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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Fully agree, graduated from electrical engineering NUS in 1999.
Most of the females classmates quit engimeering jobs and become teachers.
Some 1st class honours guys also quit to do teaching. Others are found in property agency, or insurance agency. A few lucky ones move into banking and earn big bucks.
Only a handful of them remain as engineers, and if you meet them, they will complain endlessly of their boring engineering jobs, low pay and zero prospect. Very sad scenario - after working so hard, it so hard to afford even a hdb flat and a small car at age of mid to late 30s
Some are facing retrenchment now as motorola just announced 20% workforce cut, other companies shifting to Penang or China. |
I graduated in 1999 in EEE as well. Was lucky I chose to go into IT instead of electronics. Not as highly paid compared to front office banking, but pays enough for me to able to own a landed property and a bmw 5 series.