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death365 wrote:Plenty to say here but I'll still to the 2 questions.
1. Op go to the US stay 5 to 7 years, come back as a expert and consult d f outa trini. The exoirences that you will get up there is superior to the limited one in sweet T&T
2. Always choose programming / computer science but again if u really want to grow in the field get exp in states or Canada and not study so hard to become a "IT" person in trini and yuh job is to reset passwords and add printers to people computers
The brass tax is yuh needs to get 15 + years expirence to be considered a expert in field of study but you can shorten it if you are employed by a progressive modern org, which don't really exist in T&T. COLD HARD FACTS!
What is a good thing to get into right now?SuperiorMan wrote:nervewrecker wrote:I wasn't the best in econ and entrepreneurship but I did learn a thing or two and helped my gf then study for her business management degree.
Look for something that is in abundance. Look for something where you are needed. Look for something where there aren't much specialized people in esp if there is an aged group of experts. Most of the aged ones can't cope with new technology giving you an upper hand.
Learn people skills. Psychology is a good place to start.
Electrical engineering is a field that opens a world of opportunities. Just about everything works with electricty. Specialize in a field and market yourself.
Customer service is something that sucks in Trinidad and simply as guaranteeing that gives you an edge. Don't bite off more than you can chew.
And last but not least, as a popular timer taught me, many of the fields that a lot of people view as below them are ripe for the picking. He markets himself by giving himself an edge over the competition and taking advantage of the opportunities that some can't see. He exploits the constraints that limits most to give him the upper hand and all I can hear is his brilliance in his voice. Also, don't live beyond what you can afford. You trying to afford a lifestyle to impress who exactly? Set the trend. I think his name in green if I not mistaken.
When I had now started in PETROTRIN and spent a few weeks under one of the best in hvac in their santa flora hvac department I noticed just about every house we pass by has an ac. Just about every business place has an ac.
Everyone has a fridge.
Restaurants and groceries have dedicated refrigeration systems.
I asked around on prices for basic services as well as tools to do maintenance and repairs. With my background in electrical engineering and having done fluid dynamics etc in my bachelor degree I picked up a lot in 7 weeks. Went on to electrical shift patrol and ended up with a lot of spare time in my hands. I am a perosn who gets into trouble easy so I tried being constructive for once.
I started documenting everything I do and started a page that was in existence unknowing to most. Did a lot of free jobs for friends and family and documented it.
Went on to get some certificates in it for the sake of getting it but my main goal was socializing with other techs in the field and various dealerships. Wasn't long before managers at dealerships who were in my class took notice of me and how fast I can do stuff. Before you know it the owners knew me by name and as one says, nothing gets past me. I learned all the how and where to get stuff, pricing, who to call for what, what to get where and who have what that I can trade for what. Many still keep in touch for ideas and a lil pull out when they in a jam.
As good ole roddy Jodhan of Dumore taught me, tools tools tools. Invest in tools. Tools make the job easy and tools give you an advantage over others. Makes your work stand out as well. If there is a tool you know about that can make your job easier or open new doors for you, by all means, source it. Got the same lesson from another director, jason.
Another area ripe for the picking is agriculture. Most shy away from it because planting the land is slave work. With new technology and equipment work is easy. Hydroponics especially and drip irrigation are two ways of making life easy. Also, secure your markets and clients to ensure you always have customers. There is a new spot open up at the end of the highway in debe where is business none stop. Also there is famers market and some market I saw advertise at corinth on weekends. Something I see making some money out here is sugarcane juice. There is a dude with a hilux that sells at gaps compund. Every time I in the area I stop by and get some. Slowly but surely it's starting to make it's way into shelves from various sellers.
A third is the food industry. Getting halal certification guarantees a certain group. Good food hard to find. Once your food good and you have consistency you in the game. What you can do is even go to the next level and create and app to take orders or get a menu into some places where people can place their order and have bulk orders delivered. Trinis lazy and don't like to cook. If they can get their food to them better yet. You want to get into food, sell something new. Make it attractive, make it known that you known for cleanliness and prompt delivery as well as a service guaranteed. You can't get into the industry to reach clients? Enroll in utt, do a short course, meet a few people. Get your links inside.
Online advertising is cheap and effective. Get yourself out here and get known.
Plumbing and electrical as in house wiring ar two other fields that lacking bad. Show what makes your different in your ad. Show that you know what you doing and be able to answer any questions anyone may ask.
Construction, mini excavator and small machinery can go places where big ones can't and get a lot of work done in a short space of time.
I have a cousin who did med and he still home. Mommy have to mine him. Meanwhile I done hook up with maintenance staff to run a training course for them at the hospital. Sat down and watch their operations and they understaffed and need help. Did business with someone who has a say in there and he saw my work. Very little was left to ask after that.
Guyana is a country picking up fast. A lot of local companies setting up shop there. So there are options.
Canada also has a lot of vacancies and the standard of living decent. Only thing is that it's cold. Hvac men having a ball there with the recent drop in temps. They actually were trying to see who had the longest frozen in mid air condensate stream. Heating is a big thing. I follow and observe their work and the guys globay to learn a thing or two. Recently asked for some criticism and very little was criticized. So that's an opportunity.
They made a mint all over during covid times as hvac men were deemed essential globally.
Online earnings is also another field especially in covid times. Look at some of the youtube pages that get a lot of traffic flow. Donut media, supercar blonde, engineering explained etc. You good at something and have a cam, do a few tutorials. Simple as explaining painting a car, installing a sound system etc will get you traffic flow. I have a family member that earns more than her husband that has a good position on the oil and gas sector from online. She indicated some of my silly tech stuff have the most views. Should do a few tutorials. Make sure web search directs to your stuff. Classic example if you Google exodus anarchy I realise most hits go to me. Simple as speaker comparison and reviews can take in a heap of views.
It's a world of opportunities out here. Don't sell yourself short
Hey thanks for all the advice kind sir.
For your cousin who did med, is it because the field is so oversaturated that he has to stay at home?
I found out from someone who is into agriculture that it's not a good thing to get into right now though....there's too many stores opening up and farmers aren't making much anymore though.
