radautoworks:
there is a massive difference between a recent college graduate and a graduate who has been out of the workforce for years.

pleasureosondu:
why do you think so? I believe you've got your reasons. I'd like to see it from your perspective if you care to share.

CheerfulGiver:
Felicity did not say the same thing. Felicity said there is no dignity in being an uber driver. That's what warranted my reply to the guy.

It's right for felicity to give his advice based on the fact that he is an uber driver, but it's wrong for felicity to say there is no dignity in driving uber while he is currently driving uber and refuses to leave it. If there is no dignity in a job, there is no point doing it. Which is why I have no regard for that character irrespective of his age. I say what I mean and I mean what I say.

An undergraduate in Nigeria is not guaranteed a job. But this special undergraduate already has 2m and has identified a side hustle to embark on. The side hustle isn't unknown. There are people who have risen from it and expanded their financial empire from driving. The guy was only asking how to tap into that same hustle. Along comes a fraudulent character saying there is no dignity in it, but is still doing it. A character that's willing to tell how he trains his son in the University from uber driving, so why is he negating what he does to another? Why do people lie online about what they do just to dissuade others from same?

That's what you failed to see about the comment you quoted saying I undermine people.

Dailyparrot:
Well written but this is for someone who has interest in taking up a paid job. Some of us are not cut out for it and don't care whether we have experience, skilled, fresh or not.

In conclusion, these companies want to exploit your youthfulness to their advantage.

The end product is money whether from paid job or street hustle unless someone interested in building a career in a particular field.

abefeabebi:

Same happened to me oooo,that bearing of a thing na big scam. Did my own twice before realizing

radautoworks:


I usually don't bother with stuff like this but here you go (note, this is not a personal opinion but actual corporate mantra in fortune 500 companies):

There are three things most important to an employer- skills, experience and morals. There is an unspoken fourth which I will touch on at the end. A new college graduate likely has two of those- cutting edge skills and hopefully morals.

1) MORALS a new college graduate has not yet learnt bad habits and can be molded to what you want. One who has been out of the workforce for a while is out of the workforce for a reason and has likely learnt things a certain way. you know what they say about an old dog and new tricks

2) SKILLS a recent graduate was taught the new way of doing things. At the rate technology today is evolving, a person out of the workforce for a while is essentially obsolete as they have not been on the cutting edge. Case in point, my fortran knowledge was useless in almost all circles by the time I wanted to rejoin the workforce. Recently, one of my best hires quit. Not because she did not enjoy working for me, but because she realized she was forgetting all her programming knowledge and she was damn good. So she took on a personal project paying her half of what I paid her, but allowing her to continue her primary skill set so she didn't become obsolete. I made her the promise (which she accepted) that once we were ready to employ her skill set- which we would - she was welcome back.

3) EXPERIENCE now this one used to be the coco. However in recent times students work on all sorts of projects and gather all sorts of experience in their fields with side hustles before they ever graduate. So, experience has not been quite as big a deal as it used to be in the past. I will take a hungry recent graduate with the skill set over a "more experienced worker" who is not quite as hungry or eager to prove himself. For example, every single front desk worker I have was employed young, green and hungry to build something together- and I couldn't be happier. I have only one worker who was out of the field for a while (due to motherhood) that I hired for her maturity and I haven't regretted it but I will not make it a habit. She struggles to keep up with the younger ones sometimes but makes up for it with her thoroughness, stability, attention to detail and customer service.

The unspoken one.. COST. FRESH COLLEGE GRADUATES ARE CHEAPER TO KEEP. Many companies after cultivating some young hires will slash their older workforce to save cost. I won't engage in this practice but it is normal practice.

There are some other caveats but I think this is enough.

