I think you got in the industry at a good time. It's very difficult to get a junior developer jobs nowadays even with practice from leetcode and github
I wish I had access to such when I was in high school. I definitely would have made more realistic decisions regarding my future. Thanks for sharing, Nokuhle.🙏🏾
I pursued a diploma in public relations and communication, but upon reflection, I find myself drawn to a different career path. If I were to embark on a new educational journey, teaching would be my preferred choice. I am particularly attracted to the prospect of teaching due to the extended holidays it offers, which would enable me to spend quality time with my children during their school breaks. My second choice, if not teaching, would be to establish my own business. This entrepreneurial endeavour appeals to me as it would grant me the autonomy of being my own boss and the opportunity to create generational wealth for the benefit of my children.
@@f._.t5169 Teaching has always been my unwavering passion. Although it was my initial choice when applying to university, I was accepted into the field of PR which was my second choice. Given that I had already taken a gap year the previous year, I decided to proceed with my academic journey in PR. My current volunteer role as a Sunday school teacher at the local church brings immeasurable joy. The opportunity to spend Sundays with these children is truly the highlight of my week.
Hi Nokuhle, really enjoyed the video, you're literally the big sister everybody wishes they had when it comes all things "adulting". Wanted to ask if it would be possible to do a video focused on graduates with Finance related degrees and how to break into the Accounting, Investment Banking etc... space. Perhaps a video sharing you and your fellow peers/colleagues experiences, tips and tricks etc....
Also being a Business Analyst, feel like this path is underrated, they earn on par with Devs and low barriers of entry, well yea. Im a business analyst by the way
I tried going the software developer route. I have a BSc in Computer Science and Statistics. Long story short, I realised that I don't really enjoy working in the field. I don't really like designing and building applications as much as I thought I would. I also don't like data analysis. I realised that at the end of undergrad. So, now I am on the CA(SA) route. Currently in my first year of study.
@@itebreyoco7547 Many who study mathematics and statistics tend to become software engineers or work in data (such as data science, data engineering, data analysis). Some also transition to financial careers, depending on whether certain companies are willing to train them in the finance part of the job description. Mathematics and statistics can serve as a good foundation for careers like these. But you usually have to supplement your education with other things to make yourself more marketable.
@@axolilebunge434 Personally, it's been going very well. For my first semester, I managed to get distinctions for all my modules. So far, we've covered accounting, economics, business management, commercial law, mathematical analysis (1st semester module only), and financial management (2nd semester module only). I was quite surprised at how much I liked commercial law and business management. Subjects that I never previously considered studying in the past. If you like applying theory to real world (or fictional) scenarios, I'm sure you'll find this whole course interesting. If you're interested in what the modules are like, I can give you my own personal overview. I'll try my best to make it as concise and understandable as possible. Accounting and mathematical analysis are very practise-based modules as you would expect. Mathematical analysis basically prepares you for financial management. Accounting is strictly bookkeeping at the moment. General journals, financial statements, disclosure notes. Obviously, it comes with its own theory. Certain bookkeeping elements have specific requirements or rules that you need to be aware of in order to do them. The other modules are very theory-based, but economics and financial management also have a lot of calculations based on the theory. For economics, think of GDP, RCA index, money multiplier, supply and demand functions, consumption expenditure model, etc. For financial management, think of annuities, risk and return, compound interest, time value of money, etc. For the other theory-based modules, you have to often apply the theory to scenarios. Although, you are also given pure theory questions where you have to regurgitate information, but that usually accounts for less than 50% of the paper.
I genuinely still feel like being a medical doctor is still bossing the job markets. Especially because in this video you can acknowledge the need for nurses, the same is true for doctors, if not more. The beauty of it is that the the career is broad, you can specialize in anything you want from head to toe🎉
As much as I agree with the demand for doctors and nurses,the job availability is actually so little (Im speaking from a South African stand point) Alot of people make it to med school,alot go through internship and comserve but don't get absorbed into the hospital cause there's no money to fund the post,despite the demand the government just isn't making posts for nurses,doctors and even specialist doctors open so chances of getting that job are very little so only other option is to open your own practise (wich isnt practical for everyone due to capital) and working in private wich is also hard to do long term bc you find alot of these hospitals prefer locums.
It's probably better overseas,but you even specializing is hard bc these specialist don't want to retire and you need to wait for a post for that specialty to open up before you can specialize.And with the rise of clinical associates(who act as doctors ,they can diagnose a patient etc plus they work for cheaper,doctors will really be wanted for surgery atp)
Loved this video. As a child of a nurse, I agree with everything except Work Life balance. Nurses, in hospitals, typically work 12 hours a day. This does not include travel time to and from work. And, theybonly get two days off a week. Maybe the nurses that work night shift, because it's 7 days at work and 7 days off work. But other then that, hardly any work life balance.
