27-10-2013 01:14 AM | ||
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wahkao....please stop acting like a fool. U think u are smart but u are not. Quote:
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26-10-2013 04:57 PM | ||
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Singapore doesn't appreciate its engineers as much as other developed countries do. They have a very narrow mindset. Whenever they think engineer, they just think of making HDB with bangla workers. Hence they pay them quite low here. But still not bad. Fresh local grad engineer still can earn 3-3.5k. And the progressions is quite good and stable. But most engin grads I know of don't even do engineering. Lots of them go into teaching which pays more but requires more hours and commitment. Defence is also a higher paying route for engineers here. Yes. Some of them do get into banking and finance companies. Mostly for their mathematical abilities more than anything. Engineers can really do a lot of things. But sadly, they're not paid well enough for what they can be best at: engineering. |
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26-10-2013 04:53 PM | ||
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26-10-2013 11:10 AM | ||
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The new hot jobs are in Hawkering. Don't laugh. You will be amazed at what they earn. |
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26-10-2013 09:48 AM | ||
Unregistered | cos engineers in Singapore earn half of what engineers in HK or other countries earn. | |
26-10-2013 09:17 AM | ||
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millions of engineering students from china and india every year will continue to depress engineers wages. nus/ntu engineering grads compete with this pool for run of the mill jobs. mncs have factories/research labs all over the world to arbitrage so wages converge to lowest denominator. Top notch engineering grads with brains and creatively will continue to command a premium but this is very rare among nus/ntu grads who can solve laplace transform exam equations but cannot think out of box. |
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26-10-2013 06:58 AM | ||
wahkao | its the same for banking and finance sector also what? | |
26-10-2013 06:47 AM | ||
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number of jobs is one factor. there's no MA program for engineers isn't it? Only a handful. so where do these engineers go? they end up in other industries. coupled with low pay for engineers, the problem worsens. some engineering jobs have really high pay, but few available and only for experienced. what happens? low level engineers get squeezed, high level engineers getting paid better. i'm no surpised if many of these elite investment banks have engineering degrees. |
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26-10-2013 05:13 AM | ||
Unregistered | cos alot of people who study engineering are not interested in engineering at all, just that they couldnt make it to the more prestigious courses. | |
26-10-2013 12:45 AM | ||
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did u even bothered to look at the supply of fresh engineers before claiming that the supply of engineers is falling? i did a simple check from nus statistics, and the number of engine student at anyone point in time has been fluctuating btw 56xx to 58xx over the last decade. using it as a proxy, the supply of engineers are NOT falling... and with the immigration policy, it may in fact be on the rise. the number of engineering places in uni is not a free market. it is determined by the university and perhaps with heavy influence from the govt. |
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