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Yemight474:
I'm very grateful for what all of you has told me....
may God continue to bless each and every one of you...
I will continue study physics. what I need now is little more details about programming.

hostine316:
God bless you my brother. I will tell you something about what happened to me back then. I wanted to study elect/elect but I was given mathematics. When I asked some people about the course, they started laughing at me that I would end up becoming a primary school mathematics teacher. I was so discouraged. I talked to my dad (although he is late now) about it and he told me one thing; he said go and make extensive research about the course on your own and make the best out of it. I held on to that statement even up to this very moment. I did personal research and I saw alot of opportunities for mathematics graduates. I will mention a few; I.T industries, financial institutions (banks and insurance), academics, medicine, climate agencies, etc.

To cut the long story short, after making personal findings, I fell in love with academics especially research. How mathematics was used to study and understand complex phenomenon ranging from our biological world to our physical world. I studied hard and did excellently well. I got a scholarship to do my msc mathematics in Senegal 2 years ago and now I have a PhD mathematics scholarship in Germany.

Why did I bring up my story; for the OP to understand that anything you conceive in your heart now would go a long way. Whether in physics or civil engineering or anywhere you find yourself. I have some mathematics and physics friends who graduated and are now in the IT and engineering industries, some work in banks and insurance companies, some are in oil and gas sectors. I have worked with some in academics during the course of research. They are great guys even better than we mathematicians. They have wide range of knowledge in different areas of science and engineering.

OP, don't let anyone discourage you, not even me. You're the brain work, architect and engineer of anything you choose as a career. I will say this again, make the best out of anything you do.

Good luck.

Yemight474:
I'm very grateful for what all of you has told me....
may God continue to bless each and every one of you...
I will continue study physics. what I need now is little more details about programming.

olatbs:
u can try solve one of Nigeria's problems which maybe light or technoligical inventions that a lame LAZY nigerian must or will use. if u can try solving any problem that nigeria has den u are a boss of ur own ... even if we know that we have the LAZY genre in us.. jst do something unique and unique things will come ur way...

anyways, im still on the second blunt..

Gaddafithe2nd:
OP don't be discouraged there is one scholarship(African Institutes for Mathematical Sciences) that is only Opened to graduates of Mathematics, Engineering, Physics and Computer science. The courses are on ICT. Please finish and explore other opportunities.
You can search for the scholarship online.

falcon01:
preferrable yes, But as technology is getting more and more advanced you can your an android smartphone or tablet. And as to where you should start. I think you should go with web programming(html, css, javascript et.c) its more easier and popular infact it is more needed than the c, c++, java, e.t.c. but i dont know your taste is it web programing or just programming

rusher14:
You need a system preferably a laptop or desktop.

Even your phone can be a platform for coding if you really want it to.

I always say there is no excuse for any young Nigerian today. Information is at your finger tip.

You can collaborate with people around the world.

There are various repositories for all subject matter and most of them are free.

hostine316:
Good awareness. I was opportune to study there on scholarship. It's a very big platform for graduates in science and engineering.

Yemight474:
Good morning.
My name is Adeshina Waliyu, a 100 level student(lautech ogbomosho). There is a matter I have been worrying about, due to fear, I have fall in love with my phone searching for info about the issue. And nairaland is one of the site that I always tend to, to know about what I don't know because I believe there are many talented people and experienced people that can put me through.

I have read many topics on this nairaland that relate to the issue that's bothering me yet I still feel like I haven't see what I need. May be it's because most of the topic I read were posted like 4 to 5 years ago, sorry to say I feel like Nigeria then is different from today's Nigeria.

