₦airaland Forum

pocohantas:
We are talking of remote roles, Sir. Are they going to employ you as a remote doctor? Because the highest I have seen for people in healthcare is management of shifts and medical writing.

That said, I have seen Nigerians prioritize Nigerians. I worked with a Nigerian on Upwork who employs 97% Nigerians. I am sure you would applaud him for that.

up work? I thought you are talking of better remote, the one tensa and airlay are doing. Freelancing is good but I don't rate it. You cannot even make a living from it.

jesmond3945:
which damage? Tech enhances and promotes other fields. Without tech most of these fields would be stagnant. No innovation.

That's if tech is being applied to other fields.

From what I'm seeing, almost everyone is a web developer

DrLevi:
Relocation is very hard. Even developers hardly get it.

With all I have gathered, just remove your mind from here

Hmm. I've heard about it.

Na wa.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Customers no dey Abuja naa..

Come Lagos, make we find one small shop for mainland.

[/color]

Come pay my flight fee, Boss.

jesmond3945:
up work? I thought you are talking of better remote, the one tensa and airlay are doing. Freelancing is good but I don't rate it. You cannot even make a living from it.

I laugh.
Let me just stop at the laughing.

DrLevi:
The damage would be done by then. An entire generation of tech bros and every other profession would suffer for it.

Unlike medicine and law, petroleum etc.. There were gates to the amount of people that those courses accepted. Tech is a free for all

Its sad seeing people with near zero interest in anything tech spend months and years of their lives in it just to because its the next big thing

I do hope it doesn’t get to that, because the craze and pressure is becoming something else. I do hope non-tech people can identify what is in remote jobs for them. I have also seen someone struggle with it for years, not months. Then he gave up.

pocohantas:
I laugh.
Let me just stop at the laughing.



I do hope it doesn’t get to that, because the craze and pressure is becoming something else. I do hope non-tech people can identify what is in remote jobs for them. I have also seen someone struggle with it for years, not months. Then he gave up.

you mean hand to mouth lol. That's what freelancing is.

jesmond3945:
you mean hand to mouth lol. That's what freelancing is.

Very true.

folake4u:
Come pay my flight fee, Boss.

[color=royalblue]I no dey like whining

Find your way to the below[/color]

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I no dey like whining

Find your way to the below[/color]

Ah. I nor dey enter bus oh. I nor dey move that way.

Na flight or train.

You could look into UI/UX design @pocohantas

. You can do customer service for a product. But you still need the minimum tech stills of operating a computer

The5DME:
You could look into UI/UX design @pocohantas

Sounds line a plan. I love UI/UX design because it appeals to the part of me that loves beautifying places.

VeryWickedMan:
There are many non-tech remote jobs like customer care reps, sales executives, product managers/owners, software testers etc.

Pay is by experience level. $1k-$1.5k for beginners, $2k-$3.5k for mid and $5k+ for experienced roles depending on your field. Bear in mind that you have an 80% chance of being shortchanged if you have a Nigerian supervisor who will slash your pay and give you like 50% or less of these figures.


I supervise some African devs and I slash their salaries by more than 60% sometimes and divert it for myself. $500 is already big salary in Nigeria so any of them that complains gets kicked out at the next appraisal and replaced ASAP with someone who's willing to accept even less.

You are indeed a very wicked man.

pocohantas:
Sounds line a plan. I love UI/UX design because it appeals to the part of me that loves beautifying places.

.... "like".
You should learn to use Figma then.

pocohantas:
I saw THIS THREAD on the frontpage and I must say the points there were very educational.


1)WHAT IS OUT THERE FOR NON-TECH PEOPLE?

2) WHAT IS A GOOD REMOTE PAY PER MONTH?

Unfortunately, Nigerians don't seem to excel in the non-technical competencies but there are jobs in

1. Content writing

2. Design

3. Customer support


At the moment most of these jobs go to Indians and Pakistanis and other south-east Asians but they are open to Africans as well.

For non-technical work, $500 - $2500 depending on experience and the country where the hiring company is based.

Tech sweet o

Non-tech people can work remotely, the issue is that the companies are not willing to hire remotely for those non-tech positions.

Several years ago, companies were unwilling to hire remotely from Nigeria. It is just a bias about Africans really.

Accountants who live in the UK and also work remotely in the UK, a lot of them that I know. Their office is in Glasgow and they never gone more than once in a year.

SmartyPants:
Unfortunately, Nigerians don't seem to excel in the non-technical competencies but there are jobs in

1. Content writing

2. Design

3. Customer support


At the moment most of these jobs go to Indians and Pakistanis and other south-east Asians but they are open to Africans as well.

For non-technical work, $500 - $2500 depending on experience and the country where the hiring company is based.

