Best-Paying Jobs in Singapore (2008)

dear civil servant
can i know whether mutation works the other way ?
thanks.

dear insider
can we know what is your age ? r u 18 years old ?
thanks.

It is random and unpredictable so eites usually produce elites offsprings (there can of course be exception to the rule) Most peasants and lesser mortals can understand the brutal truth.

Mutations create variation within the gene pool. Less favorable (or deleterious) mutations can be reduced in frequency in the gene pool by natural selection, while more favorable (beneficial or advantageous) mutations may accumulate and result in adaptive evolutionary changes. For example, a butterfly may produce offspring with new mutations. The majority of these mutations will have no effect; but one might change the color of one of the butterfly's offspring, making it harder (or easier) for predators to see. If this color change is advantageous, the chance of this butterfly surviving and producing its own offspring are a little better, and over time the number of butterflies with this mutation may form a larger percentage of the population.

insider,
thanks for the tip. my apologies for creating such a storm in a teacup. i think that there are many here with some hidden agendas.
anyway, good info and advice for those seeking for lesser scholarships. guess it confirms my view, either join public as the best or try your luck in private. chances are better for non PSCs to get better salary in private than public.
i do not think u are 18.

im kinda skewed towards Darwinian in a way, though outliers do exist. maybe thats why we have sons/daughters of lower strata joing PSC. well, there is a saying in chinese, zhen jin bu pa hong lu huo. If you are excellent in whichever means, money is not really an issue. its just a matter of chance and hardwork.

Labrador, no need to be so hostile. the fact that MAS has the highest number of bond-breakers shows something doesn't it? Their scholars must be in high demand. They are poached by the banks. And now given this crisis, many are re-applying back to MAS.

EDB does execution work - that is true. The fact that they don't have much policy formulation does not mean that their work is menial. How can bringing in millions / billions of FAI for Singapore be menial? It requires much intellectual energy in positioning Singapore, meeting investors, etc. Some ex-EDB scholars have even moved on to Goldman Sachs and McKinsey. And their understanding of industries would probably stand them in better stead than OMS scholars who got stuck in irrelevant Ministries.

There are also many non-scholars who are doing well, as long as they don't stay in Govt :-) Of course it definitely helps if they graduated from a top school in US/UK. Your very obsession with OMS/SAFOS/SPFOS scholars is myopic because you completely miss this point that there are many talented people out there with knowledge, drive and the ability to succeed in whatever field they choose without a government scholarship!

btw, the ex-BG you spoke to still needs to start from scratch because he is competing with 70+ over MDs in DBS, and MD is not quite senior senior mgmt yet compared to where he came from.

In life, either u are the best to lead peasants and lesser mortals.
Or u end up as peasants and lesser mortals.
Survival of the fittest.
Another Darwin theory.
This is the some elites evolved from peasants and lesser mortals and fight with those who are born elites.
Anyway, this economic crisis is causing discontentment with the peasants and lesser mortals, time for the elites to do something to make them happy!

exactly, figures do not lie. thats why i like my job.
check up the polls results its not difficult to see the trend in SG.
income disparity is goin to be a big issue. and the perception/truth? of elitism.
time for me to sit back n relax. perhaps get a Labrador? maybe a Golden Retriver is better.

Insider2, my experience suggests that you sound more like an insider than either labrador or insider - who respectively do sound like scholars, though not the most well informed among them. Obviously not MOF or MTI types either, or they'd have quickly realised just how much power EDB and MAS can wield. (MAS is under PMO in any case - window dressing to please the IMF who prefers independent central banks) Unfortunately, informed commentary appeals to few on the internet.

U all scholars very big, lead us lowly civil servants to rule over the peasants and the lesser mortals.
Pls dont fight among yourself and stay to lead us civil servants so we can build a better Singapore for our masters.