The issue that is bothering me, that makes me need the counsel or advice of people is about the course I was given.
I's a pre degree student 2015/2016, I chose Civil Engineering but unfortunately I scored 255 in Pre degree and 245 in jamb, so I was given Pure and Applied Physics.
Though at that time I was discouraged but later I got over it (Since physics is my best subject). Then I decided to study physics but getting to 100 level, what am hearing from people around me and my brothers is that I should change my course.. What they are telling me is that physics is among the best course in the world
but not here in Nigeria. They said it's better to cross to Engineering.
Though am just a 19 year old boy but I think it's better to start thinking about my future......
So I have been in a dilemma since because my decision will have Great impact to my future.
I can't make a rash decision. That's why I decided to hear from people that will tell me what I don't know.
Please is it true that the hope for science student especially physics graduates in time of job in this Nigeria is not much . I know life is unpredictable and we should follow our instinct. But it is better to know more.
I will be very grateful if you can spare some of your time to give your opinion..

mrphysics:
Listen, I am not hear to boast or whatsover. I finished an got a work as physics graduate 3 months after NYSC. I work and even earn more than an entry level Medicine and surgery graduate. I got my job without knowing anyone.

There's this one thing about a physics graduate which you guys fails to understand. Physics graduates are highly analytical and logical. This skill alone can get them any way and they are highly sought for especially in IT industry where I work.


My problem is that most unemployed people are those shouting Physics Teachers up and down on nairaland

mrphysics:
Exactly. The point is that most graduates or youths have a skewed view of the real world out there. They only know about engineering, law, medicine, and pharmacy jobs.

Like you rightly said, a project manager in a pharmaceutical firm will earn more than a pharmacist in that firm. So if a physicist sees himself as a teacher, then such person will end up earning 30-50k and end up average in the society.

Nigerian's are not crying due to high rate of unemployed physics graduate but unemployed graduates across all disciplines.

daviefm:
I'm a graduate of physics at Lautech

U dey post on nairaland, wetin ur lecture go teach u?

If u no buy manual, na automatic AR

Or u wan wait wen u do MEE 204 or STA 207,na then u go dey pray for let my ppl go grade, 40E


Or let Mama catch you for project

Those that passed through physics dept has story to tell with some ppl's CGPA no fit flash mtn to airtel

Jman06:
Say what you know please. Project manager will earn more than a pharmacist in a pharmaceutical firm owned by a Pharmacist
Unless you are comparing a project manager who has risen through the ranks to become a manager and a newly employed entry level Pharmacist. The difference won't be much even at that, besides the Pharmacist could have his community pharmacy or use his license to earn from other sources than the company where he works.

homesteady:
I'm not condemning physics as a course, I was just condemning that post. The Op is obviously looking for advice, especially from those who are degree holders in physics, but that comment did not even proffer one advice except that it is best course in Nigeria.
Compare that post to yours, you listed realistic job opportunities and also used yourself as an inspiration.

Yemight474:
Good morning.
My name is Adeshina Waliyu, a 100 level student(lautech ogbomosho). There is a matter I have been worrying about, due to fear, I have fall in love with my phone searching for info about the issue. And nairaland is one of the site that I always tend to, to know about what I don't know because I believe there are many talented people and experienced people that can put me through.

I have read many topics on this nairaland that relate to the issue that's bothering me yet I still feel like I haven't see what I need. May be it's because most of the topic I read were posted like 4 to 5 years ago, sorry to say I feel like Nigeria then is different from today's Nigeria.

The issue that is bothering me, that makes me need the counsel or advice of people is about the course I was given.
I's a pre degree student 2015/2016, I chose Civil Engineering but unfortunately I scored 255 in Pre degree and 245 in jamb, so I was given Pure and Applied Physics.
Though at that time I was discouraged but later I got over it (Since physics is my best subject). Then I decided to study physics but getting to 100 level, what am hearing from people around me and my brothers is that I should change my course.. What they are telling me is that physics is among the best course in the world
but not here in Nigeria. They said it's better to cross to Engineering.
Though am just a 19 year old boy but I think it's better to start thinking about my future......
So I have been in a dilemma since because my decision will have Great impact to my future.
I can't make a rash decision. That's why I decided to hear from people that will tell me what I don't know.
Please is it true that the hope for science student especially physics graduates in time of job in this Nigeria is not much . I know life is unpredictable and we should follow our instinct. But it is better to know more.
I will be very grateful if you can spare some of your time to give your opinion..

rusher14:
With physics you must have a focus in terms of your specialisation and its economic importance.

