Hand work and skill or well paid government employee

[Gozie51]

OP that your number one concerning rich people wey you say no dey like to learn work depend oo. If na poor wey con turn enter rich level, dem dey still learn some work join body because dem either don learn am before the money come or dem jus go remember how e red for them before and living by lessons but those real rich people wey be say them and their pikin see demselves inside rich family, na school dem dey face first and whether dem pass or not no be their own headache because money dey their to begin do business and fly in and out of naija.

[Youngkhngdiddy]

I think it totally depends on the individual. For example, in my family I've always wanted to own a company (probably a tech company) and not work for anybody, so I tend to pursue this entrepreneur path unlike my younger brother who wants to have a job where he gets paid, live his life simple.

    I agree with you in that, it solely depends on the individual because not everyone can handle the pressure of working under someone, same implies to those who can’t work alone. They are able to function well in that tense environment as long as the pay is good and they are okay with it.  Ee no matter which work you day do as long say the money day come and you fit fund your bills. The good thing about all this skill jobs na the freedom way day inside. The end product na to just get paid.
     Make everybody choose watin him fit handle,  let’s be guided they are still office jobs who still pays well and also treat their employees nice.  The idea of people getting side hustles is to fatten thier pocket. Every what’s a little extra more. There’s nothing wrong with making extra coo cash from something you love and can benefit the masses.

[Miles2006]

I go prefer both not just about the current economy situation but because both dey helpful, when talking about professional jobs na big money we dey talk about cause some companies dey wey still dey pay big so even with this big money wey go sustain the family till month end e good make person get skill while others will learn to meet up the family needs, some people just feel too lazy to learn something aside from the reasons the op gave some people are just naturally lazy to learn skills and people like this go dey complain about the economy when they're not even making any effort to work and secondly money fit hinder the process cause even the least skill need money so without money nobody fit learn any skill.

[BIT-BENDER]

First before you talk about this you have to also put inconsiderate the country the employment is going to be, and in this case I am guessing you are talking about Nigeria.
Firstly right from school you would understand that this government doesn't care about the masses, our system of education is terrible regardless we still find away to go around it only to meet high rate of unemployment and even the available jobs pay poorly. So I would rather take learning a new skill.

[De-cub]

Firstly hand work and  skill or well paid government employee
Una know say hand work and skill just dea like simpler explanation.

Because with hand work you can get skill,I felt that with hand work one can do  more than a paid job or salary earners, well it depends on how your business is moving that can make one not rely on any government job

But still government job is good to be with too, because you can learn how to place your benefits and syllables in order to make a good living .

Government job too have some disadvantages too such as
LATE PAYMENT
PLACE OF TIME.

[Agbe]

When I was small one of my uncle told me that if I want to become a rich man in the society I should not work in for government but self-employed. And all the three options you mentioned above the best option is Skill. If one is skillful then he has to work hard to achieve him purpose or goal. Di world most richest people are not government workers but if you want to be an average or belonging to di middle class, then you can go to the government side and work. There is nothing like being your own boss.

[Fiasem20]

Handwork good oh but for dis case I prefer the well paid government work.Because I go use the money wey government dey pay me take invest on other business.Make I just talk say I dey work for the government and my pay dey okay.Because I wan invest on  other business,I go just buy like two-three bus employ people wey go dey drive am,like dat na investment because my source of income dey come from other angles.Because even if I no dey work for the government again I know say I gain, because I don use their money invest.And we know how transportation business dey run for Naija if no be fuel price wey high,even as dat transporters dey make money on a daily because pipo dey travel everyday.So nai make I choose well paid government work over handwork.

[Doan9269]

I use to advise as many people I have an encounter with about career in life, what I first tell is for the to look beyond the present and set more focus on the future, does the job they wanted to embark on has a future benefits or advantage or they just want to do such and ended up wasting their time to be served nothing at the end, maybe it was tldie to lack of some of these understandings that make some of the senior citizens we see today unable to make life affordable for themselves at old age because they've got nothing to fall back on.

[RockBell]

It is getting more challenges to live without earning because i wonder what is happening to regulations the prices are even no longer in contro. And a lot of people are out their with job so the best thing that can happen is for any one to get their self a skill a demanding one because someone of my friends that are still in the university were gisting me of how they have increased their school fees and it is now looking as if you spend more on the education that their is no assurance of even getting a job, I feel it is even more better to learn a skill and if you know how to present your self then their should not be a problem.