I think it’s subjective and guys remember that no job is “perfect”. Some jobs (like in audit) even if you’re on leave they can still make you work because “only you know the details”. In nursing? If there’s a patient that needs assistance they’re not calling people who are on leave to ask “What should we do on patient X”. So that’s what I mean by work life balance. Also in the early stages you’re definitely right it is exhausting - those night shifts are terrible. But as you gain more experience and get promoted (/ newer recruits come in) the older nurses get more stability on deciding which hours they work. Also with working on holidays - I definitely get it. But they alternate leave days: so if you work Christmas you usually don’t work New Yeara or Easter etc. it is work after all so not everyone can have all holidays off. But I hear you ♥️ I know some people who actually left nursing cause of the working days to become a teacher for more structures holidays. I guess it depends on what you really prioritize.
I disagree especially with the last statement. I thought you were giving us an analogy from each profession, on a GENERAL basis, not sure why we are not comparing nursing and audit. Because I could just as easily say that when you're on leave in audit, you put boundaries in place. Put working papers in the audit file, make sure all supporting evidence is in the sharedrive, leave email trails, do a detailed verbal & written hand over and go on leave. The audit report will not not be signed because an associate, manager or senior manager at that are on leave for a week. I could also argue it depends which auditor you are because internal auditors have more balance then external auditors. Nursing is what we are talking about. And we are generalising. Nurses in clinics have a balance compared to nurses in hospitals. Even then, it depends if it's a 24 hour clinic or not. Majority of nurses work in hospitals and since we are talking from a general basis, nurses in hospitals, who work 12 hours (excluding travel time) do not have work life balance. Anyways, thank you for the content.
For the teacher one, there's flexibility too. I have seen a lot of teachers move into Learning and Development for those who want a corporate experience. A lot of tiktoks available on how to make the shift
Yoh sis can I just say you OPENED my eyes 🥹🙏🏾!!! When I saw this comment I was like “omg omg this is what I might have ended up doing, had I taken the teaching path I wanted to”. This is also so encouraging because it shows how teachers are so important that even corporate recognises their impact and recruits them for internal work. Love itttt!! Thank you for sharing 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾🥹♥️♥️♥️
I lowkey dont agree with with teacher stats Noks. In South aftric there is career progression, when you start you’re called a PL1 teacher, if you study and would like to progress you become a PL2 teacher( you’re a Head of Department- HOD) from there a PL3 (deputy principal) then PL4 (Principal) so i think after 10 years your salary could be really good if you’re above being a PL1 teacher … am a teacher btw 😂😂😂…. 🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓
Exactly with a masters you can even become a lecturer which some of them have really good salaries. Some lectures at my university went straight for honours& masters after degree and in the 10 year mark they earn a lot of money compared to regular teacher so it does partly depend on the journey you take . There is a lot of flexibility in progression and salary that comes with different positions
But remember it’s bottom of a GOOD list 🙏🏾. I Definitely believe being a teacher is still one of the best careers hence it was included in the list. So don’t worry about it ranking “last” out of a “good list” - and again it was definitely biased so I’m glad we’re having this debate because people are reading comments and getting inspiration 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾!
I want to pivot with my BCom Informatics to ACCA /IT Audit.Nurses have a longer progression.I see alot insurance/medical aid companies need case managers to handle health cases.
I feel like Software Developers will equals to CAs, one can progress as a software developer, from being a Junior to an intermediate, and Senior. After that, you can become Team/Tech Lead CTO/CIO (Chief Technology/Information Officer), IT Specialist/Architect, etc. IT is very broad from IT Technician, Quality Assurance, Database Developer/Administrator, Software/Cloud Architect/Developer, Data Scientist/Analyst, Cloud Engineer/DevOps, etc and all these disciplines are on-demand globally. With 5 years experience you are already getting paid well and what people do in the IT industry is that they change companies often for better offers mostly after 1 and half years to 2 years.
Thank you for not mentioning Engineering.... It's hard to do but difficult to get jobs. And as for artisans, their job is physically demanding, so it's not for someone who doesn't want to do some hard labour
heyy the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced that ai will be taking over software developers by 2040 . so my doubt is , is software developer a safe job?
