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samuelson06:
The problem with studying one thing and ending up doing a totally different thing is that you'll hardly move up the career ladder in your chosen career because you don't have a background there. Banks intentionally exploit this loophole so they can keep their staff in one tiny spot—doing so much and earning little. I wouldn't advise anyone go this route. It's always limiting because your employer will always use that weakness to exploit you.

that's crazy, you don teach me bad thing now, time to exploit this knowledge.

"...but Sonia, you know you didn't study biochemistry na, your promotion won't look nice on our company profile, but don't worry, i will add 5k to your salary"

Frankly, it's only a limitation if you don't advance your studies in that field. I know top bank staff that took post-grad finance courses to advance their careers in finance.

samuelson06:
The problem with studying one thing and ending up doing a totally different thing is that you'll hardly move up the career ladder in your chosen career because you don't have a background there. Banks intentionally exploit this loophole so they can keep their staff in one tiny spot—doing so much and earning little. I wouldn't advise anyone go this route. It's always limiting because your employer will always use that weakness to exploit you.

This is a lie

illicit:
I studied Linguistics, whenever I tell someone I am a Linguist

They assume I speak many languages

Olodos


😂

It means you re skilled in foreign languages and so of course must be more than one language away from your local one

Softmirror:
That means you have limitations as a linguist unable to speak many languages.

Olodo


😂😂😂😂

Zocalite:
As far as you can bring money into the bank, na you dem want

But the iT section no be for everyone

It is that IT section I am interested in

You can quickly cover up the gap if you are smart.
1. On the job, pay attention to details and make your deliverables timely.
2. Take on professional courses and study as if you starting school afresh. Get professionally certified.
3. With professional certification and dedication to duty, you stand to surpass anyone.

samuelson06:
The problem with studying one thing and ending up doing a totally different thing is that you'll hardly move up the career ladder in your chosen career because you don't have a background there. Banks intentionally exploit this loophole so they can keep their staff in one tiny spot—doing so much and earning little. I wouldn't advise anyone go this route. It's always limiting because your employer will always use that weakness to exploit you.

Britishpea:
It means you re skilled in foreign languages and so of course must be more than one language away from your local one

You don't have to go to school to learn languages

I believe you know many uneducated Nigerians who speak other tribes languages well


A Linguist studies languages and not necessarily learning them...

it's not part of our curriculum to the best of my knowledge

A polyglot is someone that speaks many languages and not a Linguist

LeopardX:
You saw how the programmer guy dressed differently from the rest of them? Baba just wear round neck polo come office.

because he does backend lol. most of em work as hybrid staff.

iamnotillicit:
You don't have to go to school to learn languages

I believe you know many uneducated Nigerians who speak other tribes languages well


A Linguist studies languages and not necessarily learning them...

it's not part of our curriculum to the best of my knowledge

A polyglot is someone that speaks many languages and not a Linguist

so who is a linguist? because t me someone who knows it is different from someone who studies it...Who studies it knows the rudiments and the fundamentals.. For example as a yoruba man if i say ekaaro..ANYONE CAN say that as a yoruba person but whoever studies it will know that it has a deeper meaning and interpretation than that just morning

illicit:
I studied Linguistics, whenever I tell someone I am a Linguist

They assume I speak many languages

Olodos


😂

bonju mea siee 😂😂😂😂

Britishpea:
so who is a linguist?

Someone who studied languages

Their characters, relationships, similarities and differences, history, affinity, lifespan, marriage, birth, death...


In Nigeria it is taught in English


No one can actually speak all the languages in Nigeria alone talk less of the whole world languages

samuelson06:
The problem with studying one thing and ending up doing a totally different thing is that you'll hardly move up the career ladder in your chosen career because you don't have a background there. Banks intentionally exploit this loophole so they can keep their staff in one tiny spot—doing so much and earning little. I wouldn't advise anyone go this route. It's always limiting because your employer will always use that weakness to exploit you.

This is your CBN governor. Check his career path too. Before you think this is an outlier, go to LinkedIn and observe trend.

samuelson06:
The problem with studying one thing and ending up doing a totally different thing is that you'll hardly move up the career ladder in your chosen career because you don't have a background there. Banks intentionally exploit this loophole so they can keep their staff in one tiny spot—doing so much and earning little. I wouldn't advise anyone go this route. It's always limiting because your employer will always use that weakness to exploit you.

Big lie… biggest lie ever told on nairaland.

See him sounding like he’s so sure of what he is talking about.

In banking , you can grow to whatever level irrespective of what you studied in your first degree.

Stop misinforming people.

edoman2016:
Majority studied science courses while commercial graduates in courses like Economics, Accounting and Finance struggle to compete against them.

No thanks to mathematical inclined aptitude test for employment.

Aptitude test doesn’t matter much when it comes to employment.
In a 5 stage screening process, aptitude test will be the first or second stage. This means you still have 3 to 4 stages to scales through after aptitude test.

Lastly, most aptitude test don’t test mathematical knowledge in their quantitative section. Imagine asking questions on ratio and percentages.