And with the first factor. It will be difficult because their will be other means for the rich to get more money and even if it is you op I don't think you been rich will make you learn a skill. And poor people are the once that even considering  learning a skill the most. And patience is always the key to everything weather skill or not patience must be embraced.

[Lord b]

Let me start by saying that success is when preparation meets opportunity and there's an adage that says you don't watch the masquerade whilst standing at a spot.
Most life decisions especially with respect to career choices and or just means of earning a livelihood are subject to a lot of factors like luck,connection,educational qualification, religious,social and cultural beliefs,health conditions,family to mention but a few

There is no definite or cut out path towards success,yes it is the fact that especially in Africa,success has always been attributed to hardwork but in recent times with a surge in technological innovations and diversified career options mostly revolving around the digital world(use of gadgets like computers,mobile phones etc)the importance of trade learning and career anchored on or around brute force has been greatly downgraded not so much as in an effort to underscore it's benefits but rather in a bid to promote smarter and less strength intensive career options since either approach leads to same end result(earning a living and or becoming successful)

[Briankimp1]

Handwork good oh but for dis case I prefer the well paid government work.Because I go use the money wey government dey pay me take invest on other business.Make I just talk say I dey work for the government and my pay dey okay.Because I wan invest on  other business,I go just buy like two-three bus employ people wey go dey drive am,like dat na investment because my source of income dey come from other angles.Because even if I no dey work for the government again I know say I gain, because I don use their money invest.And we know how transportation business dey run for Naija if no be fuel price wey high,even as dat transporters dey make money on a daily because pipo dey travel everyday.So nai make I choose well paid government work over handwork.

My dear your right to some extent but let me tell you more about the reality of your remarks our dearly beloved country is a corrupt one to start with while in your wonderful government work office have you thought about how many times government owes salaries without any assurance of payment currently our education and medical sectors are failing due to excessive debts most of our doctors are leaving the country everyday when this happens what will you do, When you’ll be asked to look the other way so the nations budget can be shared between your bosses will you expose them or keep shut and take you share further plunging the country into greater impoverishment
Now if you had a skill and you’re hard working you’ll serve everyone imagine you’re a mechanic machines will always break down even those of the governors you’ll fix and they must pay what about if you were a tailor you make clothes and we all know most tailors take advance payments infact most skilled laborers in Nigeria take advance payments prior to the commencement of the job.
My advice in general is no matter the field you find yourself working in government or private enterprises find a skill and specialize in it you can be fired any day.

[Adams0001]

When I was small one of my uncle told me that if I want to become a rich man in the society I should not work in for government but self-employed. And all the three options you mentioned above the best option is Skill. If one is skillful then he has to work hard to achieve him purpose or goal. Di world most richest people are not government workers but if you want to be an average or belonging to di middle class, then you can go to the government side and work. There is nothing like being your own boss.

Some people get wealthy by working for the government because the money they earn allows them to start a business or invest in it. There is nothing wrong with that anyone who is given the opportunity can obtain it and succeed. If you say you prefer skills more than government is your opinion you believe skills is the best option for you to become rich, but there are many skills that don't have value because there is not any skill that you will say you will start and become rich quickly, technology has made many things easier in the world, they don't too value handwork now he doesn't generate income easily is just time to time, That is why many people are focusing on online platforms where they can invest and make a lot of money, because you won't see a place where you can go and get money and still engage in your skills that will stress you, which will take a long time and you will never give 100% that the skill I am doing will make me rich, so it is better for me to be patient with my investments than to suffer for something I am not sure about.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Now make we look at factors wey fit hinder the learning of hand work[/u]
1, coming from a rich family:
2, poor background:
3, patience:

None of this supposed hinder you to learn handwork but the Koko be say we still dey get this challenges. If you dey determined, patience no go be problem for you as you go fit wait for as long as e take for you to learn hardwork knowing that after you're done learning say your life dun set for life but we go allow lack of patience to spoil everything. I know people wey be say if dem been give demselfs time their life for dun change based on the kind opportunity wey dem been get to learn a skill. I dey take myself as example, when my mates dey learn Forex trading I been dey use am play but I dey regret sometimes for the kind money I for fit dey make but I dey thank God for my life sha.

