It is wrong to generalise the sentiments expressed by a single poster to the whole of Singapore. (The government of the day did win the election with a bigger mandate afterall) There is also no need to sink to that level of argument as to wish ill on a whole population of people not connected to this short exchange of opposing views.
It reflects on your maturity and thought level.
I was reading your post and was about to offer some suggestions but I concluded it will be a waste of my time.
But at least, I hope that you will be mature enough to take what I wrote above as feedback to reflect on.
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Originally Posted by Fermion
I came in to seek a simple answer to a rather simple question.
There is an inherent distaste in the culture of bashing in Singapore. Looking around this forum only confirm this.
Social skills? What good are humans. Are they not nothing more than proxy. Nothing more than chess pieces on a chess board.
You speak of social skills as though it is highly prized. It is highly prized among those who requires their egos to be stroked.
If you have been living and working in Singapore, I suggest stepping out and and witnessing how highly prized candidates with strong quantitative skills are viewed. In the states and in the European unions, candidates with strong quantitative skills from fields as such engineering, mathematics, computer science and physics find employment across all areas and especially in the technical and quantitative side of the finance sector.
Even persons with actuarial skills are highly prized.
It is only in Singapore you see candidates graduating with finance degrees with weak quantitative skills and hoping to enter the finance sector where 'real' work is being done.
I have long realise such issues to be unique to the economic landscape in Singapore. Far too few sectors but with a glut of graduates in the same field; business, accounting, law and engineering.
Make it? Only Singaporeans are holding on to the mentality of 'making it'. To me, 'making it' does not exists in my worldview. You either enjoy what you're doing or you slog your miserable life for money.
Terrible bashing culture in Singapore. I used to sympathise with Singaporeans but these days you people disgust me and it certainly is in my hope that Singaporeans face more competition to their demise. A necessary evil is pertinent.
It is only in this tiny island that one sees persons unwilling to move abroad to sell their skills.
All these meaningless bashing and competition. I live my life fine abroad knowing the industries and sector abroad are far more diverse than what is in Singapore and am willing to sell my skills abroad where there is a global shortage of persons with STEM skills.
You fear foreign competition. If you do, you take your skills abroad to where there is a shortage to sell them.
In 20 years, you ought to fear automation of jobs.
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