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@ Andre 5
God Bless you , You dont know how much you have saved a life with this information.

It depends on what you want Gee, I bought a 40 Watts TDK flat Panel with sub Woofers speakers at N 12,600 at PC outlet at The Palms in Lekki Lagos, that I spread in diff corners of my room. Man its the Bomb. so they are more garanteed than Ikeja Guys though. But there are some that are from 1,000 no Bass, to 36,000k even one that looks like olden colonial Hat but fine ooo, for 19k, so just go there and feed ya eyes before you make decision.

I feel you all do have any important issue to discuss. How can you post a topic such this and noreasonable contribution.
Any way that is why you girls complan about Guys using you and dropping. Why not, it all shows here, EMPTY BRIANS nothing to contribute.

Waaaaaiiiitttttt, enuoagh is enuogh.
Ok Hhhmmm 2.2, hey that is bigger then 1.0 or 2.1. Any Maths Guru in the house?? prove me  wrong.
Well I made a 2.2 my self but developed my self in reading any thing available in the direction of getting a job, Test materials, self development books, interview skills on the net "free", dropped CV round Victoria Island,  passed and failed some interviews and test, the more I pass and fail the more I learn new infos and Questions, and finally I got jobs. Now my skills of dropping Cvs and knowing every nook and cranny of lagos has made me a Top Executive in my office, Wher my MD personally takes me with him to inportant meetings at Blue Chip companies, Now I personally Know MDs and Directors of so many Big Cos

Why not go to their office at Pc 31 Idowu Taylor st, Vi, lagos during break hours you will see any of their staff outside, just ask for info on BAT, by the time you ask 4 different staff members one would give you the KOKO!!!
Thanks

I thank God for you. But you did not tell us what the exact pay is. Why do I ask?, this will enable those in the job market to know at what range their qualification salary scale should be. we all go for interviews and one critical question they ask is " How much do you want us to pay you" so with your info most people will be well informed of the range to request for, rather than asking for too much or too little.
Ya know what I mean!!!

It depends on your objective in life, Money or Career, BAT gives you freedom to explore, Banks takes away freedom, but more money I guess.

@ SEGEBEE

Do you work for those Indians at NIIT, you speak like one who has not done research yet
on how many Nigerian Companies use Oracle for now, except a company like Celtel that
uses 10g most others use 9i Even as big as HARRIS COMM.
So what benefit is your post to us if we are looking for the low cost way to achieve that Certificate, and here you are recommending your neck cutting NIIT.

"Go behind me Devil"

You better wise up Gee

Its not all about the doe Gee. Be ready to fold your sleeves up to work, They will drain all your Time, but you are lucky because dem go train you so tie all other banks go want take you. so Cost and benefit analysis congrats

Bob run from those guys they are part syndicators with ESTERBREAKTHROUGH the 419 Job recruitmet agency in Ojuelegba lagos!! We have writting a lot about them on this forum.

I feel your pain too. but check this Website for their address make Nairaland no say I dey advertise. www.toptechengineeringltd.com they are the best in their industry and don't give a hoot to paper qualification, just aks of Mabel Sanyaolu in HR , just say somebody sent you, just think of a name, I believe she doesn't have the time to verify to call you in, then if you see her cry for am.

I agree with you GEE, the truth is that most job seekers think Bank jobs are the best, but in the future most of them who are not smart with millionaire mindsets will end up frustrated, Why ? Bankers are 'bin counters' just doing one routine job for years, that is why during the re capitalisation many of them grew grey hair. The best job is the one that can grow you a skill, that is why it is better to work for a small firm for a start, there,you will be developed in different aspect of business

@fellybabe, etc: Thanks, I ve met one vendor at Ikeja villa that has Oracle 9i DBA complete tutor DVD and wants 10k for it I have been begging him for say 7k but he has refused to.

But based on few opportunities inherent in DBA field and so much cost, I feel like reading my oracle 9i soft books, I have a whole lot, SQL, PL/SQL,; FUNDAMENTALS I & II; performance tuning; 9i getting started, Network security, SQL Reference and more my problem is I don't know where to start from to read

We could share ideas and find ourselves on the right track cheaply. Any expert in the house to help out here?, I will appreciate.

Hi fellos,

Am a bit curious why amost every body on this forum happens to be a Programmer and very few Database Administrators. I have asked several questions on the lucrativeness of an Oracle DBA career in Nigeria and ve received positive responses. So why can't we use this Thread to share our experiences, that is for new comers and Pros who would want to help.

What do you think??

@Naijafan
What advice do you have for database management newbies

Get a Computer first. Then Begin with Ms. Access , then SQL, then Oracle 9i, if you like Data base Management Career. Then marry Nairaland.com

Hmm, thank God  Oracle Freshies like me now have a thread here to learn from. Thanks SBUCareer, seun etc for this.
Am confused, Database mgt has so many parts; Data security, Programming. , please somebody give us some lectures here and some guidance for career growth.

I know one www.toptechengineeringltd.com find out their contact make Seun no delist me sha.
But wait how many Cvs have you droped, or are you waiting for manna to fall from heaven be4 you take a chance. Read wide on your subject area and interview Tips, aptitude test. Dress well on tie, go to VI, enter any offx building( some offices are hidden inside those big Bank buildings you see) and drop your Cv, ask people to re-draft your Cv incase you don't have a nice one, then Pray to God.