Those graduates that are caught out never looked ahead whilst they were undergraduates.

Physics usually would encompass - electronics, geophysics, astronomy, meteorology etc.
You must know your specialisation inside out.

In the modern world, regardless of your interests, you must take programming and scripting as additional skills - C++, Java, Python, BASH, MATLAB etc.
E.g. C++, BASH and MATLAB.

You cannot escape it. The earlier you start the better for you.

No food for lazy man and you must obsess over your future.

You would lose friends along the way. You would lose them when you are pauperized in any case.

Be focused.

Don't let anybody tell you otherwise.

yusman14:
age is on his side...just 19...engineering shud b good 4 him...

Yemight474:
Good morning.
My name is Adeshina Waliyu, a 100 level student(lautech ogbomosho). There is a matter I have been worrying about, due to fear, I have fall in love with my phone searching for info about the issue. And nairaland is one of the site that I always tend to, to know about what I don't know because I believe there are many talented people and experienced people that can put me through.

I have read many topics on this nairaland that relate to the issue that's bothering me yet I still feel like I haven't see what I need. May be it's because most of the topic I read were posted like 4 to 5 years ago, sorry to say I feel like Nigeria then is different from today's Nigeria.

The issue that is bothering me, that makes me need the counsel or advice of people is about the course I was given.
I's a pre degree student 2015/2016, I chose Civil Engineering but unfortunately I scored 255 in Pre degree and 245 in jamb, so I was given Pure and Applied Physics.
Though at that time I was discouraged but later I got over it (Since physics is my best subject). Then I decided to study physics but getting to 100 level, what am hearing from people around me and my brothers is that I should change my course.. What they are telling me is that physics is among the best course in the world
but not here in Nigeria. They said it's better to cross to Engineering.
Though am just a 19 year old boy but I think it's better to start thinking about my future......
So I have been in a dilemma since because my decision will have Great impact to my future.
I can't make a rash decision. That's why I decided to hear from people that will tell me what I don't know.
Please is it true that the hope for science student especially physics graduates in time of job in this Nigeria is not much . I know life is unpredictable and we should follow our instinct. But it is better to know more.
I will be very grateful if you can spare some of your time to give your opinion..

Jogunomi1:
Lol. You know my school very well. Lautech doesn’t reward hard labor and brilliance. Them fit still frustrate person despite his ingenuity.

My advice for op, struggle to have at least second class upper, pass test of English exam like TOEFL before you graduate and keep searching for foreign scholarship online. For scholarships, you will need toefl and international passport.

Also, if you graduate with high CGPA, companies like banks will still be after you. As a scientist, obtain programming skills too.

Don't make my mistakes. Before going to Lautech, I had received calling into pastoral ministry. So, my aim was just to obtain a degree. I graduated with 2:2. After graduation, I felt I don't want to become a pastor, and I started job hunting. Even private schools rejected me. I'm very good in Physics and Maths but schools say my certificate is not related to education. Poor schools are offering me 15k salary - over my dead body! I have this pastoral gift and God is still talking to me about it. I left my initial church because I felt their doctrines and how the church is run looks like a business enterprise. In my new church, to become a pastor, I must go for Masters in Theology, and I don't have money again. I didn't even have parents while in Lautech. Wellwishers paid my fees. Which Wellwisher will i approach for Masters in theology? That's my fate. A very hopeless situation.

Yemight474:
Good morning.
My name is Adeshina Waliyu, a 100 level student(lautech ogbomosho). There is a matter I have been worrying about, due to fear, I have fall in love with my phone searching for info about the issue. And nairaland is one of the site that I always tend to, to know about what I don't know because I believe there are many talented people and experienced people that can put me through.

I have read many topics on this nairaland that relate to the issue that's bothering me yet I still feel like I haven't see what I need. May be it's because most of the topic I read were posted like 4 to 5 years ago, sorry to say I feel like Nigeria then is different from today's Nigeria.

