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Old 08-02-2014, 03:00 PM
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since you're a fresh grad, perhaps you should overlook short-term benefits for the moment and think about your long-term career path.

- what do you want to do for the next 10 years? don't think of job hopping at the moment.
- which position can fulfill my above goal?

then evaluate your options:
- is the mnc reputable enough if i do job hop?
- can the mnc provide me with career opportunities?
- semi-gov is a comfortable environment. will i get complacent in the cloud of politics?
- are the skills learned transferable when i job hop?

i don't know about you, but i do know that even if one start off with a low salary and you're good at what you do, companies will be paying you much more to take on your next role. good luck.
I think I will eventually transit to become an analyst role. I'm not cut out for being a programmer. I can implement, but I like the ideas more than the actual implementation.

And you have hit the nail on the head! One of the biggest problem with the skills learnt at the semi-gov place is that I'm worried that the skills learnt there are not transferable! I'm just a middleman between their clients and vendors. How useful would this skill be?
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