5 Million Dollars. 10 Years. This is the story of my journey.
These days, hardly a day can go by without something about Wall Street bonuses in the news. The fact that banks like Merrill Lynch paid out $15 billion bonuses after $42 billion losses, or that Citigroup paid out $4 billion after two multibillion-dollar rescues, have been discussed and beaten to death. People were outraged, politicians were in [...]
I absolutely love salary.sg. They just launched their latest annual salary comparison tool here! Somehow, it’s like the whole Singapore is getting richer, compared to the year before. I found that I should increase my basic salary by about 4.4% if I want to keep my position in the rat race, compared to 2007. How [...]
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.
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 [...]
NetworthIQ is fantastic! It lets you keep track of your net worth, and compare it with the net worth of people from similar education background, age group, income bracket, and so many other things. I wish I had found this site before I wrote this post and this page, which, in retrospect, aren’t really accurate. After [...]
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 [...]