My bias self gives a big thumbs up to careers with a Computer Science degree, it opens up opportunities to multiple options eg. Cyber Security, Software development/Engineering, big data careers, cloud careers etc, the money is great, career progression is great, lot's of career choices, hybrid working including remote working internationally. The biggest benefit, is the fact that Tech is ever changing so there are always new careers emerging from the same CS Degree... Tech career progression includes roles as Solution architects, Tech Leads, CTO, CIO, etc
I feel theres no work life balance with nurses especially those that work in hospitals. The night shifts and 12 hour shifts are dreadful. The salary is low compared to other careers especially those in corporate. Its a great qualification to have and study in varsity. I loved being a nursing student in varsity but once you start working you just become so discouraged with the career. Personally i dont see myself being employed as a nurse anymore because i feel nurses are not appreciated enough for the work they do. Hence now I've decided to open my own practice so i can create my own salary which i feel will be work my work and effort.
😂😂no its not a lot of people😂in RSA the population of people is more than 60 milion and there are around 55 000 qualified chartered accountants😂😂 so a year there are not even 2000 whom qualify
Hey Noks, love your videos. Can you do a video where you grade degrees that we are looking into studying, that would be great if possible❤ I was looking into studying BCOM in Supply Chain Management and would like to see how it compares to other degrees
Exactly what I thought.. software developer career progression should be a 10. just because she doesn’t know what they do she is giving a 6? Wasn’t she supposed to do research first before doing this video 🙄.
🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓 we are here and thank you for this,its really changing and can make you to work hard and also to make sure that we do research on what we want to do, thanks alot and you are not biased trust me, I am glad that you are a chartered accountant because u believe that you will make a great CEO one day👏👏
I'm a qualified bricklaying Artisan and man it is difficult to find a job in construction unless if you are well connected 😢, that is why I decided to go back to varsity to study Mathematics & Statistics.
Yho don't mention it i'm an Electrical Artisan like get the the job is hard now.... i wanted to gp back and change careeers to either Teaching or Psychology
I wish I knew this before I studied Bachelor of Law. It's been a year since I graduated and I haven't secured any legal employment. Now I am studying BCom Law. I hope this will help me secure something stable.
Never too late. If you do find a job after doing a bootcamp or something like that, you will most likely start at an entry level salary. But you can easily work your way up with dedication and hardwork. And remote opportunities in this current age are plenty, so you could score yourself nice gigs with American/European companies, all while working from home and earning in $$$/€€€. 🙂
Yoh this hit me so hard if there's platform here on RU-vid,where you can personally message you or someone , I'd be writing you a little bit about my story through education but I am little bit depressed and domotivated at the same time , that has affected my studies😢 so badly that I can't even explain here
Wow....i really,really loved your content.This is the infor we all need..Im in love with nursing so much,but i cant afford to pay by myself.Can i pls ask if there are bursaries or even companies that are able to sponsor people(not the government one)to study at private colleges as i prefere them because i know most bursaries sponsor only universities.Hopefully next year as im still busy upgrading my maths at the moment.Your new subscriber will be very happy to hear from you😊
I wish I knew better before going into Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Archaeology. All i wanted to do was to not stay at home after my matric and yeah I left and chose watevr when I was applying because i didn't know what to do. Two years down the line i wanted to change because I was just moving with the wind, not invested, it's like i so wanted to get into varsity when i got there i didn't know what I'm doing there. Admitting it feels shameful but it's true. Now, I'm in my final year(without good grades) and I'm afraid of what will happen to me. I'm so tired. I so wanted to drop out but I was scared cos what would i be doing. I don't know if I make sense. Any advise y'all?
@@MaxScreenVibesWell tbh no. I've always thought of psychology as my strongest suit but my grades tell me otherwise. It's like I have no vision at all or an idea of what I want to do. I just want to be doing something.
I thought you were going to cover career specialization after becoming a chartered accountant. I was a bit confused but I understand after watching. Your channel is named CA(SA) So I thought you were talking from lived experience of people around you.
id Definity say there is bias in your ratings, software development had to win here, career progression it should also get a 10 because you can branch into different fields of software development and you can always reinvent and develop your skills as technology improves and develops,But i wont bite your head off because i think you are cute and i enjoyed your video❤
Definitely some bias in there, I share the same sentiments software development should have won easily. Especially senior engineers they earn upwards of $150,000
Just graduated last week Bcom financial management, have been in the public sector for years with no prospect of growth, share opportunities I could get into 🎓🎓🎓🎓
Hey Dimpho ☺️♥️ love to hear of your interest. Here’s a playlist I have that relates to my CA(SA) journey - so maybe just browse and see if any videos interests you. ru-vid.com/group/PLkI6TcpnXR6wxVaymj1G-RIXo5OcDu3mo&si=mzy9TZXOPDsX-d4W
Side note: South African admitted attorney here. There are still significant levels of gatekeeping in the profession. Unless you make it into a big five firm or find a firm where you’re entitled to equity sharing - you’re going to struggle.