From what I'm hearing from a lot of people is to go away....the future of the country looks bleak.
wtf wrote:What is a good thing to get into right now?SuperiorMan wrote:nervewrecker wrote:I wasn't the best in econ and entrepreneurship but I did learn a thing or two and helped my gf then study for her business management degree.
Look for something that is in abundance. Look for something where you are needed. Look for something where there aren't much specialized people in esp if there is an aged group of experts. Most of the aged ones can't cope with new technology giving you an upper hand.
Learn people skills. Psychology is a good place to start.
Electrical engineering is a field that opens a world of opportunities. Just about everything works with electricty. Specialize in a field and market yourself.
Customer service is something that sucks in Trinidad and simply as guaranteeing that gives you an edge. Don't bite off more than you can chew.
And last but not least, as a popular timer taught me, many of the fields that a lot of people view as below them are ripe for the picking. He markets himself by giving himself an edge over the competition and taking advantage of the opportunities that some can't see. He exploits the constraints that limits most to give him the upper hand and all I can hear is his brilliance in his voice. Also, don't live beyond what you can afford. You trying to afford a lifestyle to impress who exactly? Set the trend. I think his name in green if I not mistaken.
When I had now started in PETROTRIN and spent a few weeks under one of the best in hvac in their santa flora hvac department I noticed just about every house we pass by has an ac. Just about every business place has an ac.
Everyone has a fridge.
Restaurants and groceries have dedicated refrigeration systems.
I asked around on prices for basic services as well as tools to do maintenance and repairs. With my background in electrical engineering and having done fluid dynamics etc in my bachelor degree I picked up a lot in 7 weeks. Went on to electrical shift patrol and ended up with a lot of spare time in my hands. I am a perosn who gets into trouble easy so I tried being constructive for once.
I started documenting everything I do and started a page that was in existence unknowing to most. Did a lot of free jobs for friends and family and documented it.
Went on to get some certificates in it for the sake of getting it but my main goal was socializing with other techs in the field and various dealerships. Wasn't long before managers at dealerships who were in my class took notice of me and how fast I can do stuff. Before you know it the owners knew me by name and as one says, nothing gets past me. I learned all the how and where to get stuff, pricing, who to call for what, what to get where and who have what that I can trade for what. Many still keep in touch for ideas and a lil pull out when they in a jam.
As good ole roddy Jodhan of Dumore taught me, tools tools tools. Invest in tools. Tools make the job easy and tools give you an advantage over others. Makes your work stand out as well. If there is a tool you know about that can make your job easier or open new doors for you, by all means, source it. Got the same lesson from another director, jason.
Another area ripe for the picking is agriculture. Most shy away from it because planting the land is slave work. With new technology and equipment work is easy. Hydroponics especially and drip irrigation are two ways of making life easy. Also, secure your markets and clients to ensure you always have customers. There is a new spot open up at the end of the highway in debe where is business none stop. Also there is famers market and some market I saw advertise at corinth on weekends. Something I see making some money out here is sugarcane juice. There is a dude with a hilux that sells at gaps compund. Every time I in the area I stop by and get some. Slowly but surely it's starting to make it's way into shelves from various sellers.
A third is the food industry. Getting halal certification guarantees a certain group. Good food hard to find. Once your food good and you have consistency you in the game. What you can do is even go to the next level and create and app to take orders or get a menu into some places where people can place their order and have bulk orders delivered. Trinis lazy and don't like to cook. If they can get their food to them better yet. You want to get into food, sell something new. Make it attractive, make it known that you known for cleanliness and prompt delivery as well as a service guaranteed. You can't get into the industry to reach clients? Enroll in utt, do a short course, meet a few people. Get your links inside.
Online advertising is cheap and effective. Get yourself out here and get known.
Plumbing and electrical as in house wiring ar two other fields that lacking bad. Show what makes your different in your ad. Show that you know what you doing and be able to answer any questions anyone may ask.
Construction, mini excavator and small machinery can go places where big ones can't and get a lot of work done in a short space of time.
I have a cousin who did med and he still home. Mommy have to mine him. Meanwhile I done hook up with maintenance staff to run a training course for them at the hospital. Sat down and watch their operations and they understaffed and need help. Did business with someone who has a say in there and he saw my work. Very little was left to ask after that.
Guyana is a country picking up fast. A lot of local companies setting up shop there. So there are options.
Canada also has a lot of vacancies and the standard of living decent. Only thing is that it's cold. Hvac men having a ball there with the recent drop in temps. They actually were trying to see who had the longest frozen in mid air condensate stream. Heating is a big thing. I follow and observe their work and the guys globay to learn a thing or two. Recently asked for some criticism and very little was criticized. So that's an opportunity.
They made a mint all over during covid times as hvac men were deemed essential globally.
Online earnings is also another field especially in covid times. Look at some of the youtube pages that get a lot of traffic flow. Donut media, supercar blonde, engineering explained etc. You good at something and have a cam, do a few tutorials. Simple as explaining painting a car, installing a sound system etc will get you traffic flow. I have a family member that earns more than her husband that has a good position on the oil and gas sector from online. She indicated some of my silly tech stuff have the most views. Should do a few tutorials. Make sure web search directs to your stuff. Classic example if you Google exodus anarchy I realise most hits go to me. Simple as speaker comparison and reviews can take in a heap of views.
It's a world of opportunities out here. Don't sell yourself short
Hey thanks for all the advice kind sir.
For your cousin who did med, is it because the field is so oversaturated that he has to stay at home?
I found out from someone who is into agriculture that it's not a good thing to get into right now though....there's too many stores opening up and farmers aren't making much anymore though.
From what I'm hearing from a lot of people is to go away....the future of the country looks bleak.
timelapse wrote:I in the field.Believe me when I tell you that I have explored these options before.The foreign option was something I wasn't willing to gamble.
Over the years, I reconsidered migrating, I could easily get my green card or Canadian citizenship.Is just that job options were limited in the field for me.My degree and other qualifications are no match for MIT graduates and their foreign equivalent and that was about 8 years ago.
