Enjoy while you can, tech bubble bursting soon. The high pay
is unsustainable, too many mediocre engineers just riding the wave.

should be satire ba, no one is that stupid

Is CSIT or DSTA better for a tech career? im interested in software eng and wanna know which has better exit opportunities

None as both of them are too niche into defense tech market. Govtech best

I am a NUS CS fresh grad, and have quite a bit of experience in front-end and back-end through my side projects.

Considering some small local startups but are their starting salary significantly lower?

I am looking at minimum of 5k starting if possible.

Any pros and cons of starting my first job in a smaller scale startup? Not talking about large ones like Shopback. Probably headcount of < 20 that kind.

When you say "significantly lower", you mean lower than where?

I used to work in an MNC, moved to a small startup, and got a pay rise. But this was not the level of Google. Also, the salaries vary a lot between startups.

Pros of startups:
- lack of corporate fluff (red tape, lengthy procedures, slowly moving projects, a lot of documentation etc)
- as a consequence, you can focus on learning hands-on stuff, and you will get a lot of exposure to different areas
- with you work, you can have a real impact on the company

Cons of startups:
- less stable. The majority of startups don't stand the test of time.
- less structured processes - can be chaotic
- you work in a company that (almost) nobody heard of. On the opposite, having a big name in your CV could be beneficial in the future.

You're not going to get any real answer on here, everyone just gives some generic nonsense that's going to be useless for you.

Try checking glassdoor, linkedin, etc find people who used to work in those "startups" and ask them instead.

lmaoooo

FAANG or bust

NUS CS grad work in startup, is like Oxford grad work in McDonalds

Nice to read that tech grads are getting decent pay in Singapore.

I'm ten years your senior I'm earning around 400K SGD per year. Definitely doable as a local grad. I would say that hitting 1m a year feels further as the income ceiling tend to be around 500k, and anything more you likely need to move to USA.

u earn 400k still income to this lj forum talk cock

jialat

i satki private equity bro last yr take home > $3M all in. This yr alas slightly less due to anticipated lower m&A deal volume, i think chao chao $2M only. always ez for me to steal all those tech nerd nerd coders' gf n drive them everywhere in my lambo, super shiok

but you're fat and ugly af tho, how do you fit in a lambo? LOL

girls wil giv bjs in Lambos as long as ur rich & hv a phat stack, something which ur not

Between NCS nucleus program and DBS SEED program, which is better for a NTU CS fresh grad in terms of working environment, exposure, work life balance, etc?

Neither one

DBS is better but u most likely cant get in, their coding assessment is way harder now especially since they increased the pay

Is their TechTrek2 difficult? I have received an offer from NCS but for DBS, I have yet to go to the physical TechTrek2 at the end of Feb. Hence, I am not sure if DBS SEED will give me an offer after the TechTrek2. Should I accept the offer from NCS or reject and try the TechTrek2?

Is there any reason why both are bad?

personally i dunno but i got a few nus cs friends, close to FCH, damn zai at leetcode etc, didnt make it to this year jan batch


maybe u can do it, i just know its damn hard not like before in 2021 where u just make web app one and get in easy

NTU CS here, their coding assessment is not hard to pass and qualify for hackathon, cz1007 questions are harder than their coding assessment, FYI you only need to know how to use search engine and solve 1 leetcode easy question to pass the assessment, I do not understand why people say assessment is hard. And for the hackathon, its just a CRUD web app where they tell you to prepare beforehand alr... To put it bluntly, those people who got rejected really CMI or cant be bothered to prepare for hackathon.

hows ur job finding?

i see a lot of nus ntu cs grads lurking on here, times are rough is it? shag

That's because DBS didn't even have any intake in Jan 2023, they auto-reject. Check Linkedin and you will not see anyone posting their "I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Graduate Associate (DBS SEED)" celebratory posts.

First time using linkedin? you need to be in their network circle to see those posts.