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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Ade3131: 9:54pm On Jun 11, 2020
My story plenty ooo... I pray I'm able to summarize with apt and dish out the meat at the end.

I've never been unemployed all my life. All thanks to my upbringing. I started making money as a teenager. Sold pure water and gala at different times while I was in my secondary school and I still managed to be an exceptional student in class. While waiting for admission, I ventured into repairs and sales of micro gadgets like MP3, MP4, CD Walkman player, DVD palmtop media player and so on.

Life was sweet back then. I made so much money but I was never satisfied bcuz I felt pressured to further my education just bcuz of those secondary school hype of "the boy is brilliant and the boy is good"....trust you know that kain thin.

After 2 different post UME heartbreaks, I finally settled for a polytechnic (never have I considered stepping down to a polytechnic level if not, would have been in HND1 by the time I was entering ND1). Again, I graduated well with distinction and that reassurance of my academic prowess came back.... I'm brilliant nau. While searching for a place to intern for my Industrial training, I got a 50k job offer in 2012 but I declined with my shoulder high that I'm better than that ...even as an ND holder ooo...lol

Fast forward to 2017, I quit a job that brought me so much respect and satisfaction due to my ego again... This time, I had graduated from a private University where I paid through my teeth to complete and with my reassuring self, I'd thought I was going to get another job during or after my NYSC. Luck almost shone on me during my youth service but village people at it... I lost the opportunity to a sadist after getting positive recommendation from my country director.

After my near miss at securing another job, I ventured into poultry with a substantial amount of my savings. I targeted easter period and reared boiler chickens only to receive the greatest shock of my life when market realities hits me hard. It was a year to forget as I lost close to 60% of my investment. This got me desperately in need of funds and that desperation led me to the nightmare of my life - I finally accept a 50k job after spending a million plus in a private uni to acquire BSc....mind you, I graduated well there too.

CoronaVirus came and the company (insurance) couldn't meet up with their obligations due to the effect of the pandemic on the economy. As type this, my last salary is still being owed since I was relieved of my appointment on May 18.

After all the merry-go-round of my life, I'm back at Alaba international market where it all started for me. I'm learning how to fix laptop computer (upped my game from the media players) at age 30.

All my friends and mates who were envious of my academic superiority and my exploits in the corporate world didn't know that they were allot better off being a boss of their own...all married and doing well. Mind you, even those who have the best of careers in corporate service still fall back to entrepreneurship at the end of their years of active service. So why not start early (now) and gain ground before they come back to the street and rule over you?

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by yinkbell: 9:55pm On Jun 11, 2020
GentRoyal:

Back then in school, I get paid for doing assignments, tutorials. I also write project and I design softwares with my little knowledge in programming.
All these, remain my side hustle during my service year coz I got lots of recommendations from fellas that I've handled their assignments and projects. Up till now, I still get recommendations.
With my savings during my service year + assistance from my parents + loan, I started my retail business in January.
I paid the loan last month.

PS;
After NYSC in October, I applied as an online tutor and somehow my application was successful.
So for now, I work as an online tutor and a retail store owner....
Thank GOD for His grace. Sir, which online tutor do you apply for?
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Goalnaldo(m): 9:56pm On Jun 11, 2020
Favoritedealer:
Make I no lie na Yahoo i do,finished UNI at 23,I stayed home for a year and looked for job everywhere I didn't see shit,got a phone and a laptop then started bombing, I made my first million at 24.
7 years later now I'm a legit business owner if you can call it a business sha, I have 9 taxis and I employ young men to drive them and they deliver to me weekly .I guess I'm still jobless cos I don't do anything all day.i just wait till weekend and collect my due
Baba Na your business win am oo . Stay at home and cash will be flowing in.
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Coalkendar(m): 9:56pm On Jun 11, 2020
God bless you for sharing your experience here.. It really speaks to my spirit right now. I am kinda encouraged by your story.. I know very soon I too will testify to the Glory of God in my life...

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Nobody: 9:57pm On Jun 11, 2020
Poloyanabo1:
I was last jobless at 19, since i got into business I've lived happily ever after, there's a sense of fulfillment that comes with being your own Boss!
Not without its numerous challenges tho!
what's the nature of ur business?
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Saynotoapc(m): 9:58pm On Jun 11, 2020
obayendo1010:
Haha
My own easy die from skool I enter street from street I done rush 2 building now rent I dey enjoy now back to back all thanks to God and bitcoin....