After 15 years in IT here, I'm thinking about leaving IT for good.I have already started diversifying into other options.I have seen others that graduated with me from my class also make the change.Some selling insurance,one is/was a tuner that fixing cars for a living, one or two teaching and one that Im really good with left his programming job in North Carolina to come back here and open a roti shop.
Could just be the job market currently, idk.
If OP has a guaranteed thing, go for it.If not, weigh your options, opportunity cost etc.
Mind you I'm not saying that either field is bad.There are opportunities if you can find them.Just don't expect a fancy dayjob in Software eng.Make your own job or find partners that are willing to form a startup.Take the example of Zuckerburg,Bezos and other tech giants.If you consider those guys failures, then Dohplaydat is right and Im giving you bad advice.Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:Software eng in the states is also saturated.Unless you coming out with your own apps, you have all the asians, australians, russians and indians to deal with.
My advice, do both.Create medical software.ScHoolboySoloQ wrote:SuperiorMan wrote:So MBBS in Trinidad or Software Engineering in US?
If you enjoy both equally.
Based on everything more or less being digitized, Software Engineering in the US is the best option.
Lots of bad advice in this thread.....
Software dev isn't saturated, far from it. The industry can't seem to employ enough people right now.
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tech-hiring-in-2021/
Think of Trindiad, there is so much room for improvement in our current tech. This industry has much to grow locally as well.
Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:I in the field.Believe me when I tell you that I have explored these options before.The foreign option was something I wasn't willing to gamble.
Over the years, I reconsidered migrating, I could easily get my green card or Canadian citizenship.Is just that job options were limited in the field for me.My degree and other qualifications are no match for MIT graduates and their foreign equivalent and that was about 8 years ago.
After 15 years in IT here, I'm thinking about leaving IT for good.I have already started diversifying into other options.I have seen others that graduated with me from my class also make the change.Some selling insurance,one is/was a tuner that fixing cars for a living, one or two teaching and one that Im really good with left his programming job in North Carolina to come back here and open a roti shop.
Could just be the job market currently, idk.
If OP has a guaranteed thing, go for it.If not, weigh your options, opportunity cost etc.
Mind you I'm not saying that either field is bad.There are opportunities if you can find them.Just don't expect a fancy dayjob in Software eng.Make your own job or find partners that are willing to form a startup.Take the example of Zuckerburg,Bezos and other tech giants.If you consider those guys failures, then Dohplaydat is right and Im giving you bad advice.Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:Software eng in the states is also saturated.Unless you coming out with your own apps, you have all the asians, australians, russians and indians to deal with.
My advice, do both.Create medical software.ScHoolboySoloQ wrote:SuperiorMan wrote:So MBBS in Trinidad or Software Engineering in US?
If you enjoy both equally.
Based on everything more or less being digitized, Software Engineering in the US is the best option.
Lots of bad advice in this thread.....
Software dev isn't saturated, far from it. The industry can't seem to employ enough people right now.
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tech-hiring-in-2021/
Think of Trindiad, there is so much room for improvement in our current tech. This industry has much to grow locally as well.
It's quite possible Trini experience and UWI degrees have not prepared you to compete internationally. Real Comp sci is harder than most engineering degrees and the standards in the US are very very high.
All I know is that if you're good in this field, you will make big bucks and be in demand. A friend of mine says he literally can just send out a few resumes and do a few interviews and have dozen job offers in a week. However, he is a US citizen with a master's degree and proven experience.
For any of you thinking comp sci software engineering is easy, it's not. It's probably one of the hardest fields to get competent in.
SuperiorMan wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:I in the field.Believe me when I tell you that I have explored these options before.The foreign option was something I wasn't willing to gamble.
Over the years, I reconsidered migrating, I could easily get my green card or Canadian citizenship.Is just that job options were limited in the field for me.My degree and other qualifications are no match for MIT graduates and their foreign equivalent and that was about 8 years ago.
After 15 years in IT here, I'm thinking about leaving IT for good.I have already started diversifying into other options.I have seen others that graduated with me from my class also make the change.Some selling insurance,one is/was a tuner that fixing cars for a living, one or two teaching and one that Im really good with left his programming job in North Carolina to come back here and open a roti shop.
Could just be the job market currently, idk.
If OP has a guaranteed thing, go for it.If not, weigh your options, opportunity cost etc.
Mind you I'm not saying that either field is bad.There are opportunities if you can find them.Just don't expect a fancy dayjob in Software eng.Make your own job or find partners that are willing to form a startup.Take the example of Zuckerburg,Bezos and other tech giants.If you consider those guys failures, then Dohplaydat is right and Im giving you bad advice.Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:Software eng in the states is also saturated.Unless you coming out with your own apps, you have all the asians, australians, russians and indians to deal with.
My advice, do both.Create medical software.ScHoolboySoloQ wrote:SuperiorMan wrote:So MBBS in Trinidad or Software Engineering in US?
If you enjoy both equally.
Based on everything more or less being digitized, Software Engineering in the US is the best option.
Lots of bad advice in this thread.....
Software dev isn't saturated, far from it. The industry can't seem to employ enough people right now.
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tech-hiring-in-2021/
Think of Trindiad, there is so much room for improvement in our current tech. This industry has much to grow locally as well.
It's quite possible Trini experience and UWI degrees have not prepared you to compete internationally. Real Comp sci is harder than most engineering degrees and the standards in the US are very very high.
All I know is that if you're good in this field, you will make big bucks and be in demand. A friend of mine says he literally can just send out a few resumes and do a few interviews and have dozen job offers in a week. However, he is a US citizen with a master's degree and proven experience.
For any of you thinking comp sci software engineering is easy, it's not. It's probably one of the hardest fields to get competent in.
Heard the same....it's extremely hard in the US and people who do it studying day and night....but in the end, the job is relaxing, no call (like medicine), and the pay is high like equivalent to 50-60k tt/month.
I spoke to a few doctors here and they told me that medicine here is so over-saturated and it's hard to specialize again (only a few local spots available for so many doctors) and even NEW doctors who are getting the passing the UK specialist exams aren't even being recognized anymore. They're saying they doubt that new doctors could make the kind of money they made before
nervewrecker wrote:I wasn't the best in econ and entrepreneurship but I did learn a thing or two and helped my gf then study for her business management degree.