Handwork dey type by type, no be the same handwork wey the poor dey learn wey you go expect the rich to learn. Another name for handwork na skills so if the poor dey learn bricklayer as handwork, the rich fit dey learn Forex or other big man hustle so coming from a rich family no supposed make you no learn a skill or skills.

But wen we look am for another angle how you see am wen be say person learn work for like 6-7 years you graduate but no get the money to open ur own to be on your own? And still consider the fact say as a government worker you no dey ur place them fit drop you at any time for u to go back to square one.

Unless you no get sense as many Nigerians no get because we weren't enlighten if not we no suppose suffer after governments or private sectors drop us from work. All those times wey you dey receive that kind money, why you no invest am or build a business for yourself. The difference between a smart person and a foolish person no much and na just one line which is knowing how to make the money youhave to work for you through investment or building a business.

[OGsmall]

Now wen I mean government employees I mean those that earn huge for instance the NNPC workers and many more as good as that.
Omo my country people now dey find sharp sharp money too much and many of them no even get the interest and the patient to learn hand work at all most of them see am like say na time wasting while some dey ready to even learn am but no supporting hand and me and you know say person wey wan learn work need to dey where him go dey alright in terms of wetin to chop.

Now make we look at factors wey fit hinder the learning of hand work

1, coming from a rich family: Today we come dey see am like say hard work come be poor man doings rich man pikin go reason say my family hold wetin I wan go learn work for abi that one no be stress for me.

2, poor background:Yes poor background too fit hinder person from hand work for our country now wen things cost pass as we dey see am how poor person wan take cope with registration buying of materials for work and others.

3, patience: concerning the situation of things for our country now many people no get the patience to wait for money at all so them rather go being an employee than to learn hand work and we all know say the way things dey for this our country if you no get strong back up for some place of work you dey at risk of being sacked at any given time.

But wen we look am for another angle how you see am wen be say person learn work for like 6-7 years you graduate but no get the money to open ur own to be on your own? And still consider the fact say as a government worker you no dey ur place them fit drop you at any time for u to go back to square one.
This point of mine no dey enough abeg if u get ur own experience or highlight do well to share with us.

See my bother who no like better this thing mak we keep hand work and good job no be hand work you go choose,yes handwork still good just like you said but the reason why most people Dey go learn hand work na because say government work no show face but as for me I no fit go Dey do boy boy for preson ohhh.

[Outside Baby]

All you have just mentioned are actually factors that discourage some people from learning handwork, not knowing that a day will come when they will see the advantage of that handwork. To be precise, hand work now a days in Nigeria doesn’t need hard work only; you need to possess the ability to be smart. But that is what most of our people find hard to understand and think even if they try learning the handwork, they will end up getting nothing because many people have already engaged in the handwork they want to learn. If you are smart, even though thousands of people are doing the same handwork as you, if you create something new that almost all of them are doing the same work as you can’t do, you will achieve more than them.

But one thing I do consider as a factor that hindered some from learning this handwork is laziness, because if you are sure and you are ready to work, you will do all it takes to get what you want. As you mentioned earlier, some can’t engage in learning handwork because of their family background. I didn’t say it was not happening, but if you are ready to eradicate poverty in your family, you will engage, even if it is bricklaying or other construction work. You will gain some money and save some, which will help you to pay and buy some material to learn handwork.

To be sincere, handwork has done a lot for me so far. Because at first I learned male clothes sewing, when I was sure enough that I could sew the clothes well, I then engaged in learning female clothes. After that, I discovered that the number of people sewing in my area is greater than I thought. That is when I sit down and start thinking about something new that will bring me more money. That is when I start sewing joggers and hoodies. From there, almost all of the tailors in my area start looking for me so that I can teach them how to sew the joggers and hoodies. From there, the number of my customers decreased. That is when I start thinking about a new idea, which is now that I sew clothes, package them, and sell them as boutiques. At the same time, I started following some celebrities. When I see them with a new design, I will try to sew the same and sell it. If you are smart, you will achieve more with your handwork.