EDIT: that being said, as a fresh graduate, you have the largest platform and positioning you will EVER have to leap to something great if you play your cards right. Giving that up with plans for Uber is a TERRIBLE idea. As an angel investor, who do you give your money- the young, hungry upstart with fresh ideas or the guy whose been around and couldn't make multiple ideas work? All it takes is two years out of college to be the second guy. Swing for the fences straight out of college and then if that doesn't work, fall back on plan B. While it is said no one ever became wealthy working for someone else, they definitely had a better chance of that working for someone than driving Uber!


NB: I'm not talking down Uber drivers, I'm just saying it was never any of you guys dream to do this for a living as a kid was it?

Felicity0001:


Well, its a good thing you're already thinking and mapping out plans on what to do with your life after graduation and its also applauding you're already an undergraduate enterprenuer, i must say I fancy your courage, enthusiasm and mentality especially in this country Nigeria where there're limited opportunities.

To be honest it not easy getting a job after school even if you're lucky to have one most of them the pay is nothing to write home about, parents are dying in silent after spending their youthful life and money training their children only for them to graduate without a reasonable job... It very sad. Many graduates and undergraduates because of that have resorted to go into internet scam and other unthinkingable and unimaginable crimes like kidnapping, car hijacking among others. A few that were lucky get laid off may be after a few months due to bad government policies, contract jobs, companies folding up and the likes. This and Many more reasons are why most of us are found doing the uber driving job not that we enjoy it, no! But we have to make ends meet and then hope that things gets better with the state of the country for our children growing up even if not for us again because our own parents didn't suffer all of these we are currently being faced.

Yes of a truth you'll make money driving with uber/bolt but another truth is you'll have to put in several hours of your time driving morning till mid night, 5-6days and most time 7days a week. You'll be expose to both good and toxic humans, many will be ungodly while few will be pleasant, among all of these things you'll try to be calm for the sake of your account getting blocked because you wouldn't want to loose your source of earning. Even with the hundreds of thousands you pay as commission to uber/bolt you're still at their mercy because they have thousands of drivers paying even higher commission than you to them. You'll loose interest trying to apply for jobs because you'll have the thinking, how much can an employer pay you? After all I'm grossing 980k monthly driving. You'll loose weight, you won't have time to hang out with friends and family neither would you want to go on holidays because the surge are tempting so you want to be online at all time. You'll start having sight problem after some time because of flashes of light and your eyes being focus all the time...you'll start feeling your legs shake while walking or sitting down due to long hours driving, some will start having pot belle due to late night eat so constipation is inevitable, many will develope hemorrhoid popularly known as pile, late night eating, indigestion and long hours sitting down to drive can cause this this problem... The unfortunate drivers get robbed, get involve in an accident some their cars taken away and sadly a few once lost their lives to either sickness, accident or to car hijackers, never to be found again unless with God's intervention. Yes something must kill a man but people die in their sleep in their old age so why would a man die while on duty or to diagnosed sickness? Sad!

So my dear friend(s)[newbies] these are most of the truths celebrity driver aka cheerfulgiver and many others with little or no knowledge about the hustle won't tell you, know it now b4 making that decision to join the hustle.

Me i go speak my mind, I stand with and not just by the truth. I will die for it! I've lost a lot for this same truth oh but I've gain more than I've lost.

So like I initially advised "the bolt/uber shop is another man's idea" you are already an entrepreneur so think something bigger so you can stand among CEOs and not among celebrity drivers with unrealistic dashboards.

A word is enough for the wise.

pleasureosondu:
Personally, I noticed that most riders think that there are entitled to your car (service) simply because they're paying. So they feel that they can make stops whenever, wherever and however (some times without pre-informing the driver) they deem fit. Or that they can carry the entire Oshodi/Gwagwalada as luggage or cargo and expect you to fit it in your car trunk or boot. There are some that feel that it's their right- you must wait for them for 30mins to 1hr. Maybe Bolt need to do rider's orientation too. They need to remember that while the money is theirs, the car belongs to the driver.

radautoworks:


I usually don't bother with stuff like this but here you go (note, this is not a personal opinion but actual corporate mantra in fortune 500 companies):

There are three things most important to an employer- skills, experience and morals. There is an unspoken fourth which I will touch on at the end. A new college graduate likely has two of those- cutting edge skills and hopefully morals.