Look for something that is in abundance. Look for something where you are needed. Look for something where there aren't much specialized people in esp if there is an aged group of experts. Most of the aged ones can't cope with new technology giving you an upper hand.
Learn people skills. Psychology is a good place to start.
Electrical engineering is a field that opens a world of opportunities. Just about everything works with electricty. Specialize in a field and market yourself.
Customer service is something that sucks in Trinidad and simply as guaranteeing that gives you an edge. Don't bite off more than you can chew.
And last but not least, as a popular timer taught me, many of the fields that a lot of people view as below them are ripe for the picking. He markets himself by giving himself an edge over the competition and taking advantage of the opportunities that some can't see. He exploits the constraints that limits most to give him the upper hand and all I can hear is his brilliance in his voice. Also, don't live beyond what you can afford. You trying to afford a lifestyle to impress who exactly? Set the trend. I think his name in green if I not mistaken.
When I had now started in PETROTRIN and spent a few weeks under one of the best in hvac in their santa flora hvac department I noticed just about every house we pass by has an ac. Just about every business place has an ac.
Everyone has a fridge.
Restaurants and groceries have dedicated refrigeration systems.
I asked around on prices for basic services as well as tools to do maintenance and repairs. With my background in electrical engineering and having done fluid dynamics etc in my bachelor degree I picked up a lot in 7 weeks. Went on to electrical shift patrol and ended up with a lot of spare time in my hands. I am a perosn who gets into trouble easy so I tried being constructive for once.
I started documenting everything I do and started a page that was in existence unknowing to most. Did a lot of free jobs for friends and family and documented it.
Went on to get some certificates in it for the sake of getting it but my main goal was socializing with other techs in the field and various dealerships. Wasn't long before managers at dealerships who were in my class took notice of me and how fast I can do stuff. Before you know it the owners knew me by name and as one says, nothing gets past me. I learned all the how and where to get stuff, pricing, who to call for what, what to get where and who have what that I can trade for what. Many still keep in touch for ideas and a lil pull out when they in a jam.
As good ole roddy Jodhan of Dumore taught me, tools tools tools. Invest in tools. Tools make the job easy and tools give you an advantage over others. Makes your work stand out as well. If there is a tool you know about that can make your job easier or open new doors for you, by all means, source it. Got the same lesson from another director, jason.
Another area ripe for the picking is agriculture. Most shy away from it because planting the land is slave work. With new technology and equipment work is easy. Hydroponics especially and drip irrigation are two ways of making life easy. Also, secure your markets and clients to ensure you always have customers. There is a new spot open up at the end of the highway in debe where is business none stop. Also there is famers market and some market I saw advertise at corinth on weekends. Something I see making some money out here is sugarcane juice. There is a dude with a hilux that sells at gaps compund. Every time I in the area I stop by and get some. Slowly but surely it's starting to make it's way into shelves from various sellers.
A third is the food industry. Getting halal certification guarantees a certain group. Good food hard to find. Once your food good and you have consistency you in the game. What you can do is even go to the next level and create and app to take orders or get a menu into some places where people can place their order and have bulk orders delivered. Trinis lazy and don't like to cook. If they can get their food to them better yet. You want to get into food, sell something new. Make it attractive, make it known that you known for cleanliness and prompt delivery as well as a service guaranteed. You can't get into the industry to reach clients? Enroll in utt, do a short course, meet a few people. Get your links inside.
Online advertising is cheap and effective. Get yourself out here and get known.
Plumbing and electrical as in house wiring ar two other fields that lacking bad. Show what makes your different in your ad. Show that you know what you doing and be able to answer any questions anyone may ask.
Construction, mini excavator and small machinery can go places where big ones can't and get a lot of work done in a short space of time.
I have a cousin who did med and he still home. Mommy have to mine him. Meanwhile I done hook up with maintenance staff to run a training course for them at the hospital. Sat down and watch their operations and they understaffed and need help. Did business with someone who has a say in there and he saw my work. Very little was left to ask after that.
Guyana is a country picking up fast. A lot of local companies setting up shop there. So there are options.
Canada also has a lot of vacancies and the standard of living decent. Only thing is that it's cold. Hvac men having a ball there with the recent drop in temps. They actually were trying to see who had the longest frozen in mid air condensate stream. Heating is a big thing. I follow and observe their work and the guys globay to learn a thing or two. Recently asked for some criticism and very little was criticized. So that's an opportunity.
They made a mint all over during covid times as hvac men were deemed essential globally.
Online earnings is also another field especially in covid times. Look at some of the youtube pages that get a lot of traffic flow. Donut media, supercar blonde, engineering explained etc. You good at something and have a cam, do a few tutorials. Simple as explaining painting a car, installing a sound system etc will get you traffic flow. I have a family member that earns more than her husband that has a good position on the oil and gas sector from online. She indicated some of my silly tech stuff have the most views. Should do a few tutorials. Make sure web search directs to your stuff. Classic example if you Google exodus anarchy I realise most hits go to me. Simple as speaker comparison and reviews can take in a heap of views.
It's a world of opportunities out here. Don't sell yourself short
Why didn't she buy a home?alfa wrote:SuperiorMan wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:I in the field.Believe me when I tell you that I have explored these options before.The foreign option was something I wasn't willing to gamble.
Over the years, I reconsidered migrating, I could easily get my green card or Canadian citizenship.Is just that job options were limited in the field for me.My degree and other qualifications are no match for MIT graduates and their foreign equivalent and that was about 8 years ago.
After 15 years in IT here, I'm thinking about leaving IT for good.I have already started diversifying into other options.I have seen others that graduated with me from my class also make the change.Some selling insurance,one is/was a tuner that fixing cars for a living, one or two teaching and one that Im really good with left his programming job in North Carolina to come back here and open a roti shop.
Could just be the job market currently, idk.
If OP has a guaranteed thing, go for it.If not, weigh your options, opportunity cost etc.
