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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Great insights, I am sure every engineer (who hasnt left his/her profession) in this forum agrees with you. I am graduating from engineering from nus this july, I am tempted to apply to civil service/statutory board as they pay a good starting salary to engineering hons 2nd upper with NS. Should I work for them since private sector engineering jobs are dead-end by age 40? |
You will need to ask yourself 2 things: what do you like to do, and how much pay are you comfortable with? Don't worry so much about the starting pay. Focus more on how much you can make in the long run.
You could read the civil service salary thread to get a rough sense of how much you can earn in service. Payscale, trajectory and CEP info are all there. You might also want to find out more about other industries as well. If you're not keen, I don't suggest you go for engineering.