@Bossman .. I'd like to dm you please

Lexusgs430:


LOL...... The landlord got so tired of smelling stale urine, he/she created a urine shaft...... I hope the pissers used the shaft and the lovely painted walls.......

NB: Or then wan take the urine go shrine?

Its a Beer Palour in Sabo in Kaboji, Niger state...This was beside the entrance

wonlasewonimi:


Preach sister.

I still knock myself for wasting all those years writing silly acca exams.

Like you said IT is going places especially with the new technologies. You just have to pick an area and focus.
I read an article not too long about Internet of Things being deployed in new cars. [/b]What this means is there would be fewer accidents on the road cos if you are sleeping behind the steering, the car will alert you. If you are not maintaining your lane., you will get notified. Before you hit the car in front automatic brakes will be applied and so on. Don't get me started about cloud technology. Life is good!

This is exactly what I was trying to explain to [b]ilekokonit in my previous quotes..I don't know anything about IT for now but I'll like to focus on programming... Bossman should Know the kind of programming that is applicable to the Automotive industry(production, security, diagonising etc). Make una help me abeg.. I already have the basic knowledge of automotive mechanic thou.. I just want to be more advanced.

Geetrix:


Its a Beer Palour in Sabo in Kaboji, Niger state...This was beside the entrance

After the consumption of kronenburg, tusk, gold, elephant, pitto or burukutu...... Simply extend rod into make shift toilet.........

Ilekokonit:


Nice prayer but remember that the grass is always greener from the other side and not all that glitters is gold.

A lot of people in Nigeria who are not politicians and were not silver spoon kids are doing way better than some people who are stranded abroad.

How did they do it Maybe they combined a healthy dose of self belief + networking + (faith or luck) + perspiration + persistence + never say never attitude + a determination NOT to leave Nigeria and still make it in Nigeria.

If you have it at the back of your mind that you will at some point leave Nigeria for greener pastures abroad then all your sub conscious "may" not be geared towards making it big in Nigeria.

The same Nigeria that people abroad are returning to in droves.

Preach on bro

Geetrix:


meanwhile somewhere in Niger state

Hehehe bro na which area be this?

wonlasewonimi:


With almost every application hosted on the Web, its a no brainer that pen testing skills are in high demand.

I thought you use kali Linux for that. Python and Ruby skills are on the rise. I don't know much about Web development skills

Yeah Kali Linux is used but Arch Linux distro is becoming increasingly popular among pen testers. The Black Arch which is for pen testing(runs on Arch Linux) contain over 2000 pentesting tools

Pidgin2:


Preach on bro

I rarely make comment here, I've never seen you engage in intellectual discussions or offer professional advice.
Only beer parlour talk of how Nigeria is heaven on earth.
It's becoming stale to me and others.

Maybe, you are one of them who benefits from nepotism and man know man system of Nigeria.

Bossman:
Yes, absolutely. You have to be dedicated of course. What IT skills are you looking at software development/programming? IT itself is broad - programming, DB admin, Networking. Of course, programming is the hottest right now. If you are looking to get into that, it advice you choose one of the major programming languages (I'd suggest Java, since I have been doing it for donkey years, and have had a great career out of doing it) out there and learn programming thoroughly. In general, people that find mathematics/problem solving easy, tend to be successful programmers. Not saying one can't be a programmer if they do not like math, however it will not be easy. Should not be an issue for you, since you are a Medical Doctor. So you've done a lot of Math.

Please can u recommend a code editor for me

Thanks

This Pidgin2 gets me irritated so much

Lets be realistic. What will change the fact that inside our country in the year 2017, more than half of the population are languishing in poverty, unemployed/underemployed and survive on less than a dollar a day? Some of the countries we helped now enjoy stable power supply and have good basic social amenities which are inaccessible to the common man in Nigeria. Most of our country's best minds are abroad building other nations and a lot of the ones in the country want to go abroad. Charity begins at home. The government should redirect its resources at fast tracking the country's development instead of you selling lies to people here.
I reside in Nigeria, it's only a tiny few that have it good here.

America and UK have more poorer people but the black brain can easily be brainwashed and you are one of such. A careful research will make you realize you have been under an intense brainwashing circle since birth. Nigeria have no single best mind abroad, no Nigeria who reside abroad have been rated in anything globally, they are all wage slaves

desertboom:
This Pidgin2 gets me irritated so much

Lets be realistic. What will change the fact that inside our country in the year 2017, more than half of the population are languishing in poverty, unemployed/underemployed and survive on less than a dollar a day? Some of the countries we helped now enjoy stable power supply and have good basic social amenities which are inaccessible to the common man in Nigeria. Most of our country's best minds are abroad building other nations and a lot of the ones in the country want to go abroad. Charity begins at home. The government should redirect its resources at fast tracking the country's development instead of you selling lies to people here.
I reside in Nigeria, it's only a tiny few that have it good here.

timesup234:
America and UK have more poorer people but the black brain can easily be brainwashed and you are one of such. A careful research will make you realize you have been under an intense brainwashing circle since birth. Nigeria have no single best mind abroad, no Nigeria who reside abroad have been rated in anything globally, they are all wage slaves

You're a bloody liar from the pit of hell.

desertboom:


You're a bloody liar from the pit of hell.

