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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi, I am coming 34 this year.

Grade: MX 10
Current Pay: $7060

I am at a cross road junction and is feeling abit lost.

Over the last few years, i have managed to pick up FX spot trading and is performing consistently. Recently, i realise that my passion is in trading and investment.

My work is -> plain vanilla (not challenging at all)

Any advice?

I would love to be in your position, plain vanilla (not challenging at all), mean no stress or minimal stress, everyday happily go to work and go home on the dot....why not. Alot of work life balance. This is the kind of job that I would like to be. Every month/years just wait to collect money and sometimes bonus. If I were you, I will stay in the job till retirement even if hit the cap of MX10 at about $10900, it would be good if can hit MX9. If you feel that your job is chicken feed for you, maybe should should spend more time on the internet buying dividend stock and earn passive income or contra if you want during working hours. You should have quite alot of cash for investing right base on your 7k salary.

[lostleo]

i acknowledge that pte degree aint recognise by ministry and even some bosses.
My ex-boss only look at NTU & NUS. which link me to this article: PAP Minister Lawrence Wong: Polytechnic graduates are prepared primarily for work, not universities | The Real Singapore another article wld be Singaporean qualifications don?t mean a thing without experience | Singapore Business Review

anyway thanks all for the advice. (:

Originally Posted by lostleo

i acknowledge that pte degree aint recognise by ministry and even some bosses.
My ex-boss only look at NTU & NUS. which link me to this article: PAP Minister Lawrence Wong: Polytechnic graduates are prepared primarily for work, not universities | The Real Singapore another article wld be Singaporean qualifications don?t mean a thing without experience | Singapore Business Review

anyway thanks all for the advice. (:

after reading the article on "Polytechnic graduates are prepared primarily for work, not universities", i feel sad for our poly grad. i have came across so many poly grad who couldn't get into our local uni. many ended up getting an overseas degree which might not be recognize by companies in Singapore.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

after reading the article on "Polytechnic graduates are prepared primarily for work, not universities", i feel sad for our poly grad. i have came across so many poly grad who couldn't get into our local uni. many ended up getting an overseas degree which might not be recognize by companies in Singapore.

that is why i also encourage if possible study in JC to better gain access to local university.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

that is why i also encourage if possible study in JC to better gain access to local university.

ya. it's better to take the JC route. however, i have JC friends who couldn't get into local uni ended up going to poly. they have wasted 2 yrs of JC.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

ya. it's better to take the JC route. however, i have JC friends who couldn't get into local uni ended up going to poly. they have wasted 2 yrs of JC.

yes, I do have a friend male, get DEE grade for A level...cannot enter local university.

Just lucky that he was born in a rich family, his father company(listed in SGX), so he can afford to go australia monash university to study a degree, and he is almost completing his PHD in the same university..


If I were him, got bad result for A level, I would have ended up in local poly after wasting 2 years in JC, because my family and I could not afford for overseas education. Fortunately, I manage to get fairly good result to enter NTU.

Well I can say that if you are rich , almost every door is open for you. If you are poor, please plan your route properly, if you want to get to local university, make sure you get to JC and study hard for A level and get a place in local university. If you are poor and want to study in POLY, make sure you better got top 1% of your cohort and got a place in local university, if not you will be stuck with just a diploma.

summary:
Rich family>>>can choose to study JC/poly whatever you like, u can afford to go overseas university.

Poor family>>>better choose JC and study hard for A level if you want to study local U. Choose poly at your own risk and stuck with just a diploma, unless you got scholarship/or work part time for few years saving up $$ for private university or overseas U.

[lmaohaha]

hi guys, juz got an interview callup from iras next week. but got to know that i have to sit for 2 written essay qns b4 verbal interview omg. long time nvr write essay.anyone has any idea what kind of essay qns iras/public sector normally ask? im a general deg holder but im afraid they will gimme technical qns...

For sure, The questions won't be technical. Who in the right mind would expect a general degree holder to answer taxation questions.

The questions likely to test your writing skills and aptitude.

[lostleo]

My frend studied accountancy in NP, GPA 3.9 and she was being attach to EY & PwC during her attachment yet cant even get into NTU accountancy and was assigned to some building course. In the end she dropped out aft 1st sem and head to ACCA.

i am puzzle w the govt, they fully subsidized SIM degree yet they are nt recognised as well in public sector... *shrug*

[lostleo]

However on lighter side. Another of my frend took up the bond offered by airforce and bonded by 10yrs. So during his poly life, he studied n get paid and the "allowance" is even better than a dip grad.

So i guess is up to each individual luck in getting a gd pay job....