Baba how far you still run the Bitcoin.
Drop your WhatsApp number
I go like lap for the hustle.
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Nobody: 9:59pm On Jun 11, 2020
Vulcan24:


from a very nowhere, I asked God this evening that the heaven open doors that will take away the tears and years of pain.

you will receive your surprise within this month because you have found mercy.

in Jesus name I have prayed for you. amen
Amen.. I so much need this kind of prayer right now. To worsen everything for me, I'm 30 and living with a relative cry
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by toyotamuscle: 9:59pm On Jun 11, 2020
tunjijones:


Pro courses means professional courses.

I did CCNA and later did cyber security risk management.

I work with an IT security firm now.
can you link me up.i did ccna.and am good at it.am in abuja.also am a WordPress web developer. thanks
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Nobody: 10:00pm On Jun 11, 2020
bbewaj:
After my Nysc @ 25, when there was nothing for about 2years, I decided to squat with a friend then I started online business, UK used laptops to be precise.... To God be the glory
link me up with the business bro
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by NNAMDIII(m): 10:00pm On Jun 11, 2020
Donald95:
For me, I concluded my schooling (Caritas Private University) and service when i was 22 years. I stayed with my widowed mother till i became 24. That 2 years was full time war because I battled within myself over my non- educated friends that are mostly into tanker and Container motor drivers flourishing while me that much is expected from had nothing but "thank you" whenever i finish eating my mums food ( not jealousy though)


Mid of my 24 years, i moved in to stay with my sister in Enugu. Away from home, i was more free to engage my self no matter how humiliating the work look.

I started with Teaching. I was paid 15k per month, after 5 or 6 months of saving, i rented my own apartment, Used the remaining money to buy rice, tomato paste and beans in large quantities. I made good savings before the year ran out.


The next year, i opened a phone charging place and employed a girl while I was still teaching . Money started flowing in small small. I had about 300k few months later so, I opened Firstmonie outlet.

I started massive saving. I was targeting to open an iron company where i will sell building materials last 2 years, but the required capital is too much so, I went into rice.

I am Thankful to God for where i am today.

You can still make it if you don't have a job. Just start as small as possible.

Move away from home and squat with your sibling or good friend if you are too ashamed or not free to engage yourself.
nice one bro
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by PetersKID(m): 10:00pm On Jun 11, 2020
Goalnaldo:
I am still jobless and there is nothing I haven't tried, believe me. Currently I'm managing my blog and hoping it will get approved for Adsense. I believe I will succeed in life. I didn't spoil someone's own.
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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Nobody: 10:00pm On Jun 11, 2020
Reyhzor:

will be forever grateful if you can teach me

Takes capital nd patience

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by technoguy: 10:01pm On Jun 11, 2020
toyotamuscle:
let me say the truth.i have been jobless since a yr now.and my mind is made up and strong to do blood money.i have never been this hard hearted.well if its my destiny.i ll do it.all I need now is a genuine place to do it.i cant wait to be frustrated before I take action.
No bro you don't even need to go that far.

Just look for a yahoo boy and do apprentice for 6 months you will start counting your millions.
If I'm lying god should punish me.

Goodluck bro.

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Nobody: 10:02pm On Jun 11, 2020
Donald95:
For me, I concluded my schooling (Caritas Private University) and service when i was 22 years. I stayed with my widowed mother till i became 24. That 2 years was full time war because I battled within myself over my non- educated friends that are mostly into tanker and Container motor drivers flourishing while me that much is expected from had nothing but "thank you" whenever i finish eating my mums food ( not jealousy though)


Mid of my 24 years, i moved in to stay with my sister in Enugu. Away from home, i was more free to engage my self no matter how humiliating the work look.

I started with Teaching. I was paid 15k per month, after 5 or 6 months of saving, i rented my own apartment, Used the remaining money to buy rice, tomato paste and beans in large quantities. I made good savings before the year ran out.


The next year, i opened a phone charging place and employed a girl while I was still teaching . Money started flowing in small small. I had about 300k few months later so, I opened Firstmonie outlet.

I started massive saving. I was targeting to open an iron company where i will sell building materials last 2 years, but the required capital is too much so, I went into rice.

I am Thankful to God for where i am today.

You can still make it if you don't have a job. Just start as small as possible.

Move away from home and squat with your sibling or good friend if you are too ashamed or not free to engage yourself.

Thanks for your write up! inspirational, it is to me personally.

That your small phone charging space, like how much did you use to set it up?

