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Originally Posted by Tokyohdrg
Pardon me, for I would need to solicit advice from all the seniors on this forum and I would appreciate any feedback greatly. I have been weighing my options as I would be studying chemical engineering at NUS next year. I have been browsing through the forums and indeed it is quite depressing to read that people in the finance industry are making so much more money compared to those in my discipline. I would want to consider a course switch to NTU accountancy. Even my friends told me an auditor would be able to make more money than a chemical engineer and they encouraged me to consider a career switch to finance. I even went to the MOM website to check the payscale for Singaporeans and found that chemical engineers make only $7.5k a month on average at the age of 40 years old. My aunt who works for the government told me she sees the tax returns of many people in Singapore and engineers usually have a very low income, with very few exceeding $100k.
I would like to ask just one question. Should I make a course switch? Thank you, even a yes or no answer would suffice. I just need the extra push to make the change. |
dont switch.
what you hear/read are about people who are at the two extremes of the normal distribution - either they make big buck or they don't (top 5% and bottom 5%) These are cases that are mostly highlighted in newspapers - it is all business to the media as people like to read such stories.
Media does not publish stories of average guys - chemical engineering -as many many many make the average salary. There is nothing selling or appealling about it to the masses.
Both of the above are normal distribution but the population mean of chemical engineer salary is higher than that of the accountant.