True… but I believe that everybody is built different there are some people who aren’t naturally business oriented while there are some who can simply glance at the wall and boom a whole lot of awesome ideas come to their head, it’s not something that is bad because it’s how the almighty created them… at the same time these same business oriented people might still not be good when it comes to a collar job and vice versa.

 Everyone should know their strength and weakness because that’s the first step To becoming a successful entrepreneur or employee. Secondly, in the present state of Nigeria I can say confidently that starting a business without a strong support behind one is not as easy as it may sound. For example; man A who has just learnt a handwork and is trying to start a new business it’s won’t be so easy if he doesn’t have a backbone in terms of finances…. This is one of the hinderance and why people go for a white collar job.

But considering the state of Nigeria economy it’s not advisable to have a handwork to fall back to at anytime.

[Y3shot]

I go prefer both not just about the current economy situation but because both dey helpful, when talking about professional jobs na big money we dey talk about cause some companies dey wey still dey pay big so even with this big money wey go sustain the family till month end e good make person get skill while others will learn to meet up the family needs, some people just feel too lazy to learn something aside from the reasons the op gave some people are just naturally lazy to learn skills and people like this go dey complain about the economy when they're not even making any effort to work and secondly money fit hinder the process cause even the least skill need money so without money nobody fit learn any skill.

Both hand work and government job good make person get ahm but some people are just so confused that they don't even know what they want in life.  Even the government job they don't even know what it takes to have a government job, even to acquire a skill that will generate money for them is a problem. If we really know what we want, we can still live good life from them all.  Having a skill is  the easiest way of generating money thus days without depending in anybody.

[icebar]

E no too dey easy find work, and e fit stress person well-well financially. Na why many of us dey find way create work for ourselves. If good work wey pay well show face, nobody go wan pass am. I believe say if I see government work wey dey pay well, I go do am, save money, and later on, I go start business wey go allow me make more money. But with the way economy be, I think say e good make people learn skill.

[Cityhunter34]

2, poor background:Yes poor background too fit hinder person from hand work for our country now wen things cost pass as we dey see am how poor person wan take cope with registration buying of materials for work and others.

This question is very tempting because both are good and it's hard to choose but if you think about it very well you will see that one is more important than the other, government work with a huge income is good but what if? What if they replace you some day? What if your services are no longer needed? What if your fellow colleague frame you for something you no nothing about and the management sack you and spoil your reputation along the lines, a friend of mine got as a government employee got framed by a colleague that was envious of him and all evidence pointed at him even though he was innocent and he lost his job just like that.

Things are happening these days my people and it's only God that guides us, do you know that some colleague go as far as going spiritual/juju just to get their fellow colleague out of the way for a promotion? This one happened to my dad and he almost lost his life. But with your handwork/skill you can be self-employed and do things your own way without pressure, as a Nigerian with a good skill (advantage) you can survive abroad and that is what government employees don't have.

Lastly, getting a skill has nothing to do with your poor background na you won go big place go learn skill, choose a place of your level and learn some skill.

[Cityhunter34]

Unless you no get sense as many Nigerians no get because we weren't enlighten if not we no suppose suffer after governments or private sectors drop us from work. All those times wey you dey receive that kind money, why you no invest am or build a business for yourself. The difference between a smart person and a foolish person no much and na just one line which is knowing how to make the money youhave to work for you through investment or building a business.

Thank you very much senior man for this last paragraph, I honestly don't understand why some workers don't know how to invest and save up incase of rainy days, that's why I get upset when I hear someone telling me "look at this man, he was very rich before until he lost his job" and am like, what was he doing with his money? We should really learn how to make our money work for us and bring us more money. I think learning how to make money work for us is a skill on its own.

[MorganaX]

E get one thing some people dey normally talk “ my savings don save me” this talk dey very funny. Some people them no just get the idea to invest money and some go say them dey fear to invest because of the rate of scam but I ask myself watin they wan invest if they fear the rate of scam. Other invest strategy dey it most not be only on bitcoin or on other cryptocurrencies though e dey good to invest on crypto ooo but they fit invest on crop farming, real estate investment, agriculture investment, e.t.c. But make we look two ways some no just get that money if any money enter their hand watin them go first thing na food for them and their children