₦airaland Forum

HARDDON:
You are sitting on a great starting point resource; this thread.

TJ10:
I've submitted the requested documents in AM for over 10 days now, I haven't gotten my documents back. Do I reach out to DHL or the embassy.

My DHL tracking code beside the way bill is giving "tracking error"

nameundisclosed:
Achso, gut...
According to the three people I've asked here and from the answers given, I'm typing this. Alongside some other information as well.

I figured that this new rule of Category B could have started quite recently, because I'm sort of sure that I saw that rule while checking the requirements on the website in late 2020(could be wrong about when it started, but I'm just saying that's when I saw it first.)

As you know, the world is still trying to accommodate normal life alongside the COVID-19 situation, so immigration could still be tight in some areas.

Now, I feel the reason the Consulate/Embassy is making things quite uneasy for Nigerians is this: in the past, some Nigerians have gone through this process like us, they've gotten to Germany and then they've done a lot of substandard things and then gotten deported. Some have gone the wrong road and entered illegally, caught and also deported. Obviously, the normal response would be to halt or at least, neck up the process, making it quite difficult for others, all in an effort to curb such situations, which isn't surprising because Nigerians like to cause trouble. Germany isn't the only country that has done this. Poland, France, even the UK and US have started stressing the process for Nigerians because we seem to have made things worse.



I, Jeremiah 29:11. You can make it yours too. Gather your faith and expectations, take it to God and watch what He will do.

Also, bitte, mach euch keine Sorgen. Alles wird gut.
Gott wird uns helfen, Amen.

(See the image I posted, from the three people in this group, God did it for them, He will do for us)

Olayinka997:
Good evening everyone, my school is asking for proof of health insurance for enrollment, I registered with hkk and submitted the application form as proof but it wasn't accepted, please how do I go about this?

Countdollar:
Hello everyone.

Congratulations to all who have received AD. I really need your opinions. I have been offered admission at the University of Bochum. I am under Category B, I applied to get AD in August. However, I have successfully completed my enrollment procedure. I have been asked to pay my semester contribution of about €340.

School is scheduled to start next week or thereabout. Should I pay the semester contribution or I should just wait? I have been given 2 weeks to pay and days have elapsed already from the 2 weeks. I really need your advice. If the two weeks elapses without the payment I will loose the admission.

Ejiod:
There are many independent variables to this.
It depends on the portfolio you have built even though you don’t have experience.
For web dev, it’s always important to have these projects laid down while for data science/analytics I will strongly advise you learn SQL and if possibly run some analysis as part of portfolio.
In terms of choosing whether data science or web development. The latter has more chances of landing an offer compared to the former but once you can get a data job role, there’s always room for progression compared to web
Just weigh your options

Ejiod:
There are many independent variables to this.
It depends on the portfolio you have built even though you don’t have experience.
For web dev, it’s always important to have these projects laid down while for data science/analytics I will strongly advise you learn SQL and if possibly run some analysis as part of portfolio.
In terms of choosing whether data science or web development. The latter has more chances of landing an offer compared to the former but once you can get a data job role, there’s always room for progression compared to web
Just weigh your options

Ejiod:
Would also want those in this field to share their experience and journey too

chika0072:
A.M hit me today...

So happy.....2weeks and 2days

Ejiod:
Thanks for dissecting this!!!
God bless you too
Wanted to respond but had to restrict the urge to shalaye..

Ejiod:
Oracle in my opinion may be good but most big organizations are moving to postgreSQL
That’s if no the most robust database today especially when it comes to real time analytics

Sirwallace:
Anybody has any recommendation for an internationally recognised certified course for SQL?

DevOpsX:
I've uploaded a couple of Udacity Nanodegree courses here for everyone to download for free.
The links will expire in 6 days. Enjoy!