Mind you I'm not saying that either field is bad.There are opportunities if you can find them.Just don't expect a fancy dayjob in Software eng.Make your own job or find partners that are willing to form a startup.Take the example of Zuckerburg,Bezos and other tech giants.If you consider those guys failures, then Dohplaydat is right and Im giving you bad advice.Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:Software eng in the states is also saturated.Unless you coming out with your own apps, you have all the asians, australians, russians and indians to deal with.
My advice, do both.Create medical software.ScHoolboySoloQ wrote:SuperiorMan wrote:So MBBS in Trinidad or Software Engineering in US?
If you enjoy both equally.
Based on everything more or less being digitized, Software Engineering in the US is the best option.
Lots of bad advice in this thread.....
Software dev isn't saturated, far from it. The industry can't seem to employ enough people right now.
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tech-hiring-in-2021/
Think of Trindiad, there is so much room for improvement in our current tech. This industry has much to grow locally as well.
It's quite possible Trini experience and UWI degrees have not prepared you to compete internationally. Real Comp sci is harder than most engineering degrees and the standards in the US are very very high.
All I know is that if you're good in this field, you will make big bucks and be in demand. A friend of mine says he literally can just send out a few resumes and do a few interviews and have dozen job offers in a week. However, he is a US citizen with a master's degree and proven experience.
For any of you thinking comp sci software engineering is easy, it's not. It's probably one of the hardest fields to get competent in.
Heard the same....it's extremely hard in the US and people who do it studying day and night....but in the end, the job is relaxing, no call (like medicine), and the pay is high like equivalent to 50-60k tt/month.
I spoke to a few doctors here and they told me that medicine here is so over-saturated and it's hard to specialize again (only a few local spots available for so many doctors) and even NEW doctors who are getting the passing the UK specialist exams aren't even being recognized anymore. They're saying they doubt that new doctors could make the kind of money they made before
I'm not so sure about that. The real money is in private practice. There's 3 doctor offices withing 5 minutes walk from each other in my area and are always full. Someone comes in with the standard cough cold flu (pre covid of course) and within 5 mins your prescribe a standard course of meds and charge $200. More yet if you're giving meds instead of a prescription. Marketing is the key. Get a ground floor office with lots of parking and sounds like you've hit the jackpot. At least from what I've seen. As to migrating to do IT or whatever, I have a cousin who went to England to do nursing in the 80s decided to stay, got legal soon after and got into a higher paying line of work. Couple of decades later she's living in an apartment in the big city ( they call it a flat) has to park on the street and drives a manual car. Most folks here with similar jobs after so many decades will have had their own house with in house parking and driving a navara at least if not a raj lux. Don't buy into the hype. Grass isn't always greener
wtf wrote:Why didn't she buy a home?alfa wrote:SuperiorMan wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:I in the field.Believe me when I tell you that I have explored these options before.The foreign option was something I wasn't willing to gamble.
Over the years, I reconsidered migrating, I could easily get my green card or Canadian citizenship.Is just that job options were limited in the field for me.My degree and other qualifications are no match for MIT graduates and their foreign equivalent and that was about 8 years ago.
After 15 years in IT here, I'm thinking about leaving IT for good.I have already started diversifying into other options.I have seen others that graduated with me from my class also make the change.Some selling insurance,one is/was a tuner that fixing cars for a living, one or two teaching and one that Im really good with left his programming job in North Carolina to come back here and open a roti shop.
Could just be the job market currently, idk.
If OP has a guaranteed thing, go for it.If not, weigh your options, opportunity cost etc.
Mind you I'm not saying that either field is bad.There are opportunities if you can find them.Just don't expect a fancy dayjob in Software eng.Make your own job or find partners that are willing to form a startup.Take the example of Zuckerburg,Bezos and other tech giants.If you consider those guys failures, then Dohplaydat is right and Im giving you bad advice.Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:Software eng in the states is also saturated.Unless you coming out with your own apps, you have all the asians, australians, russians and indians to deal with.
My advice, do both.Create medical software.ScHoolboySoloQ wrote:
Based on everything more or less being digitized, Software Engineering in the US is the best option.
Lots of bad advice in this thread.....
Software dev isn't saturated, far from it. The industry can't seem to employ enough people right now.
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tech-hiring-in-2021/
Think of Trindiad, there is so much room for improvement in our current tech. This industry has much to grow locally as well.
It's quite possible Trini experience and UWI degrees have not prepared you to compete internationally. Real Comp sci is harder than most engineering degrees and the standards in the US are very very high.
All I know is that if you're good in this field, you will make big bucks and be in demand. A friend of mine says he literally can just send out a few resumes and do a few interviews and have dozen job offers in a week. However, he is a US citizen with a master's degree and proven experience.
For any of you thinking comp sci software engineering is easy, it's not. It's probably one of the hardest fields to get competent in.
Heard the same....it's extremely hard in the US and people who do it studying day and night....but in the end, the job is relaxing, no call (like medicine), and the pay is high like equivalent to 50-60k tt/month.
I spoke to a few doctors here and they told me that medicine here is so over-saturated and it's hard to specialize again (only a few local spots available for so many doctors) and even NEW doctors who are getting the passing the UK specialist exams aren't even being recognized anymore. They're saying they doubt that new doctors could make the kind of money they made before
I'm not so sure about that. The real money is in private practice. There's 3 doctor offices withing 5 minutes walk from each other in my area and are always full. Someone comes in with the standard cough cold flu (pre covid of course) and within 5 mins your prescribe a standard course of meds and charge $200. More yet if you're giving meds instead of a prescription. Marketing is the key. Get a ground floor office with lots of parking and sounds like you've hit the jackpot. At least from what I've seen. As to migrating to do IT or whatever, I have a cousin who went to England to do nursing in the 80s decided to stay, got legal soon after and got into a higher paying line of work. Couple of decades later she's living in an apartment in the big city ( they call it a flat) has to park on the street and drives a manual car. Most folks here with similar jobs after so many decades will have had their own house with in house parking and driving a navara at least if not a raj lux. Don't buy into the hype. Grass isn't always greener
alfa wrote:wtf wrote:Why didn't she buy a home?alfa wrote:SuperiorMan wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:I in the field.Believe me when I tell you that I have explored these options before.The foreign option was something I wasn't willing to gamble.