Why don’t we excel in these non-technical roles? Is it because we are not good enough or because there is a bias?

truthsayer009:
Non-tech people can work remotely, the issue is that the companies are not willing to hire remotely for those non-tech positions.

Several years ago, companies were unwilling to hire remotely from Nigeria. It is just a bias about Africans really.

Accountants who live in the UK and also work remotely in the UK, a lot of them that I know. Their office is in Glasgow and they never gone more than once in a year.

Okay. So there is more availability of remote tech roles? #TakingNotes

SmartyPants:
Unfortunately, Nigerians don't seem to excel in the non-technical competencies but there are jobs in

1. Content writing

2. Design

3. Customer support


At the moment most of these jobs go to Indians and Pakistanis and other south-east Asians but they are open to Africans as well.

For non-technical work, $500 - $2500 depending on experience and the country where the hiring company is based.

What is your stats backing this information?

A know a lady who is in Customer Support role for a US company in Nigeria, she is doing well. There are jobs if you are always searching, you will find it.

I also don't understand what you mean by non-technical! Every work is actually technical, because it requires in-depth knowledge in the specific field. Even Customer Service is technical because a Customer Service for Amazon Web Services have to know a lot about their products to tell customers or solve customers problem.

truthsayer009:
What is your stats backing this information?

A know a lady who is in Customer Support role for a US company in Nigeria, she is doing well. There are jobs if you are always searching, you will find it.

I also don't understand what you mean by non-technical! Every work is actually technical, because it requires in-depth knowledge in the specific field. Even Customer Service is technical because a Customer Service for Amazon Web Services have to know a lot about their products to tell customers or solve customers problem.

What part of the information do you find doubtful? I'd be happy to clarify.

Needless to say, this is all anecdotal, based on my many years of experience in this industry.

truthsayer009:
What is your stats backing this information?

A know a lady who is in Customer Support role for a US company in Nigeria, she is doing well. There are jobs if you are always searching, you will find it.

I also don't understand what you mean by non-technical! Every work is actually technical, because it requires in-depth knowledge in the specific field. Even Customer Service is technical because a Customer Service for Amazon Web Services have to know a lot about their products to tell customers or solve customers problem.

By non-technical, we mean “not programming”. But yea, you are right. I don’t think anyone that is averse to technology can function remotely.

Funny many of them give preference to Filipinos, but I have interacted with them and their English isn’t that great. So I always wonder how they do the Customer/Email Support.

You better learn tech.

Over 500 software engineers have left the Nigerian banks and travelled out due to better opportunities.

The jobs are everywhere but becoming skilled enough is the hard job.

Those that would get skilled enough will never know poverty.

The vacancies are so much that some engineers are getting 20 job invitations in a week.

None of those vacancies have a monthly salary of less than N500,000.

pocohantas:
Okay. So there is more availability of remote tech roles? #TakingNotes

Even in Nigeria, only 5% of tech people had direct contact with employers for Interviews and got hired before 2020/2021. There are tech Agencies that made the remote work popular, because those guys handle outsourcing, taxes and legal expenses that may arise. So it is easier for those US companies to come in. I can bet you that majority of people working remotely on Nairaland got their job via an Agency. We need to have agencies to help boost other areas like Accounting, Law, Business Development, Customer Service etc.

If Agencies don't come in, it will never work. The average Nigerian employer doesn't even want you to find alternative source of income. They will make sure they block you from getting any remote jobs yourselves if they can. For example, jobs like Recruitment HR doesn't require any one to come to the office any more, you can be an HR for Amazon and be in Nigeria, all you need to do is schedule Interviews and design your house like Abroad House for video calls.

pocohantas:
They talk way too much. Chochocho every time. The next thing they have pushed one youngling to go put head for wetin pass am.

Once upon a time, doctors and lawyers were everything. Then bankers and accountants had their own run too. Shebi they done calm down? Tech bros would calm down too. Na just time e need.

Can't be saturated bro!!! Many people are even running away from tech after they discover a lot of heavy duty work to do

pocohantas as a non-tech remote worker with a U.S. company, there are a lot of non-tech roles. However, what I found is they are also technical if you want to earn good pay.

I am a financial/economic analyst with a U.S.-based investment company. In fact, they increased my pay just a month into the job. It shows they value and need real talents.

The only non tech remote job that I can recommend is Technical Writing...
Though I'm here to read comments....

alakara:
Pls, can you mentor me on technical writing?
Thanks.

You can get mentorship and start cashing out with it in 3 weeks.... ... Mentorship fee is $100 or naira equivalent.....I'll include Closing as a bonus. BTW do you have a BSC?....google closing if you have no idea of what it is.


Proactivity Leads To Productivity.


@Seniorwriter