If you are not a lawyer, doctor, or an engineer, then you are not rated by Nigerian parents. You want to break their hearts further? Tell them you want to be one of these things listed below.
1. Writer.
What you have in mind:
What your parents really think:
Because, really, how do you hope to sustain a family by pressing laptop all day?
2. Content creator.
What you have in mind:
What your parents think:
“Oh, you finally want to start pressing phone fully, abi?”
3. DJ
What you have in mind:
What your parents have in mind:
This one is from personal experience this time. No, I’ve not tried to become a DJ, just focus on what I’m telling you.
4. Musician.
What you have in mind:
What Nigerian parents have in mind:
If you will not be a gospel musician, then you will be nothing.
5. Influencer.
What it means: Someone who has enough influence to appeal to a large audience to take a particular course of action eg, try out a new product, vote for a particular person, sign up with a new brand, etc.
What Nigerian parents think:
In other words, perish that idea and get a job in a company where you will wear suit and tie.