So go ahead and name your best brains abroad. All neoliberal slaves furthering the cause of exploitative capitalism. Nigeria must be nationalistic, no single Nigerian have business going abroad

They forgot to add 'Passport leaflets'

Lexusgs430:


On the toilet in a train......

bigtt76:
They forgot to add 'Passport leaflets'

I forgot the password for the email I used to register for this.

timesup234:
So go ahead and name your best brains abroad. All neoliberal slaves furthering the cause of exploitative capitalism. Nigeria must be nationalistic, no single Nigerian have business going abroad

Even the the thread you are quoting me is about a sojourn of a Nigerian professional that left. Can't you see?
If he was not good at what he does back home would a UK company have sponsored his VISA?

You still want me to reel out names when it's evident on this thread

We must say the truth first, Nigeria is ours.

We're merely existing and nothing rosy in Nigeria for a common man

bigtt76:

OK I got a message you tried to send me an email.

timesup234:
America and UK have more poorer people but the black brain can easily be brainwashed and you are one of such. A careful research will make you realize you have been under an intense brainwashing circle since birth. Nigeria have no single best mind abroad, no Nigeria who reside abroad have been rated in anything globally, they are all wage slaves

John Boyega
Cheiwetel Ejiofor and many many Nigerian Producers, Actors and Actresses
All the international footballers
Several Doctors and Nurses

Which research did you do, can you cite a journal??

If you are referring to capitalism as slavery, its still better than Kakistocracy

desertboom:
This Pidgin2 gets me irritated so much

Lets be realistic. What will change the fact that inside our country in the year 2017, more than half of the population are languishing in poverty, unemployed/underemployed and survive on less than a dollar a day? Some of the countries we helped now enjoy stable power supply and have good basic social amenities which are inaccessible to the common man in Nigeria. Most of our country's best minds are abroad building other nations and a lot of the ones in the country want to go abroad. Charity begins at home. The government should redirect its resources at fast tracking the country's development instead of you selling lies to people here.
I reside in Nigeria, it's only a tiny few that have it good here.

Who are these so called best brains abroad?

Pidgin2:


Who are these so called best brains abroad?

These 18 Nigerians, are best brains in Information Technology occupying various sensitive positions from Risk Management, Software Developing, Software Engineering, Payment, Customer Care, Advertising, Technology Processing, Legal, and many other sectors are fondly held in highest esteem by Mark Zuckerberg, the multi-billionaire owner of Facebook.

In this report below, we bring you investigative reports of these 18 Nigerian Information Technology (IT) professionals’ rise-to-fame, journey-to-stardom news stories, so that the truth can be further said that Facebook is an equal-employer company that does not discriminate anyone in its employ as a result of race, color, accent, background, nationality, disability or ethnicity. Are you gifted in IT, then be inspired to follow your aspiration by reading this inspiring news story, which took us over 90 days to painstakingly put together.

Certainly, Zuckerberg is beginning to take Nigeria seriously. But that didn’t happen suddenly, as you will soon discover an increasing number of Nigerians on his salary payroll. Latest investigation confirmed that Research Scientists earn $172,705 per Year, Network Engineer collects $160,172 Annually while Engineering Manager paid $380,861.

Nigerians success enviable heights in Facebook below:

Since a Nigerian software engineer Chukwuemeka Afigbo joined Facebook from Google, where he served until 2015 before being replaced by Aniedi Udi-Obong, he had acquires a lot of IT knowledge in Zuckerberg’s firm and had to move on into higher entrepreneurial sectors of same company by way of promotion.

Afigbo currently manages Strategic Product Partnerships for Facebook in Sub-Saharan Africa and has been instrumental in Mark Zuckerberg’s Nigeria tour.

Ime Archibong is the Director, Strategic Partnerships at Facebook, where he leads a team working to connect Facebook’s products and strategies with various business partners. Archibong and his team have worked on everything related to Facebook including the Messenger application. Prior to joining Facebook, Archibong was an Advanced Technology Business Development Professional at IBM. Archibong has also been instrumental in Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria.

