DSTA (under Mindef)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

DSTA hires people to stay till retirement, many staff not able to find better paying role outside with their niche experience and relatively high pay

This is only true for those people doing acquisition and pushing contract. This is not true for the software developers. Software developers are underpaid in the public sector. Their skills are transferable and in high demand, given the good tech market. Hard to keep these ppl.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

DSTA hires people to stay till retirement, many staff not able to find better paying role outside with their niche experience and relatively high pay

If you are just in for the tech side, you certainly would not want to stay till retirement as most of the time what you are doing project management and your skill wont be transferable.
Right now the outside market demands for tech are high, hence alot of talented tech engineers have left.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

This is only true for those people doing acquisition and pushing contract. This is not true for the software developers. Software developers are underpaid in the public sector. Their skills are transferable and in high demand, given the good tech market. Hard to keep these ppl.

Well, fact that a software developer from DSTA can find better paying jobs elsewhere is reassuring, shows that their skills are transferrable, marketable!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Well, fact that a software developer from DSTA can find better paying jobs elsewhere is reassuring, shows that their skills are transferrable, marketable!

Only the good ones that keep learning by themselves are able to do so and mostly left within 1 or 2 years.
The rest are stuck there.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

This is only true for those people doing acquisition and pushing contract. This is not true for the software developers. Software developers are underpaid in the public sector. Their skills are transferable and in high demand, given the good tech market. Hard to keep these ppl.

Software developers won't promote fast in DSTA since promotion is based more on project management and staffing abilities, which techies won't be keen to spend significant time on.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

This is only true for those people doing acquisition and pushing contract. This is not true for the software developers. Software developers are underpaid in the public sector. Their skills are transferable and in high demand, given the good tech market. Hard to keep these ppl.

Agreed that it's underpaid, but their bar of admission is so low (along with the ample amount of opportunities there) that it is a good springboard for those who want to jump from non-tech majors to tech careers. Definitely need to put in the grind and the efforts though.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Well, fact that a software developer from DSTA can find better paying jobs elsewhere is reassuring, shows that their skills are transferrable, marketable!

Just go there eat, **** code, and sleep, can enjoy a decent life and wage lol. Their remuneration package I heard got 4 months bonus for average performer leh, and plus got different projects there to expose you to different forms of SWE

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Only the good ones that keep learning by themselves are able to do so and mostly left within 1 or 2 years.
The rest are stuck there.

Ya lmao, but aiya those who can leave for greener pastures means they can make it to MANGA alr (or is it FAANG now LOL). It's not like as if DSTA is a bad place to work in tbh since they pay quite decently, aside from the bureaucratic workload. If want jump from govt to private, must find better equity and pay la

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Agreed that it's underpaid, but their bar of admission is so low (along with the ample amount of opportunities there) that it is a good springboard for those who want to jump from non-tech majors to tech careers. Definitely need to put in the grind and the efforts though.

LOL heard that some tech depts also got hire non-tech students in, wonder if it's true???

Originally Posted by Unregistered

LOL heard that some tech depts also got hire non-tech students in, wonder if it's true???

What's wrong with hiring non-tech background if they can pass the technical interview? Private sector also practices this

self entitled mah, thinks that study comp sci is better than self taught 😅

Anyone interview for Enterprise IT position before? Can know I know how many rounds of interview and whether there is coding test.