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##eg@ MainSt IT salary: SGD 5k

发表于 作者 BinTAN

Multiple blogposts should refer to this blogpost

— 2020 HaiFeng
Years ago HaiFeng’s senior at NCS was around 35 (based on HF’s calculation), earning $5k. Now in 2020 this guy is around my age, earning 6k in some main street (healthcare?) sector.

Therefore, HaiFeng felt that within the broader IT job market, the specific sub-sector is crucial.

— 2020 Raymond’s job search
— 2015 my own job hunting experience: Software engineer salary doesn’t rise faster than inflation.
— hardware engineers —

  • many mid-level engineers earn up to SGD 5k in their 30’s, such as Integrated Circuit designers.
  • Canon — My 2012 OC intern from a polytechnic said his dad, engineering team lead in a Japanese electronics giant (Canon?), only earned $5k.

social chat: pantry^cubicle: appearance++

发表于 作者 BinTAN

I tend to prefer pantry chat but there are disadvantages

— risk: you can miss an urgent issue, a meeting reminder…. During office hours we are supposed to be available.

This is esp. import when you are on support rather than dev project

— disadvantage: unprofessional appearance.

We all have prejudice about “those Indians” or “Those Chinese workers”, or “Those young developers”

Don’t reinforce their impression of you !

Daily sense@goodWork: 2 factors

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As a conscientious professional, my ever-present daily sense of “good work” depends mostly on

  • AA) visible output, visible to boss and other people. AA is the dominant factor and all but determines my feeling of good work.
  • BB) personal sacrifice — sometimes invisible to others. Factors include the amount of hours I spend in office

AA without high BB? sometimes I feel a bit guilty, but usually I feel proud of myself. Remember 95G, Barcap, RTS…

Now, grandpa’s view (echoed by others) is to reduce the influence of AA, to desensitize myself. AA is an external factor, not even an objective measurement. It’s perilous to let AA control my sense of good work.

问心无愧. 尽我所能.