How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

I am the internal auditor. If u are an internal auditor in bank, in your 40s likely max out 300-400k. I think is normal farmer or average performer. My peers who go big 4 and jump to banks, are all around the same pay scale. Will nv win doctor specialist. But I feel work life balance is very good. Coz 50% work from home. And most people who work from home are slacking at home. If you are not aware. I have relative who is doctor and another’s machine learning engineer manager. I know all 3 of us are drawing roughly the same per annum. But I slacker than them coz they have to go office everyday. I guess life is fair. U got a very slack job that pays okay. U earn lesser is fair. Coz I know my 2 relatives around my age are like work weekend and very stress. The doctor keep taking exams and the tech engineer keep complaining how stress his job is. Then my wife said I slacking at home do nothing. Said I should be grateful. So outside of medicine, there are slack jobs that pay slightly lesser.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

UNSW degree is unique it offers an exit degree bachelor of science if someone did not want to complete the full medical degree/failed/cannot complete

So it’s not technically the same as a normal science degree that people enrol for in Uni. It’s more like a downgraded “mid-exit” degree.

So the degree will indicate:”candidate got an mid-exit degree award” due to (reason for not being able to complete the full medical degree) which in my case will be (failure in examinations and unable to progress on)

I went to Leicester University and there were a handful of students who decided not to complete the degree and exit with BSc. I did not realise that there will be a reason stated on the degree scroll.

Have you discussed with your parents and what they think about it?
Everyone has no idea what they are doing with life, even the most successful person around. I am now in the midst of relocating back to singapore and applying for jobs via recruitment agencies, so I am also telling myself to toughen up and be prepared for rejections.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am the internal auditor. If u are an internal auditor in bank, in your 40s likely max out 300-400k. I think is normal farmer or average performer. My peers who go big 4 and jump to banks, are all around the same pay scale. Will nv win doctor specialist. But I feel work life balance is very good. Coz 50% work from home. And most people who work from home are slacking at home. If you are not aware. I have relative who is doctor and another’s machine learning engineer manager. I know all 3 of us are drawing roughly the same per annum. But I slacker than them coz they have to go office everyday. I guess life is fair. U got a very slack job that pays okay. U earn lesser is fair. Coz I know my 2 relatives around my age are like work weekend and very stress. The doctor keep taking exams and the tech engineer keep complaining how stress his job is. Then my wife said I slacking at home do nothing. Said I should be grateful. So outside of medicine, there are slack jobs that pay slightly lesser.

I assume your doctor relative is still a resident because he’s taking exams. Yes life is hard as a doctor in public but it does get better when he finish his exams and exits to private

For example, a psychiatrist can work 3 days a week and still draws in 400k a year in private. A surgeon can just do 2 surgeries a week and still can make 400k a year easily

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I went to Leicester University and there were a handful of students who decided not to complete the degree and exit with BSc. I did not realise that there will be a reason stated on the degree scroll.

Have you discussed with your parents and what they think about it?
Everyone has no idea what they are doing with life, even the most successful person around. I am now in the midst of relocating back to singapore and applying for jobs via recruitment agencies, so I am also telling myself to toughen up and be prepared for rejections.

Why will they reject you if you have a valid MBBS degree. You just apply to MOHH and they will 100% accept you for HO because they are short of junior docs atm

She is AC. Actually doctor not easy job. I dun think every doctor do 2 days earn 400k.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I assume your doctor relative is still a resident because he’s taking exams. Yes life is hard as a doctor in public but it does get better when he finish his exams and exits to private

For example, a psychiatrist can work 3 days a week and still draws in 400k a year in private. A surgeon can just do 2 surgeries a week and still can make 400k a year easily

how can a resident doc be earning 300k? the maths is not mathing.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

She is AC. Actually doctor not easy job. I dun think every doctor do 2 days earn 400k.

AC and still doing exams? So she’s going for fellowship?

60% of doctors are GP and only 30% of the specialist work in private. Based on Singapore medical Council annual report. There are many average doctors around.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

serious question not trolling. do banks look at red flags like failing/repeating a year of university, when hiring?

Unambitious 5th year med student from UNSW here.. failed my exams and I am being two options. 1. Leave the university with a bachelor of science degree but it will show my failed grades in the degree award. 2. Appeal to repeat the year

I have spoken to MOHH and they told me they will still hire me as house officer even if I failed a year, as long I repeat and pass the degree eventually. because its still recognised in the second schedule. will take me 2 years if I do this option (UNSW is a 6 year med degree)

My other option will be to just drop out with a bsc scicence and apply to normal banking job hopefully in Singapore.

I don't recommend giving up. You are in a bad positioni if u exit now. Unless u are at a prestigious uni, majors do matter and science or arts type are worst. Then u have **** gpa and lack of internship experience.

You are competing with nus ntu smu kids who got a second up at least with multiple internship experience and knowledge of what they are doing. How do u compete? Even tmr dbs gives u ma interview, tell me how would u ans why u want to do commercial banking when u were med dropout with **** grade and no intern exp?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Why will they reject you if you have a valid MBBS degree. You just apply to MOHH and they will 100% accept you for HO because they are short of junior docs atm

because i am way beyond HO level and graduated over a decade ago...