Ebele Okobi has headed Public Policy for Facebook in Africa for the past two years. She was the former Global Head & Senior Legal Director, Human Rights for Yahoo! Okobi played a key role in Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria.

Nmachi Jidenma manages Payments and Commerce Partnerships for Facebook Global, right from the heart of San Francisco Bay Area. Certainly, with previous experiences working at PayPal, Google and JP Morgan, she also happens to be the founder of CPAfrica.

Laurence Aderemi built Moni, a person-to-person money transfer app, which won the 2013 edition of Start with e-novation. Apparently, his competence got the attention of Zuckerberg, who hired him to head Payments and Commerce Partnerships for Facebook Global.

Morin Oluwole is multilingual raised in Nigeria but lived in three different continents. She fluently speak five languages. This is probably why she sealed a role as the Chief of Staff, VP Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook. Oluwole has since taken up a new position as the Luxury Vertical Lead for Facebook/Instagram.

Lauryn Ogbechie leads a Strategic Partnership team within Facebook’s Global Platform Partnerships organisation in Menlo Park, CA. In this role she partners with mobile developers to help them build, grow and monetise their apps through the integration of Facebook platform products. Prior to Facebook, Ogbechie worked as a digital organiser for President Obama’s re-election campaign.

Francis Ebong joined Facebook in November 2015 where he has since acted in the capacity of Director, Online Operations. Francis is a graduate of The George Washington University.

Teniola Adedipe served in two capacities within Konga (Nigerian eCommerce giant), in the space of 14 months. She started out as the Head, Merchandise Planning in January 2014, she then went on to become Associate Director, Retail Operations. Adedipe is now the Program Manager, Deal Desk & Global Agency at Facebook, New York City area.

Monica Ugwi, still relatively new in Facebook Inc works with the Product Operations division of of the company. Prior to that, she was an Engagement Manager for McKinsey & Company and an Analyst at Goldman Sachs. A graduate of Computer Science, Ugwi also holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Ibrahim Sekoni is Facebook’s Product Specialist at San Francisco Bay Area. His previous experience no doubt played a huge role in blending him into Facebook. Prior to joining Facebook, he was the Mobile Product Manager at optionXpress where he managed the top-rated mobile trading App across multiple Mobile platforms. He also worked as a Business Analyst at Phoenix bits LTD overseeing various operations. He joined Facebook in April 2015.

Olaoluwa Okelola is one of the few Nigerian-born software engineers at Facebook positively impacting globally as a Software Engineer. After he completed his secondary education at the International School Ibadan, Okelola proceeded to Avi-Cenna International School and Howard University, Washington DC, to complete his secondary and university education respectively. He then joined Microsoft as Explorer Intern in January 2005 and left in August the same year for Google where he worked as an Engineering intern from May 2006 until August 2006. Okelola joined Facebook in 2007 and has been there ever since.

Barbara Mbanefo is another Nigerian-born software Engineer at Facebook, where she develops iOS applications that help businesses connect with their customers. Mbanefo completed her primary and secondary education in Nigeria before proceeding to France to obtain her Masters degree in Software Engineering. She speaks French fluently. Prior to joining Facebook in May 2016, Mbanefo worked as a Software Engineer and a Mobile App User Experience Designer in France, Canada and Hollywood, California.

Kunbi Adeyemo has served in two capacities at Facebook. Between 2013 and 2014, she was on the Facebook North America Small and Medium Business Team as a Customer Insights Analyst.

In December 2014, Adeyemo moved up to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she has since served as Facebook’s Diversity Programs Manager – Women in Computer Science.

Isaac Nwokocha is another talented Nigerian. After obtaining a First Class degree in Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 2010, Nwokocha tried his hands out on entrepreneurship; he co-founded two startups, including real-time road traffic web, Traffik Dey application. Probably deciding he had had enough of entrepreneurship, Nwokocha proceeded to Stanford for a Master’s Degree in Management Science and Engineering. No sooner had he completed his Masters Degree than he secured a role as a Product Data Integrity, Community Operations/Project Manager at Facebook.

Michael Awotedu, armed with an MBA in Finance (summa cum laude) from the University of Tampa John H. Sykes College of Business, Awotedu works in Risk Program Management at Facebook where he helps to facilitate strategy, and execution for Risk Management on products like FB games, Oculus VR and Ads. Prior to Facebook, Awotedu oversaw Risk Management for Walmart’s $30 billion check cashing portfolio. Earlier attended Federal Government College, Odogbolu.

Jane Okpala, a highly focused Nigerian, with almost 10 years of strategic, analytical, negotiating, presentation, and management expertise, is the Product Specialist (Social Good and Goodwill), Community Operations, at Facebook. A polyglot in her own right for conversing and writing fluently in least four different languages. Okpala worked previously as an Associate at McKinsey & Company where she served mainly technology and financial institution clients on a wide variety of analytical and strategic engagements.