Over the years, I reconsidered migrating, I could easily get my green card or Canadian citizenship.Is just that job options were limited in the field for me.My degree and other qualifications are no match for MIT graduates and their foreign equivalent and that was about 8 years ago.
After 15 years in IT here, I'm thinking about leaving IT for good.I have already started diversifying into other options.I have seen others that graduated with me from my class also make the change.Some selling insurance,one is/was a tuner that fixing cars for a living, one or two teaching and one that Im really good with left his programming job in North Carolina to come back here and open a roti shop.
Could just be the job market currently, idk.
If OP has a guaranteed thing, go for it.If not, weigh your options, opportunity cost etc.
Mind you I'm not saying that either field is bad.There are opportunities if you can find them.Just don't expect a fancy dayjob in Software eng.Make your own job or find partners that are willing to form a startup.Take the example of Zuckerburg,Bezos and other tech giants.If you consider those guys failures, then Dohplaydat is right and Im giving you bad advice.Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:Software eng in the states is also saturated.Unless you coming out with your own apps, you have all the asians, australians, russians and indians to deal with.
My advice, do both.Create medical software.
Lots of bad advice in this thread.....
Software dev isn't saturated, far from it. The industry can't seem to employ enough people right now.
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tech-hiring-in-2021/
Think of Trindiad, there is so much room for improvement in our current tech. This industry has much to grow locally as well.
It's quite possible Trini experience and UWI degrees have not prepared you to compete internationally. Real Comp sci is harder than most engineering degrees and the standards in the US are very very high.
All I know is that if you're good in this field, you will make big bucks and be in demand. A friend of mine says he literally can just send out a few resumes and do a few interviews and have dozen job offers in a week. However, he is a US citizen with a master's degree and proven experience.
For any of you thinking comp sci software engineering is easy, it's not. It's probably one of the hardest fields to get competent in.
Heard the same....it's extremely hard in the US and people who do it studying day and night....but in the end, the job is relaxing, no call (like medicine), and the pay is high like equivalent to 50-60k tt/month.
I spoke to a few doctors here and they told me that medicine here is so over-saturated and it's hard to specialize again (only a few local spots available for so many doctors) and even NEW doctors who are getting the passing the UK specialist exams aren't even being recognized anymore. They're saying they doubt that new doctors could make the kind of money they made before
I'm not so sure about that. The real money is in private practice. There's 3 doctor offices withing 5 minutes walk from each other in my area and are always full. Someone comes in with the standard cough cold flu (pre covid of course) and within 5 mins your prescribe a standard course of meds and charge $200. More yet if you're giving meds instead of a prescription. Marketing is the key. Get a ground floor office with lots of parking and sounds like you've hit the jackpot. At least from what I've seen. As to migrating to do IT or whatever, I have a cousin who went to England to do nursing in the 80s decided to stay, got legal soon after and got into a higher paying line of work. Couple of decades later she's living in an apartment in the big city ( they call it a flat) has to park on the street and drives a manual car. Most folks here with similar jobs after so many decades will have had their own house with in house parking and driving a navara at least if not a raj lux. Don't buy into the hype. Grass isn't always greener
Ridiculously expensive close to London
Does she regret leaving Trinidad?alfa wrote:wtf wrote:Why didn't she buy a home?alfa wrote:SuperiorMan wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:I in the field.Believe me when I tell you that I have explored these options before.The foreign option was something I wasn't willing to gamble.
Over the years, I reconsidered migrating, I could easily get my green card or Canadian citizenship.Is just that job options were limited in the field for me.My degree and other qualifications are no match for MIT graduates and their foreign equivalent and that was about 8 years ago.
After 15 years in IT here, I'm thinking about leaving IT for good.I have already started diversifying into other options.I have seen others that graduated with me from my class also make the change.Some selling insurance,one is/was a tuner that fixing cars for a living, one or two teaching and one that Im really good with left his programming job in North Carolina to come back here and open a roti shop.
Could just be the job market currently, idk.
If OP has a guaranteed thing, go for it.If not, weigh your options, opportunity cost etc.
Mind you I'm not saying that either field is bad.There are opportunities if you can find them.Just don't expect a fancy dayjob in Software eng.Make your own job or find partners that are willing to form a startup.Take the example of Zuckerburg,Bezos and other tech giants.If you consider those guys failures, then Dohplaydat is right and Im giving you bad advice.Dohplaydat wrote:timelapse wrote:Software eng in the states is also saturated.Unless you coming out with your own apps, you have all the asians, australians, russians and indians to deal with.
My advice, do both.Create medical software.
Lots of bad advice in this thread.....
Software dev isn't saturated, far from it. The industry can't seem to employ enough people right now.
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tech-hiring-in-2021/
Think of Trindiad, there is so much room for improvement in our current tech. This industry has much to grow locally as well.
It's quite possible Trini experience and UWI degrees have not prepared you to compete internationally. Real Comp sci is harder than most engineering degrees and the standards in the US are very very high.
All I know is that if you're good in this field, you will make big bucks and be in demand. A friend of mine says he literally can just send out a few resumes and do a few interviews and have dozen job offers in a week. However, he is a US citizen with a master's degree and proven experience.
For any of you thinking comp sci software engineering is easy, it's not. It's probably one of the hardest fields to get competent in.
Heard the same....it's extremely hard in the US and people who do it studying day and night....but in the end, the job is relaxing, no call (like medicine), and the pay is high like equivalent to 50-60k tt/month.
