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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Yes there may be engineers who hit 5K after 5 years. But it's far n few. Even oil n gas won't be that much unless you add in the allowance & OT. But saying that, many engineers from other sectors may hit 5 K as well. Dun be surprise that some companies offer OT to these 'low pay' engrs. Tajke for example I have a fren who has a 2nd upper frm ntu (those that almost touch 1st class) working in DSO. After 13 yrs. 6K nia....snr or staff engr. Another fren of mine has a 1st class frm NUS took master....working in ESSO as an executive...now pay only abt 6.5K in basic he has worked for 10 yrs . So I dun thk many can hit 5 K in 5 yrs time .......not easy |
I started in hp in 1999, retrenched in 2003, rehired as temp contractor in motorola, then got a process engineer role in a jap factory plant in 2005, pay was not more than 3k then.
At that time, i got into
nus financial engineering masters course, got into a bank as credit analytics for basel implementation, now i join another foreign bank as a credit trader managing bank retained credit, total compensation is 250k this year.
I am not trying to show off but to tell my engineering bros not to give up, and be brave to venture uncharted waters, you will be rewarded much better than your current role