Dayo Olopade started her career as a journalist in Washington, covering the 2008 campaign and the Obama era for publications including The Atlantic, The Guardian and The Washington Post.

Nowadays, Olopade applies her wealth of journalistic experience on the Facebook Media Partnerships Team, where she helps publishers take advantage of Facebook, from a business and product perspective. She maintains a painstakingly detailed personal website.

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Nigeria is another African nation that has suffered due to a massive brain drain. With much of Nigeria still essentially a developing nation with unreliable power and few resources, higher level science, engineering and medical professionals often find little to motivate them into staying, especially with job offers from the U.S. and European nations exerting a powerful pull. Since Nigeria’s brutal civil war in late 60s, the country has bounced between military governments and dictatorships, pushing out between 11 and 17 million people. Today, over 2 million Nigerians live in the U.S. alone, and of these about 20,000 are doctors and over 10,000 are academics. That’s a heavy loss for a nation that so desperately needs qualified professionals to rebuild and improve its own resources.

http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2011/07/10-countries-facing-the-biggest-brain-drain/

Why are you guys responding to these morons?

timesup234:
America and UK have more poorer people but the black brain can easily be brainwashed and you are one of such. A careful research will make you realize you have been under an intense brainwashing circle since birth. Nigeria have no single best mind abroad, no Nigeria who reside abroad have been rated in anything globally, they are all wage slaves

Whenever I see your posts, I always feel pity for you. Something must have gone wrong somewhere in the course of your life, I can't really point my finger on it. But I'm pretty sure you fall under one of these categories-
1) You applied for a u.s visa or Canadian visa and you misrepresented documents thereby leading to a ban, or you don't just have the means or opportunity to leave this country. ( most people don't but you don't see them making dumb statements.)
2) You travelled out of the country at a point and got deported.
3) You are someone just looking for attention or popularity. You noticed how popular Pidgin2 is and you decided to follow her path.
The way you and pidgin2 are always on Nairaland, making disparaging comments about the u.s and the u.k shows how jobless you folks are. You can say you're a manager of this or that but it'll be so evident that you're lying. Someone serious with his/her life wouldn't make it his life duty to say the kind of silly things you guys say.
How would an educated person with a certain degree of intelligence say that there are more people suffering in u.k than in Nigeria. Do you see the kind of suffering that exists in Nigeria and other African countries??
The annoying thing is that you guys will defend your silly statements by listing the amount Americans pay in Taxes, or how Aba boys make millions every day. This kind of stupidity annoys me.

I know so many people close to me( relatives and friends) that risked everything to leave this country. I know a lawyer(a relative) that was living a life of penury here in Nigeria after about 7 years after being called to bar. He graduated from OAU with 2nd class upper.
He somehow got an opportunity to relocate to Canada and he's been there for about 3 years now. He came to visit Nigeria Early this year and if you seriously see this guy you'll thank God for his life. Most of his mates were just trying to clinch with the guy and one even tried to defraud him. I have so many examples like this, uncles, family friends, former neighbour e.t.c. They're all living a good life and are taking care of their extended family back home. I don't know anyone personally that travelled and came back as a failure. So you can imagine how angry I am whenever I see some of these guys make their stupid and ignorant statements.
If you're in the u.s or Europe and you are both hardworking and know what you're doing, you'll definitely make it. With Nigeria, it's 50-50.

Nice thread I must say, motivating much. Plz @ukmigrant, or @iamconfused.. What are the prospects of emergency medicine in UK? I keep hearing it's promising . Ur replies ll be much welcomed..
...

Ok just wanted to ask you some questions directly instead of derailing thread ...if you don't mind.

wonlasewonimi:


OK I got a message you tried to send me an email.

They are definitely ignorant. We all wish things can get better but there is NO light at the end of the tunnel. I will rather go to a country where my tax will be utilized effectively than stay in a country where almost 40% of my basic salary is charged as tax. The so called tax is what some corrupt officers are stacking somewhere. Can a common man have access to a good medical care? Good road? security ? or any other basic amenity?


If you want Nigeria to be great, you will go to Aso rock and fight there because that is how best you can effectively use your brain or if you are educated, you will sit your community people down and ask them to vote for a competent person in the next election.

In conclusion, no one here needs your opinion. You know why? Because we all know what we want and people should ignore you. I bet you at still struggling to put a decent meal on a table for yourself.

bigtt76:
Ok just wanted to ask you some questions directly instead of derailing thread ...if you don't mind.

t2525171@mvrht.net

send me an email here...it's a temporary email self destructing in 60 minutes.