The issue that is bothering me, that makes me need the counsel or advice of people is about the course I was given.
I's a pre degree student 2015/2016, I chose Civil Engineering but unfortunately I scored 255 in Pre degree and 245 in jamb, so I was given Pure and Applied Physics.
Though at that time I was discouraged but later I got over it (Since physics is my best subject). Then I decided to study physics but getting to 100 level, what am hearing from people around me and my brothers is that I should change my course.. What they are telling me is that physics is among the best course in the world
but not here in Nigeria. They said it's better to cross to Engineering.
Though am just a 19 year old boy but I think it's better to start thinking about my future......
So I have been in a dilemma since because my decision will have Great impact to my future.
I can't make a rash decision. That's why I decided to hear from people that will tell me what I don't know.
Please is it true that the hope for science student especially physics graduates in time of job in this Nigeria is not much . I know life is unpredictable and we should follow our instinct. But it is better to know more.
I will be very grateful if you can spare some of your time to give your opinion..

Yemight474:
Good morning.
My name is Adeshina Waliyu, a 100 level student(lautech ogbomosho). There is a matter I have been worrying about, due to fear, I have fall in love with my phone searching for info about the issue. And nairaland is one of the site that I always tend to, to know about what I don't know because I believe there are many talented people and experienced people that can put me through.

I have read many topics on this nairaland that relate to the issue that's bothering me yet I still feel like I haven't see what I need. May be it's because most of the topic I read were posted like 4 to 5 years ago, sorry to say I feel like Nigeria then is different from today's Nigeria.

The issue that is bothering me, that makes me need the counsel or advice of people is about the course I was given.
I's a pre degree student 2015/2016, I chose Civil Engineering but unfortunately I scored 255 in Pre degree and 245 in jamb, so I was given Pure and Applied Physics.
Though at that time I was discouraged but later I got over it (Since physics is my best subject). Then I decided to study physics but getting to 100 level, what am hearing from people around me and my brothers is that I should change my course.. What they are telling me is that physics is among the best course in the world
but not here in Nigeria. They said it's better to cross to Engineering.
Though am just a 19 year old boy but I think it's better to start thinking about my future......
So I have been in a dilemma since because my decision will have Great impact to my future.
I can't make a rash decision. That's why I decided to hear from people that will tell me what I don't know.
Please is it true that the hope for science student especially physics graduates in time of job in this Nigeria is not much . I know life is unpredictable and we should follow our instinct. But it is better to know more.
I will be very grateful if you can spare some of your time to give your opinion..

horia:
any app or web for a startup.

horia:
programming.

horia:
programming.

Yemight474:
Good morning.
My name is Adeshina Waliyu, a 100 level student(lautech ogbomosho). There is a matter I have been worrying about, due to fear, I have fall in love with my phone searching for info about the issue. And nairaland is one of the site that I always tend to, to know about what I don't know because I believe there are many talented people and experienced people that can put me through.

I have read many topics on this nairaland that relate to the issue that's bothering me yet I still feel like I haven't see what I need. May be it's because most of the topic I read were posted like 4 to 5 years ago, sorry to say I feel like Nigeria then is different from today's Nigeria.

The issue that is bothering me, that makes me need the counsel or advice of people is about the course I was given.
I's a pre degree student 2015/2016, I chose Civil Engineering but unfortunately I scored 255 in Pre degree and 245 in jamb, so I was given Pure and Applied Physics.
Though at that time I was discouraged but later I got over it (Since physics is my best subject). Then I decided to study physics but getting to 100 level, what am hearing from people around me and my brothers is that I should change my course.. What they are telling me is that physics is among the best course in the world
but not here in Nigeria. They said it's better to cross to Engineering.
Though am just a 19 year old boy but I think it's better to start thinking about my future......
So I have been in a dilemma since because my decision will have Great impact to my future.
I can't make a rash decision. That's why I decided to hear from people that will tell me what I don't know.
Please is it true that the hope for science student especially physics graduates in time of job in this Nigeria is not much . I know life is unpredictable and we should follow our instinct. But it is better to know more.
I will be very grateful if you can spare some of your time to give your opinion..