OctavianAC:
If not that wickedness has been propagated in the society and heart of men, every sound graduate can fit into many fields. With an intensive training of 6 months or one year (theory and practical) a sound graduate will do well in medicine, law and the engineering fields. Most courses in the West are just 3 years courses. Those 3 years may include time for social weeks and a few time to lazy about.

You want to learn medicine in one year ke ??😂😂😂
No matter how sound the so called graduate is , e go break ACL if e try am ?
Medical schools don’t run even semesters . It’s January to December .
You want to learn anatomy , physiology, Biochemistry, medicine, surgery , Paediatrics , O and G, Psychiatry, Community medicine , Family medicine etc in 1
Year 😂😂

illicit:
Olodo


😂😂😂😂

If you are multilingual being a linguist makes it more fun.

illicit:
I studied Linguistics, whenever I tell someone I am a Linguist

They assume I speak many languages

Olodos


😂

Abi na you be olodo...

Whatever is linguistical in a linguistics graduate that can't speak many languages?

You and oyibo no wise abeg ... 🤣🤣🤣

edoman2016:
Majority studied science courses while commercial graduates in courses like Economics, Accounting and Finance struggle to compete against them.

No thanks to mathematical inclined aptitude test for employment.

And personally, I deemed this a flawed system.

edoman2016:
Majority studied science courses while commercial graduates in courses like Economics, Accounting and Finance struggle to compete against them.

No thanks to mathematical inclined aptitude test for employment.

I don't think that is the only reason. Some units require deep understanding of quantitative methods and this gives the science oriented courses an edge. For example, quantitative modeling usually requires a minimum of a masters in a quantitative discipline and preferably a PhD in quantitative disciplines.

SmartPolician:
Undergrads of those art-related courses are also taught mathematics. The thing is that science students are generally more intelligent.

Where is this thought coming from?

One reason I love engineering...

samuelson06:
The problem with studying one thing and ending up doing a totally different thing is that you'll hardly move up the career ladder in your chosen career because you don't have a background there. Banks intentionally exploit this loophole so they can keep their staff in one tiny spot—doing so much and earning little. I wouldn't advise anyone go this route. It's always limiting because your employer will always use that weakness to exploit you.

Inexperienced people should stop saying what they imagined in their head like it is reality.. no bank cares about ur course of study for anything including promotions...

Some studied software engineering and are coding .
Some are related

illicit:
I studied Linguistics, whenever I tell someone I am a Linguist

They assume I speak many languages

Olodos


😂

You should, anyway

Kingdavid579:
Science students pay attention to details and are usually very intelligent.

Back in secondary school, not everyone who branched into the science class succeeded. Some who could not cope were later sent back to Arts or Social Science.

But for Arts and Social Science students, there was no other department to fall back to — you simply stayed there whether you performed well or not.

After secondary school, I went on to study Computer Science in a Polytechnic. Even at that level, many students were dropped after ND 1 due to performance issues.

This is why science students often excel in any position or office they find themselves.

Science is very competitive, but I am glad to say that I have successfully completed my HND.

This reasoning is not good. You need drop it and focus on your life instead of thinking one is better than the other. There are people in the Arts who will do better than the best in sciences if they chose that part and vice versa. It is all about interests.

WYZAD:
Na only medicine, nursing I never see for bank.
I Don see lawyer sef

There are doctors in banks. They are not many but there are.

samuelson06:
The problem with studying one thing and ending up doing a totally different thing is that you'll hardly move up the career ladder in your chosen career because you don't have a background there. Banks intentionally exploit this loophole so they can keep their staff in one tiny spot—doing so much and earning little. I wouldn't advise anyone go this route. It's always limiting because your employer will always use that weakness to exploit you.

You lie bro
You can still be the MD of the bank even if you studied Human Anatomy at bsc level
what matters is that you take relevant professional courses as you rise up the ladder and be good with sales/business development related roles
I have worked in a bank for years and I know what I am saying.

The degree scam is becoming exposed, now you understand why people who dropped out of school became millionaire's and billionaires in 5 years.
Even Harvard is dumping it's expensive courses for free, because society rewards your ability to solve problems not degrees or certificates.
Stop wasting money on professional certifications the knowledge is out there.
Owners of banks in Nigeria didn't even study finance at school.

samuelson06:
The problem with studying one thing and ending up doing a totally different thing is that you'll hardly move up the career ladder in your chosen career because you don't have a background there. Banks intentionally exploit this loophole so they can keep their staff in one tiny spot—doing so much and earning little. I wouldn't advise anyone go this route. It's always limiting because your employer will always use that weakness to exploit you.

You actually and truly don't know what u r tapping about. If u enter the bank as a full staff you will climb the professional ladder and note 95% of graduate trainee have their first degree with a non banking/finance related courses.

Most of the bank MDs had their first degree like this but after employment with bank pursued financial courses to enhance career growth.

Please get ur facts correct

samuelson06:
The problem with studying one thing and ending up doing a totally different thing is that you'll hardly move up the career ladder in your chosen career because you don't have a background there. Banks intentionally exploit this loophole so they can keep their staff in one tiny spot—doing so much and earning little. I wouldn't advise anyone go this route. It's always limiting because your employer will always use that weakness to exploit you.

Tbh this is a very ignorant comment, just a simple question
How many bank ceos studied banking and finance as their first degree
Do research and answer me