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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Software Engineer:
I don't want to brag but I think I am among the best software engineers in the industry. I have a Bachelor and a Masters in Computer Science from one of top Universities. I have some research experience and got some papers published in top international conferences.
With 7 years experience I earn 55K/year including everything.
My wife is among the top 1% student from my country with a degree that I don't want to reveal to keep our identities unknown as much as possible. She is doing research (!) and earning 24K/year.
I share HDB with another family. And at the end of month I have very little to save.
We are so called FTs. We think we are big losers.
Of course we are very frustrated. But we don't have many options open. |
You are just very lucky to be in Singapore.
If you find that Singapore shortchanges you, please go back from where you came from. I believe that are not many opportunities in your home country.
Some fresh graduates cannot even find decent work and have to settle for much less. The correct term would be "underemployment". It is worst than "unemployment".