Gee I never heard of em too. But are they so poor that they would require job seekers to attach stamp and envelop, I beg look before you leap sha

Am in for it Brother, I plan to be Oracle Cert. how do we start??

Welcome Gee!!!, but you didn't tell us where you are or any food for thought.

Hi Guys I have thought about this same topic. But look, most of us have turned fanatical Christians, that we no longer reason objectively. Now you work for the Banks that Finance these Companies, You benefit one way from their provision of water to your community,you buy their shears etc If you join a thief to eat what he stole what are you ? In fact the MD of BAT does not smoke!!, niether does the CEO of Nigeria Breweries get Drunk on his job, he wont be their by now,
Now you read Micro Biology and you dont want to work their?? well, Dont let your illitrate Pastor deceive you, these Cos are providing a service.

They are thieves, 419, Ole!!, please someone help me out with more words here, they have nothing to offer just milking job seekers.I was there in 2004 they asked me to pay N 750, I did and they sent me to some lousy looking offxs at Toyin st Ikeja , I could even pay those guys salary dispite my job-lessness then , when I came back to them angry, they sent me again to Marina, Lagos, in fact, their strategy is you pay, they send you to those their guys, by the time you spend your small duo going round and round you will get frustrated and will not return to them. So please DO NOT GO BACK THEIR AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your reason is not clear why you want to know, are you getting married to a first bank staff and want to know what your payback period would be?.
Any way , the salary is not relevant as such because most companies put all their pay in allowances, have you hard of Tax deductable income before? if not it means if they pay you N2m/yr and tax 7% , that means you earn less than that. so most Cos. salary package is low but high allowances,
My advice if you get a job, accept any salary you are offered first, who knows there might be some hidden Alowys!!!!. There will always be.
God Bless Nairalanders!!

Thanks Seun, Sbucareer, Mimoh_mi, etc , Please am a bit confused here, which of these skills (Oracle DBA or Java Programming) is more lucrative in the Nigerian business environment of today, to build a solid career in ??.
I need your advice.
Thanks again.

Look at You, you have not taken the initiative to even see the company, you are asking about salary. This is the problem with most nigerian Grad. job seekers, You have not even worked and with no job experience, you are taking about money. How much do you even think that you worth as an Industrial Trainee? where people with M.sc are looking for an opportunity to work for one month for FREE just to get a job in a company. am not even sure if you will be able to pass our job aptitude test, if you are not smart and vast in your Reading,
more over you don't even know how companies pay,
some could pay you 35k/mth for e.g and you say that is poor abi?
but wait, how about 10k recharge card for ur GSM/mth , staff canteen, 500H/day feeding allowy, 20k/mth trans for ur within lagos out jobs, LBS training Opportunity, car loan after one year,staff bus, etc
Well find your way to Oshodi-Oke and take a bus to Gbagada, drop at "first pedro" b/st Opp. UPS. Cheers

Hi, I wrote their Test sometime ago, Its a booklet in 3 sections. A, B ,c , Maths (mostly Tough Fractions),Like 2/3 + 4/7 all over 7/8 - 5/7 = 5/4 -6/5.all over , then Logic like this vivid one: A; gave hand shake to B; and B; gave hand shake to C. A gave hand shake to C ( true or False) , If " degg is boobo and tarra is kiki is kiki boobo? Kind of, then Comprehention, Opposite / nearest in meaning,
My advice : you must be good in Maths, Logic and must be very very FAST, Its a tough test I must let you know ,so Practice like MAD!!!!
Good Luck!! show them say you be Nairalander!!
But if you don't pass there are still other Companies, so you have nothing to loose. But Try prove your self.

Hi! welcome freshie!!, any way, are you Beautiful with graet statistics!!, oh , Ok sorry, on a serious note , All you need is a lot study of aptitude test books, Maths, news papers in fact any topic , Learn Computer!!!, there is this book called "Job masters Atitude test" it gives you a picture of what you might meet on most test, Learn the tricks on how to answer them,
For interview go to Google and type "Interview tips" dont expect to go for interviews unprepared, interviews are learnt not from heaven but practice on earth,
For jobs drop as much Cvs , hard copy and Internet copy to several companies, Dont go sit in the church doing all-night alone and expect something, so many job seekers are doing that too, "Learn everything from something and something from everything" is the RULE, Go work hard Girl!! you will get a job.

Hi!! welcome freshie!, ar you Beatifull with good stats, Ok sorry Yada, Yada!! ON a serious note , b/w now and Jan beging to study Gmat, aptitude test books, Maths, there is this book called "Master job aptitude test" it gives you the picture of what you might come across in interviews, read wide on any topic you come across Business, marketing, Engineering, in fact "Learn something from everything and everything from some thing" is the rule. I now work for an Egineering Firm in Lagos though I read Business Admin from Uniben, am Happy here, I even have a collegue that read Phylosophy, so do not restrict your self. Then learn Computer!!!!! no good Company will employ you without it, dem no go waste time to train you on that weh people plenty,
Finally, there are jobs believe Lagos especially,
See you on a good job soon.

Please because you read ELEC.ELEC I recommend you come to :TopTech Engineering Ltd No. 9 Oguntona St By 1st Pedro B/st , opp UPS , Gbagada phase 1 , Lagos.They give opportunity to people from every field, it is one of the best places to work and they might retain after your IT ,"I just got a job there". Ask for Madam Mabel Sanyaolu in HR,