I spoke to a few doctors here and they told me that medicine here is so over-saturated and it's hard to specialize again (only a few local spots available for so many doctors) and even NEW doctors who are getting the passing the UK specialist exams aren't even being recognized anymore. They're saying they doubt that new doctors could make the kind of money they made before
I'm not so sure about that. The real money is in private practice. There's 3 doctor offices withing 5 minutes walk from each other in my area and are always full. Someone comes in with the standard cough cold flu (pre covid of course) and within 5 mins your prescribe a standard course of meds and charge $200. More yet if you're giving meds instead of a prescription. Marketing is the key. Get a ground floor office with lots of parking and sounds like you've hit the jackpot. At least from what I've seen. As to migrating to do IT or whatever, I have a cousin who went to England to do nursing in the 80s decided to stay, got legal soon after and got into a higher paying line of work. Couple of decades later she's living in an apartment in the big city ( they call it a flat) has to park on the street and drives a manual car. Most folks here with similar jobs after so many decades will have had their own house with in house parking and driving a navara at least if not a raj lux. Don't buy into the hype. Grass isn't always greener
Ridiculously expensive close to London
ScHoolboySoloQ wrote:nervewrecker wrote:I wasn't the best in econ and entrepreneurship but I did learn a thing or two and helped my gf then study for her business management degree.
Look for something that is in abundance. Look for something where you are needed. Look for something where there aren't much specialized people in esp if there is an aged group of experts. Most of the aged ones can't cope with new technology giving you an upper hand.
Learn people skills. Psychology is a good place to start.
Electrical engineering is a field that opens a world of opportunities. Just about everything works with electricty. Specialize in a field and market yourself.
Customer service is something that sucks in Trinidad and simply as guaranteeing that gives you an edge. Don't bite off more than you can chew.
And last but not least, as a popular timer taught me, many of the fields that a lot of people view as below them are ripe for the picking. He markets himself by giving himself an edge over the competition and taking advantage of the opportunities that some can't see. He exploits the constraints that limits most to give him the upper hand and all I can hear is his brilliance in his voice. Also, don't live beyond what you can afford. You trying to afford a lifestyle to impress who exactly? Set the trend. I think his name in green if I not mistaken.
When I had now started in PETROTRIN and spent a few weeks under one of the best in hvac in their santa flora hvac department I noticed just about every house we pass by has an ac. Just about every business place has an ac.
Everyone has a fridge.
Restaurants and groceries have dedicated refrigeration systems.
I asked around on prices for basic services as well as tools to do maintenance and repairs. With my background in electrical engineering and having done fluid dynamics etc in my bachelor degree I picked up a lot in 7 weeks. Went on to electrical shift patrol and ended up with a lot of spare time in my hands. I am a perosn who gets into trouble easy so I tried being constructive for once.
I started documenting everything I do and started a page that was in existence unknowing to most. Did a lot of free jobs for friends and family and documented it.
Went on to get some certificates in it for the sake of getting it but my main goal was socializing with other techs in the field and various dealerships. Wasn't long before managers at dealerships who were in my class took notice of me and how fast I can do stuff. Before you know it the owners knew me by name and as one says, nothing gets past me. I learned all the how and where to get stuff, pricing, who to call for what, what to get where and who have what that I can trade for what. Many still keep in touch for ideas and a lil pull out when they in a jam.
As good ole roddy Jodhan of Dumore taught me, tools tools tools. Invest in tools. Tools make the job easy and tools give you an advantage over others. Makes your work stand out as well. If there is a tool you know about that can make your job easier or open new doors for you, by all means, source it. Got the same lesson from another director, jason.
Another area ripe for the picking is agriculture. Most shy away from it because planting the land is slave work. With new technology and equipment work is easy. Hydroponics especially and drip irrigation are two ways of making life easy. Also, secure your markets and clients to ensure you always have customers. There is a new spot open up at the end of the highway in debe where is business none stop. Also there is famers market and some market I saw advertise at corinth on weekends. Something I see making some money out here is sugarcane juice. There is a dude with a hilux that sells at gaps compund. Every time I in the area I stop by and get some. Slowly but surely it's starting to make it's way into shelves from various sellers.
A third is the food industry. Getting halal certification guarantees a certain group. Good food hard to find. Once your food good and you have consistency you in the game. What you can do is even go to the next level and create and app to take orders or get a menu into some places where people can place their order and have bulk orders delivered. Trinis lazy and don't like to cook. If they can get their food to them better yet. You want to get into food, sell something new. Make it attractive, make it known that you known for cleanliness and prompt delivery as well as a service guaranteed. You can't get into the industry to reach clients? Enroll in utt, do a short course, meet a few people. Get your links inside.
Online advertising is cheap and effective. Get yourself out here and get known.
Plumbing and electrical as in house wiring ar two other fields that lacking bad. Show what makes your different in your ad. Show that you know what you doing and be able to answer any questions anyone may ask.
Construction, mini excavator and small machinery can go places where big ones can't and get a lot of work done in a short space of time.
I have a cousin who did med and he still home. Mommy have to mine him. Meanwhile I done hook up with maintenance staff to run a training course for them at the hospital. Sat down and watch their operations and they understaffed and need help. Did business with someone who has a say in there and he saw my work. Very little was left to ask after that.
Guyana is a country picking up fast. A lot of local companies setting up shop there. So there are options.
Canada also has a lot of vacancies and the standard of living decent. Only thing is that it's cold. Hvac men having a ball there with the recent drop in temps. They actually were trying to see who had the longest frozen in mid air condensate stream. Heating is a big thing. I follow and observe their work and the guys globay to learn a thing or two. Recently asked for some criticism and very little was criticized. So that's an opportunity.
They made a mint all over during covid times as hvac men were deemed essential globally.
Online earnings is also another field especially in covid times. Look at some of the youtube pages that get a lot of traffic flow. Donut media, supercar blonde, engineering explained etc. You good at something and have a cam, do a few tutorials. Simple as explaining painting a car, installing a sound system etc will get you traffic flow. I have a family member that earns more than her husband that has a good position on the oil and gas sector from online. She indicated some of my silly tech stuff have the most views. Should do a few tutorials. Make sure web search directs to your stuff. Classic example if you Google exodus anarchy I realise most hits go to me. Simple as speaker comparison and reviews can take in a heap of views.
It's a world of opportunities out here. Don't sell yourself short
Really good post here, I enjoyed reading.
What makes me different is I like getting shocked by a lil 220 so don't worry I will invert the connections to make your experience with me electrifying.
