Software Engineer with rich background, what do expect?

[JeanG]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

the above is a sarong party employer..

Thanks for your comment.

If you had the skills I was looking for, I would be interested in talking to you too, whether you were from Singapore or not.

Originally Posted by JeanG

Hi BjornL,
I think you have made a smart choice coming to Singapore despite a lot of the negative feedback you've received in this forum. I wonder how many of the contributors went to Harvard or Yale or the other Ivy league schools mentioned by the unregistered guest?



Asia is where it's happening now. Most of the major western Universities are tying up with Singapore institutions to offer equivalent degree programs in Singapore: MIT, DUKE, Harvard, etc.) to address this growth.

Many of the Multi-Nationals are merging, restructuring and changing their strategies to align themselves with the sustained growth seen in Asia which is stagnant in the Europe in the US.

In response to the following quote:


There aren't that many companies out there in the US or Europe hiring at the moment, mostly for the reasons I mentioned above. Austerity and market trends are deterrents for the big players to hire full time employees leaving many highly qualified engineers without opportunities to make use of the skills and education they have developed.

The desire for and apparent accessibility of "Cheap" foreign talent addresses a somewhat unsophisticated level of development problem. Lots of people can just bang out code. There will always be a need for that kind of skill level, but there is often not a lot of creativity in this labor pool.

This category is not likely to have the ability to take a step back and really understand the bigger picture. That is what differentiates your standard cheap developer from a creative developer who innovates and leads.

BjornL, your's is a rather specialized background that could be considered valuable to the right company.
Our company is the distributor for Exalead in Singapore and when you have some free time after settling into your program, I would like to arrange for us to meet for a coffee and talk about your plans. Call me anytime @ +65-9125-0872.

Just because you want to earn a hefty commission by getting him a job, you can actually stoop that low to misinform him and depriving him of better opportunity else where. Shame on you!

[JeanG]

Your really Bleh like squid man. Read the message again, I'm an employer.

Originally Posted by JeanG

Your really Bleh like squid man. Read the message again, I'm an employer.

So? Providing misinformation is low enough.

[poor and stupid]

aiya relax la, everyone only doing there job, some operator's job is to work until their limbs drop off, other mangers just need to under cut other people. Anyway good to bring in really talented people.

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Very true. Those Indian national are very good in IT. They are willing to work for longer hours too, and are hardworking people accepting lower salary.

We Singaporeans got no fight. Haizzzz....

This is the prevalent myth that plagues our local SG management people. Some how they still do not realize that you cannot replace 1 good programmer with 5 lousy but cheap ones

Originally Posted by JeanG

Your really Bleh like squid man. Read the message again, I'm an employer.

JeanG, I'm from a USNews top 10 US College.

On to more worthwhile comments, I do agree with some of the other posts. Programming wise, there is a certain degree of art and design in how the algorithms and user interfaces are implemented. Sure, foreigners may work harder and for longer hours. But this doesn't mean that the applications they code will interface well with the non-technical people who ultimately use them.

During my time studying math in one of the best school in the south part of the States, the consensus in launching a successful mobile application is to focus on the presentation and implementation and not on the idea.

I wouldn't go so far as to say that you need a more liberal arts education, as opposed to a purely technical one like those found in India, to have this understanding on design. I will say that spending three years learning nothing but C++ will not improve your skill in communicating with humans, which to a certain extent is a skill needed to get a job.

why r u giving geek talk to somebody who last post 2 years ago?

Originally Posted by Donny

JeanG, I'm from a USNews top 10 US College.

On to more worthwhile comments, I do agree with some of the other posts. Programming wise, there is a certain degree of art and design in how the algorithms and user interfaces are implemented. Sure, foreigners may work harder and for longer hours. But this doesn't mean that the applications they code will interface well with the non-technical people who ultimately use them.

During my time studying math in one of the best school in the south part of the States, the consensus in launching a successful mobile application is to focus on the presentation and implementation and not on the idea.

I wouldn't go so far as to say that you need a more liberal arts education, as opposed to a purely technical one like those found in India, to have this understanding on design. I will say that spending three years learning nothing but C++ will not improve your skill in communicating with humans, which to a certain extent is a skill needed to get a job.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

why r u giving geek talk to somebody who last post 2 years ago?

This thread was highlighted at the top right hand corner of the Salary.sg website. It drew my attention and so I thought of giving a small contribution during some free time in the office.

I was motivated more by an urge to say something than an enthusiastic wanting to help the original poster.