Udacity Business Analytics Nanodegree
https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20210704jrGG9u8C

Udacity Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree
https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20210704DENELH8h

Data Engineering Nanodegree
https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20210704PB7BRZRA

Upsee:
Hello guys....Got an AD this evening for Wednesday after waiting for more than 6 month and I am currently not in Lagos, I am currently off shore at the moment ....sorted for all means to leave where I am .....but all transport means are fully booked both air and water....I have till tomorrow to sort things out......should I cancel the date.......pls what is the possibility of getting another date soon if I cancel this.....

Or do you think I should not cancel but go for the appointment possibly on friday which is the next flight to lagos ?

Please I need suggestions
thanks

Kathy4jesus:
Guys abeg I’m writing CV but I wanna ask will my picture be on it ? I saw German CV format and their pictures are always on the CV, should I include my pic? Pls answer thanks

jamesy212:
Hi Solarpower, why do you want to leave Germany for UK? Is it that the job market in Germany is not large enough compared to UK or is it about the language? I'm currently self-learning Data engineering and plan coming to Germany for my Master's by October and I even plan to stay behind after that. Just want to know your thoughts what it looks like over there and why you don't want to stay after studies.

Igengo:
Good day Mentors and fellow Data Science/Analytics Enthusiasts

I humbly need your advice and guide on forging this new path. Let me just table my matter here for you. I have a B.Sc and M.Sc in Geoscience but been working as a project coordinator in telecoms service industry especially in the areas of equipment installations and site maintenance. Recently I moved to the UK but seeing the way way I.T is making waves here, I have decided to reignite my passion for data science so I need your advice and answers to some of my questions

1. Like how many months would it take a newcomer like me to learn to the stage of being employable as a data scientist/analyst role
2. I have intermediate knowledge on excel, just need to brush up to advanced levels with some online tutorials
3. I started the datascience journey late last year with Coursera and IBM and even had some projects submitted on github, done 5 out of 9 stages on IBM_coursera Data Science Specialization using Pythons(Jupyter, Pandas, etc) but I still feel there are lots missing as I dont feel I am doing the right things. I am good with theory and self-learning and I smash all the exams accross these 5 stages I have done so far and issued the certificates but deep within me, I am not confident I have the practical knowledge, although I dont practice quite often, I crash-read alot, a course that would take some folks 3weeks with enough time to practice, I might just rush it within few hours an pass the exams and certificates thus making me feel not confident to defend it. I feel maybe this is a flaw.
4. Now I want to learn properly and dedicate more time. So I need guidance on how to make the journey and the tools/materials/resources I need to learn one after the other in a sequential manner to really aid my understanding and also boost my confidence after learning and if there are sites or online schools I need to register
5. Most importantly, is this doable for a novice that is just coming into I.T and again, like how many months for me to be able to thrashing job interviews if I learned what is required

Thanks in anticipation for your responses

Ejiod:
Hey guys just catching up on the daily trend of covid 19, I felt this might a good opportunity for newbies and intermediates to get their hands dirty on data. Death cases keep spiking. Would wanna know if there is any insight that can be retrieved from the data....:
Underlying task is to create a dashboard either with tableau or powerBI....
Run deep analysis and plot charts with seaborn or matploltlib and plotly. If possible bokeh.
Then run a simple machine learning model on it.

for me I wanna create a running bar chart for this.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

https://data.humdata.org/m/dataset/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-cases

htdot:
Thanks

Ejiod:
Thank you very much for this thread, I have been practicing a lot day and night since I encountered this thread. And concerning these two courses you mentioned, which one do you think is advisable to take first?

A) Krill emerenko Machine learning A to Z.

B)Python for data science bootcamp from Jose
Portela

And did you take the R part serious for Krill Eremenko's course?

richieboy1994:
Solar power please give me your phone number please and please, there's something I want to ask u urgently

Nzealibaba:
Tomorrow is April, at least category B who didn't get visa by now would have learnt that, its not by applying early.
Let's not go and flood appointment booking, give it a day or two or even a week.
So we dont look stupid or desperate.
Though some will still book 12am tomorrow and wait till October, if you like hear, if you like do your wish.