1) MORALS a new college graduate has not yet learnt bad habits and can be molded to what you want. One who has been out of the workforce for a while is out of the workforce for a reason and has likely learnt things a certain way. you know what they say about an old dog and new tricks

2) SKILLS a recent graduate was taught the new way of doing things. At the rate technology today is evolving, a person out of the workforce for a while is essentially obsolete as they have not been on the cutting edge. Case in point, my fortran knowledge was useless in almost all circles by the time I wanted to rejoin the workforce. Recently, one of my best hires quit. Not because she did not enjoy working for me, but because she realized she was forgetting all her programming knowledge and she was damn good. So she took on a personal project paying her half of what I paid her, but allowing her to continue her primary skill set so she didn't become obsolete. I made her the promise (which she accepted) that once we were ready to employ her skill set- which we would - she was welcome back.

3) EXPERIENCE now this one used to be the coco. However in recent times students work on all sorts of projects and gather all sorts of experience in their fields with side hustles before they ever graduate. So, experience has not been quite as big a deal as it used to be in the past. I will take a hungry recent graduate with the skill set over a "more experienced worker" who is not quite as hungry or eager to prove himself. For example, every single front desk worker I have was employed young, green and hungry to build something together- and I couldn't be happier. I have only one worker who was out of the field for a while (due to motherhood) that I hired for her maturity and I haven't regretted it but I will not make it a habit. She struggles to keep up with the younger ones sometimes but makes up for it with her thoroughness, stability, attention to detail and customer service.

The unspoken one.. COST. FRESH COLLEGE GRADUATES ARE CHEAPER TO KEEP. Many companies after cultivating some young hires will slash their older workforce to save cost. I won't engage in this practice but it is normal practice.

There are some other caveats but I think this is enough.

sunnp:
Bro ke you want to turn mama to uncle abi, no Jamaica rice for you

Pearl1910:


For real?! ...no let Felicity see this post o.
How will u pay for another toks hub and they will refurbish ur old one and put back for u?
Even if u aren't there when they where fixing it, don't u request to see d one they removed?

BAZ001:


So you ve moved from due respect to the fence..
I trust that foreign lemon limca man he will drag you from the fence.

You will be throwing silent jabs and running to the fence.

FuckEveryday:


There's actually a strategy o. But it basically has to do with common sense according to Cheerfulgiver.
For example see my earnings for today from that time of my first trip till 2:07pm I closed even without the surge. I just woke up from sleep now sef and I think I tried

I'm about driving to buy SupetApeti make I fit chop well cus in this hustle, no Mata how u say I must eat by so so time, when you hold steering you're likely to join the Gala and Big Cola gang. I no fit lose small fat wey I don gada jare

Thanks for the Nuggets bro @ Cheerfulgiver �

BAZ001:


Very true,
Last weekend I picked some Gboys (dreads, tattoo and sag jeans) got to a supermarket to pick up stuffs and take them back , they got to the entrance and the security lady turned them back to go get mask or buy, they tried persuading the girl but she insisted they get mask, one of the guys just turned to the cleaner, picking dirts by the side to take 500 and go buy mask for them.
You need to see the way the cleaner boy raked for him, I shock for inside car, the guy said what nonsense, why would he say he should go and buy mask and already causing a scene, say who you be ?

Shame catch me for the guys cos them humble.
But I know Many drivers that will go down to buy mask, ground nut for riders cos of 5star and 200 naira tips.

I learnt new lesson that day.

dru23:


Nobody should want to driver for ever .... And nobody should inspire to work a 9 to 5 forever too.....


In anything ones does regardless of what it is we should not remain stagnant ..... This only applies to people that want more than the average things in life.....

vicdon:


I trust people easily, I don't bother asking for old stuffs before, when i have issues with my car, i just call my mechanic to come pick up the car, fix and return, that's all, but now i know better, if am not present, no kazeem is touching my car again

Felicity0001:


Nice one then... So my struggle actually paid off.

