5 Million Dollars. 10 Years. This is the story of my journey.
See the APAC Salary Survey by Morgan McKinley here.
The one for Singapore specifically, can be downloaded here.
It’s nice to see some upside potential there… although depending on how things go, everything can become moot anyway in the next 1 year or so. Sigh!
For now I’m just thankful to have my job.
Scenario A:
“They never gave me a chance to prove myself!”
- An ex-colleague, after quitting his job following the umpteenth bad performance appraisal.
“Sigh. What should I do with him? He can’t even do the small projects right. I can’t even give him bigger projects even if I want to!”
- His (now ex)-boss, in a coffee break [...]
Who are we kidding? When managers are sifting through thousands of résumés, they’re just gonna use some search terms and don’t even bother to look at anything else. It’s just a matter of sheer numbers. Which is why I strongly believe that networking is KING when it comes to finding a good job (preferably with [...]
Honestly, my alternative as a perpetual salaryman is not so bad. My job is paying me quite well. I never have any serious problem saving. Even when I just started working with a small starting salary as a fresh grad, I was able to save around 50% of my salary consistently.
Now that my salary has [...]