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Nobody: 10:02pm On Jun 11, 2020
yinkbell:

Thank GOD for His grace. Sir, which online tutor do you apply for?
The platform is brainly but I got employed through an outsourcing agency (LatinHire).

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Reyhzor(m): 10:02pm On Jun 11, 2020
Sysdatek:


Takes capital nd patience
I'm interested just dat capital
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by liver123(m): 10:06pm On Jun 11, 2020
Am totally confused about life issues, I think it would have been better if I channel the money and the time I spent in school into learning a skill. I finished NYSC since 2017 and am above 30 years now still nothing to show for my life, I have thought of business but no money. In fact am tired of life.

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by laoludavid(m): 10:07pm On Jun 11, 2020
I've never experienced this kind of life in my life time.
Finished NYSC last year October, ever since then life has been terrible. Applied for jobs but wasn't selected, tried business (I redeem gift cards and buying bitcoins) but didn't last, no customers(the few ones I had left without any concrete reason), have a debt of 100k plus to settle. The only company that manage to consider me employed me with o level.(HND holder and I have NCE )
You can imagine that (the disrespect is best imagined).
Just tired of everything.

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by sadiq1985: 10:08pm On Jun 11, 2020
Ok

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by toyotamuscle: 10:08pm On Jun 11, 2020
technoguy:

No bro you don't even need to go that far.

Just look for a yahoo boy and do apprentice for 6 months you will start counting your millions.
If I'm lying god should punish me.

Goodluck bro.
my very good friend in my uni days is into Gee but he is in Malaysia.i cant grab what he is trying to teach me cos he is very far.any real Gee in abuja should please chat me for me to be his apprentice.infact I have 6gig of data cuts my sis every month.and I have a laptop.iv done ccna, but no job galaxy back bone in abuja couldn't even gv me an intern job.i have done WordPress web design still no show.done phone repair from one police case to another I just hands up for that one.08089411836 please

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Chris2863(m): 10:09pm On Jun 11, 2020
dukeprince50:
My story is very annoying sha.
I left secondary school while I was 17, got admission into a private uni but couldn't continue because of the way the school treat students, there is no respect for the students. and I'm not the kind of person who fancy a secondary boarding school kinda settings and my course was not accredited in that same school, after spending few years there, I thought its not worth the stress so I left and went to a state school and studied a five year course, I was suppose to graduate last year but then because of ASUU, I graduated January this year, I decided to forget my certificate though I had a good grade but I wanted a different life that is not about certificate and then coronavirus came and time deh tick, age deh go. I was never at home Jobless but when I look back, most part of my life after secondary school was useless but whenever life gives me a reason to quit, I just can't give up, I have a feeling as long as I keep struggling to go higher, I may get to the top one day
Please try and collect your certificate
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Businessmogul93: 10:11pm On Jun 11, 2020
Donald95:
For me, I concluded my schooling (Caritas Private University) and service when i was 22 years. I stayed with my widowed mother till i became 24. That 2 years was full time war because I battled within myself over my non- educated friends that are mostly into tanker and Container motor drivers flourishing while me that much is expected from had nothing but "thank you" whenever i finish eating my mums food ( not jealousy though)


Mid of my 24 years, i moved in to stay with my sister in Enugu. Away from home, i was more free to engage my self no matter how humiliating the work look.

I started with Teaching. I was paid 15k per month, after 5 or 6 months of saving, i rented my own apartment, Used the remaining money to buy rice, tomato paste and beans in large quantities. I made good savings before the year ran out.


The next year, i opened a phone charging place and employed a girl while I was still teaching . Money started flowing in small small. I had about 300k few months later so, I opened Firstmonie outlet.

I started massive saving. I was targeting to open an iron company where i will sell building materials last 2 years, but the required capital is too much so, I went into rice.

I am Thankful to God for where i am today.

You can still make it if you don't have a job. Just start as small as possible.

Move away from home and squat with your sibling or good friend if you are too ashamed or not free to engage yourself.
Pls can I get ur contact,I need some advice on the rice business
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by smeag0l(m): 10:11pm On Jun 11, 2020
That jobless period was a fantastic opportunity for you to plan for life after NYSC. I served in a village school in one of the states in the southwest and i had to be going twice a week. I begged the principal cos the place was really far from where I stay and they were not paying. The remaining three week days including weekends was used to chart my future course. You can never gave the free time you had during nysc again. At that time, I planned for either a job in nigeria or a research assistantship in US. I got about 3 or 4 job offers in great companies two months after the end of my nysc and I resumed with one of the coys and worked their while still pursuing a PhD admission in the US. After working for about a year, I got the PhD offer but declined it cos I also got my dream job here in naija although in a different region from the south west. Never been jobless in my entire life. I must always be occupied with something
elektra:
I haven’t been jobless since I after secondary school.
I worked as a cashier during undergrad, then I got paid to go to grad school.
The most jobless I’ve being was during NYSC, the government agency I was posted to did nothing. All we did was gist all day long, even the directors and full time staff were gisting with us.

