are sought for in the IT world.

It's true some foreigners have a bias against non westerners. But there are still many others willing to give us a chance as long as you can prove yourself.

Nobody who needs a professional will see such and deny them the opportunity because of their country of origin.

Just make sure you have a portfolio of test jobs and market yourself on freelance sites and LinkedIn. Infact, if you can master the later, you will be swimming in dollars.

I believe it's high time freelancers form an association to help each other. This is what Kenyans are doing and making leeway in the freelancing world.

There's a Kenyan guy, Walter Akolo. He's done a lot for Kenyan freelance writers. It was through his Facebook page ( Remarkable freelance writers in Africa) that I got a job with an Australian firm.

Half of the writers here are Kenyan, though more than 25 countries are represented in the staff strength. The same is happening in their tech sector.

We need to come together and form such linkages for tech workers, programmers, writers, designers, and other freelance sectors. It will help promote Nigerians and provide the needed foreign exchange we can use for balling

NIGERIAN PROGRAMMERS ARE NOT GOOD AND VERY UNPREDICTABLE AND UNPROFESSIONAL.

INDIANS, ASIANS AND EASTERN EUROPEANS WILL OUTBID YOU.

Senudi96:
It is not easy getting these foreign gigs or jobs. The opportunity is there obviously, but it is difficult to come by due to many factors.

Try use your naija connections abroad to get jobs from Nigerians in diaspora. They pay far better ...and the relationship is awesome.