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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I am an ex- NCS employee whom underwent Nucleus.
I would say NCS is a good place to start and learn as a fresh graduate. I would encourage anyone to join NCS as a fresh graduate.
For me, my advice is not to look so much into salary at this point of time. I would suggest you to look for opportunities which can allow you to grow quickly. NCS has a good structure in training and development. And I did not regret joining them.
Anyway, $4.8k is already a decent figure I feel. They were only offering 4k to 4.1k 2 years ago.
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Just wanted to add that 4.8k is NOT at all a decent figure. 1-2 years ago a lot of companies didn't even offer 6k to fresh grads, now they are.
5.5k is decent, 6k is average, 6.5k+ onward is really good. There's plenty of low-tier tech companies paying outright 6k already for fresh-grads with just 1 simple technical interview... I'm not even talking about FCH CS grads btw, your typical SIT partnership degree grad with 2.5+ GPA can get these jobs already.
TS go with whatever job you want, it's entirely up to you but don't accept a lower pay just because "opportunities". Every company has opportunities to learn and grow...
The fact of the matter is that when you start off at a low base, there's not much growth. Compare someone getting 5.5k with a 3% pay increment and someone at 4.8k getting 3% increment.
5500 -> 5665 = $165 bump
4800 -> 4944 = $144 bump
Assuming typical 1 year pay increment period,
$165 x 12 = $1980
$144 x 12 = $1728
A $252 difference... Now add in the initial base pay difference,
$700 a month, 1 year = $8400 difference.
Also like it or not, in Singapore, a lot of companies will ask for your last drawn salary and peg you to that last drawn pay. You start at a low trash base pay, you MAY get hardstuck at that trash pay.