Originally posted by archon1234:
Sg gov is always changing her focus in developing high tech
industrial.
1970s - early1980: Marine industries
1980s-early 1990: Electronic Industries, HDD industries
1990s: Wafer fabs
2000s: Biotech
When the focus changes, the investment dwindles, the engineers had
to look for jobs in other placement. Skill development is not
continuous. Moreover, people tends to move to banking sectors or
other less stressful but more well paid jobs. [b]Imagine a banker /
trader, can easily earn S$1K in one day trading, very easy just
look at a few chart and do some simple maths. Engineers
had to work over night, burn the weekends. In the end, we get only
about S$3K ++ or at most around $4K. I got few younger engineers
also part time selling insurances and property outside. Everyday,
they seems very engross in their SGX trading, than doing their
R&D projects...that is life of an engineer in Sg[/b]
errr....you forgot Nick Leeson and the Barrings Bank? one wrong
move and you lose more than US$1K a day, you don't move but the
market move you also can lose money. Engineers' job belly safe,
many safety precautionS, safety features, everything follow
procedureS, like accountants, counting beans all the time.
It is always you see me easy I see you easy.
The problem is many of our young people don't study according to
their interests, they follow what the gaberment says, our citizens
buy shares also because of what the gaberment says. The gaberment
changed mind, the market changed, then all get screwed, find no
jobs and lost hard earned CPF money in shares.
We all know gaberment run by ppl in helicopter flying high looking
far, and are detached from the ground condition, they make mistakes
and they change, we on the ground kalangkabok, if we follow them.
NEVER TRUST WHAT THE GABERMENT WHEN IT COMES TO INVESTMENT, EITHER
YOUR MONEY OR YOUR FUTURE, THEY MOVE GOAL POLEs ALL THE
TIME.