Thanks for this update.

To that hater @cheerfulgiver who insults hardworking people with his uncoated mouth I hope your enjoying the struggle of that same man you insulted now but be rest assured to reap rewards of your evil act some day.

Dailyparrot:
Well written but this is for someone who has interest in taking up a paid job. Some of us are not cut out for it and don't care whether we have experience, skilled, fresh or not.

In conclusion, these companies want to exploit your youthfulness to their advantage.

The end product is money whether from paid job or street hustle unless someone interested in building a career in a particular field.

CheerfulGiver:
I don't want average. Average is for Felicity and his ilk. Driving is hard, riders will insult you, you will work long hours, you'll have accidents, you'll have bad eyesight, you will have pile, your legs will shake, you will get robbed, your yansh will shake, you will lose erection... All very stupid excuses to be lazy and justify mediocrity.

If you do uber part time, do it part time and say you do it part time while you make money from some other hustle. Don't drive part time and come here to castigate people who drive full time.

Everyone dies. Richer people hardly live that long if we're to be honest.

dru23:



You and Pearl1910 are always talking to the wrong crowd..... You have a mind set of an entrepreneur .. To be an entrepreneur you have to be so focus and passionate that people will think you are crazy......

Success is not everyone ...it is only for does that really want it bad and are ready to make the sacrifice......

CheerfulGiver:
I don't think I have up to a full year to drive and achieve my goal. If after a year my goal isn't met, I'll pick up my car and drive the shit_ out of it. Who cares? All I want is to achieve my aim.

I'm happy to post here until I decide not to anymore, there are a lot of people here who have it in them to be successful and since they aren't dummies, they have the ability to sift out the information they need from this cesspit of pessimistic complaining and doom about driving.

Uber driving is a means to an end. Since what is worth doing is worth doing well, I'll be the best at whatever I do. Bolt driving is preparing me for what lies ahead.

No time for stupid fraudulent people who wash down the very job feeding them, but who refuse to leave the said job to go get the Nigerian job that pays them 10million monthly.

radautoworks:
there is a massive difference between a recent college graduate and a graduate who has been out of the workforce for years.

radautoworks:
Feli, free Jamaican rice when we reopen

Pearl1910:


For real?! ...no let Felicity see this post o.
How will u pay for another toks hub and they will refurbish ur old one and put back for u?
Even if u aren't there when they where fixing it, don't u request to see d one they removed?

mrjaydee:
You guys dey try.. I duff my hat for all the drivers here.

So I thot I could get back in the game (Bolt).

First trip on 1.8x surge to Vi ( I was like really? ) got to PU.

Me: I'm at your gate
Rider: (female) I'll be there shortly.
Omo, shortly turn to 30mins, I called her again cos I was busy watching F9 on my iPad. She no pick.
As I was about to drive out, Rider came out without any remorse or apology or greeting.

Rider: I'm in a hurry, drive fast.
Me: stepped out of my car, opened her door and politely said Get the Bleep out of my car.

Second trip,
From my area, to Ikota on 1.5x surge.

Me: I'm at your gate, only for me to see 2 Big speakers, turntable, engine and a duffle bag.

Rider: boss pls open your boot?
Me: I just look at the loads cancelled the trip.. I kuku off the App. I just go swimming for one hotel around my area.

I'm obviously a lazy driver.

Cheerfulgiver I'll be back in the "ember" months. I no get that kain patience again.

Omo, u guys dey try abeg.

dru23:



The issue here is that most of these guys want to walk before they can crawl....life comes in stages........

CheerfulGiver:
You're a struggling fraudster and I have zero regard for you or your fraudulent methods. Never have, never will. We're parallel lines that will never meet.

Stay in your pessimistic complaining lane, and remain there.

Luxurydriverng:


you dey flex na