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Goalnaldo(m): 10:13pm On Jun 11, 2020
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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by XploraBen(m): 10:14pm On Jun 11, 2020
timsucess:

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by timsucess(m): 10:14pm On Jun 11, 2020
GentRoyal:

Back then in school, I get paid for doing assignments, tutorials. I also write project and I design softwares with my little knowledge in programming.
All these, remain my side hustle during my service year coz I got lots of recommendations from fellas that I've handled their assignments and projects. Up till now, I still get recommendations.
With my savings during my service year + assistance from my parents + loan, I started my

retail business in January.

Please where can I apply for this online tutor
And where did u apply for the loan, I need small loan to add to my farm
I paid the loan last month.

PS;
After NYSC in October, I applied as an online tutor and somehow my application was successful.
So for now, I work as an online tutor and a retail store owner....
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Legithustle: 10:18pm On Jun 11, 2020
stasius:
I stayed 1month.

Didnt do anything much. I was just called to come and take up a job offer. Thats all.

Happy for you
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Igbojihadist: 10:22pm On Jun 11, 2020
GentRoyal:

Back then in school, I get paid for doing assignments, tutorials. I also write project and I design softwares with my little knowledge in programming.
All these, remain my side hustle during my service year coz I got lots of recommendations from fellas that I've handled their assignments and projects. Up till now, I still get recommendations.
With my savings during my service year + assistance from my parents + loan, I started my retail business in January.
I paid the loan last month.

PS;
After NYSC in October, I applied as an online tutor and somehow my application was successful.
So for now, I work as an online tutor and a retail store owner....
what do you sell in shop
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by iAmTheJoker: 10:23pm On Jun 11, 2020
Onyi22:
I knew very well that we have a lot of broke ass guys on this forum...
See how they have start confessing,
Tufiakwa!!!!
I will not settle with a guy that starts from small oooo, My man must be born with a silver spoon

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Carlyboi(m): 10:25pm On Jun 11, 2020
laoludavid:
I've never experienced this kind of life in my life time.
Finished NYSC last year October, ever since then life has been terrible. Applied for jobs but wasn't selected, tried business (I redeem gift cards and buying bitcoins) but didn't last, no customers(the few ones I had left without any concrete reason), have a debt of 100k plus to settle. The only company that manage to consider me employed me with o level.(HND holder and I have NCE )
You can imagine that (the disrespect is best imagined).
Just tired of everything.



Bro,There’s always light at the end of the tunnel and I have got this saying bout life whenever life hits us the hardest from that point on it would only get better....don’t get desperate and don’t despair a lot of people are going through stuffs like you you’re not alone just channel your energy into positive thoughts and productive endeavors do an analysis yourstrength,your skills and your ability don’t be too proud,shy or afraid to start small just keep at something...and also if you’re a great believer in God speak to him he listens and I believe he’s gonna light up your path..there’s always something for everyone of US we just have to find that one thing and run with it and lastly stay upright,stay clean and Legit there’s always a reward for such existence without having to fear no consequences don’t delve into anything that’s gonna give you a troubled conscience and a war with your soul or make you look over your back cos at the end of the day it’s not worth it.life and existence is just a mirage we should do our best to be happy,enjoy it,be fulfilled and make the most of it before we hear the Call it’s too mundane to live it extremely!May the heavenly force be with you Bro

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Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by Futurejoy(f): 10:29pm On Jun 11, 2020
bbewaj:
After my Nysc @ 25, when there was nothing for about 2years, I decided to squat with a friend then I started online business, UK used laptops to be precise.... To God be the glory
Please how much does it cost to go into this?
Re: How Old Were You Jobless, Staying At Home And How Did You Make It? by yinkbell: 10:29pm On Jun 11, 2020
GentRoyal:

The platform is brainly but I got employed through an outsourcing agency (LatinHire).

1.thanks for replying bro. do you apply online?
2. is the outsourcing agency a foreign one?
3. Is LatinHire still running in this COVID period?
4. What's there requirement and web address?
I am sorry for bombarding you with all sorts of questions.
I await your reply. Thanks, sir!

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