ProtonPowder wrote:Something to note about coding is that if you look to do all your learning in a class, you might pass the class and never get further. Yes it is so for many things, but with programming it is much more stark. It have men going into university already with very lively github pages and already have an incredible grasp of C++ and Java and sometimes other languages. These are people that developed apps and wrote scripts in their spare time during holidays and during highschool just for doing it sake. Not to solve a problem or to sell it, but just to test themselves.
These are the people you will compete against for the good coding jobs, and if it isnt you, good luck getting in the door.
RedVEVO wrote:^^
For ALL the Engineers - Get involved with Cyber Security Engineering .
Then YOU can leave T&T forever and live a life of luxury and safety.
And "Doubles" everywhere in the World now
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Do something you enjoy doing, you will never work a day in your life
nervewrecker wrote:Last I checked thiefing mango from pple tree still illegal. Stop encouraging me.shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Do something you enjoy doing, you will never work a day in your life
Numb3r4 wrote:I am quite surprised at the amount of food vendors that are cropping up especially here on Fyzabad.
Must say to some extent it's a buyers market you can get a descent meal for $10.00. Still don't know how much they are making but recently a guy opened a Chinese place by his house and he is still there.
With regard to grocery and hardware work a lot of the educated folks aren't going into that, the guys who are are the young ones who are opting to not do CAPE or UWI.
However that entey level service sector gap has been filled by the influx of cheap immigrant labour. Right here in Fyzabad a lot of Venezuelan guys packing bags at the grocery and working at the local hardware.
They are even renting from the local landlords and providing security. So the young folks who are trying to get these entry level jobs don't have it easy.
nervewrecker wrote:What you getting for $10.00? How does it taste?
I still find the best food in this town is neil catering in flamingo avenue by the police station. His prices are very competitive.
Next would be crab-bees, kinda alright and bumpys bbq in Rouscillac.
Zachy was a cook offshore if I not mistaken. He has location and the small box at a deal price is popular among school children. He also has low overhead operating costs cuz he lives there. I donno of they ever fix the refrigerant leak on the ac.
Alana is a smart girl. I will give her that and she is no stranger to food and business. I know her since she had the little glass case set up in the gallery opposite Lalla hardware. She has two strategically located venues. The shop on fyzabad junction where location is an advantage as the taxi stand is there and it has a good traffic flow. Then the venue when you swing in Dehli road. Good location because of proximity to the children's court that will have traffic flow and huge parking space available which is a major advantage over many. She sells food there and I see she invested in an ice box as of recent so she sells ice. She can capatalize on traffic flow into and out of Dehli road which is a major artery to the highway under construction and traffic on the main road on the way to siparia and san fernando. I see a lot of oilfield vehicles stopping by for food (breakfast and lunch). Gotta hand it to her. Not sure if momz doubles in the business when she not working at the hardware and they know customer service by gauging their customers. Momz does give me ole talk cuz she know what I usually come to buy.
If you talking about those spanish guys by denny, those are the delinquents that can't work anywhere and just there to play de donkey. No skills and just there to make up a huge workforce with long hours with small pay. They occupying various places all over.
Hoy sing seems to have some brains to make the best of the lost customers from former timber wolf bar with the roulette machine. People want a place to gamble.
Curry express has great prices and great food of that qualifys as fyzabad.
One of the better and more modern spots is the unipet station. A one stop shop but still sketchy location for bandits with easy street and volley street passing through the back. I guess security beef up from since back in the day. The np station is as it was decades ago and still victim to elements from khan trace and easy street.
I see the girls at the unipet station like they make an attempt at handling the bar before outback but now is not a good time to get into bars. You'd think one of the two would have consulted with her cousin before trying to make a move. Cousin doing well but I haven't had a chance to get under her skin yet as to why she leave out fyzagood. I see she take up a role in Sando. Supreme elegance by crystal remains unmatched where even other nail technicians get their nails done by her. Didn't even know she relocate by gulf view medical there. Blood maybe boil seeing me around unknowing I really was going gulf view medical. Happy for her.
Anand low price remains king in this town. He has maybe the best business brain of all and has managed to set up at every corner where there is economic prospect and prove to be a worthy opponent. Those debe business maybe regret the day he set up shop there as well as the set in sando. He proves to be a force to be reckoned with in that gulf view block he controlling.
Twisters had a good thing going. Maybe some of the best food around and just so it run into the ground.
Dickies doing what they can but covid is a hard thing to battle. They have parking and location but bad roads seem to be a factor that hindering business bad. Very few people opt to pass through that zone when they can duck through avocat.
Auto addix (kiran) in ackbar trace doing what he can to ensure a service. Someone always on standby to get you what you want even if the place closed and he making the best of using some colorful signs to catch attention and has the sense of giving away masks that has the sign on it. I wear one to try and at least bring some traffic to him.
I trying to remember the chick name that set up at speedwash, I think was their daughter. Prices on par with big city prices. Not sure of it still around. Hopefully she learn a thing or two.
The few recent tyre shops that pop up, they ain't sure how to read a tyre from what I see and don't know much about what they do. Good luck to them.
Denny is one that seems to have gauged his clientele properly and adapted to suit. Fyzabad people cheap and backward. They will prefer buy a cheap inferior item that fails over and over rather than buy something good. He made his name one that while diversifying what he offers so it became a one stop shop for most and slowly but surely driving prices up. And not to mention advertising. He don't fall short in that region.Numb3r4 wrote:I am quite surprised at the amount of food vendors that are cropping up especially here on Fyzabad.
Must say to some extent it's a buyers market you can get a descent meal for $10.00. Still don't know how much they are making but recently a guy opened a Chinese place by his house and he is still there.
With regard to grocery and hardware work a lot of the educated folks aren't going into that, the guys who are are the young ones who are opting to not do CAPE or UWI.
However that entey level service sector gap has been filled by the influx of cheap immigrant labour. Right here in Fyzabad a lot of Venezuelan guys packing bags at the grocery and working at the local hardware.
They are even renting from the local landlords and providing security. So the young folks who are trying to get these entry level jobs don't have it easy.
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