Actually, singapore engineers do have creativity and
innovation.
Just take a look at the projects that created by both the uni
and poly students.
But, the life of being a engineer in singapore is pretty
sad.
Unless they branch out to management after reaching a certain
stage of their career, their career peak would most probably be
stuck as a engineering dept head.
Although they have high starting salary, their salary will be
more or less stagnant after 10 years when compared to their
compatriots in other industry.
With the rising cost in sg, the salary of the engineers will not
be able to cope with the inflation.
Not forgetting that they are classified as cost centre and would
be the first one to show the exit if the company is not doing
well.
What to do? This is the reality. Singapore do have a huge supply
of cheap foreign engineers. There is nothing we can do to stop the
flow. In other word, we can either upgrade ourselves or accept
lower pay.
The world is never fair, especially for a Singaporean in
Singapore.
