Summary:sl.jovanovski wrote:Hi,
I'm kinda new at this forum, I'm from Macedonia, Europe and I'm planning to come and visit Singapore next summer and also I was looking for a job there and maybe move there if there's a possibility of that.
I'm 25 years old and I'm working as a Web Developer (C#, MVC, etc..), I have 3+ years of experience so I'm trying to find a job there and I was wondering if anyone can help me and tell me more about job opportunities there and life in Singapore.
Thank you
Thank you for your reply.the lynx wrote:Summary:sl.jovanovski wrote:Hi,
I'm kinda new at this forum, I'm from Macedonia, Europe and I'm planning to come and visit Singapore next summer and also I was looking for a job there and maybe move there if there's a possibility of that.
I'm 25 years old and I'm working as a Web Developer (C#, MVC, etc..), I have 3+ years of experience so I'm trying to find a job there and I was wondering if anyone can help me and tell me more about job opportunities there and life in Singapore.
Thank you
Life in Singapore can be very expensive and very cheap. It can be cheap if you live/eat like a local (share a HDB flat, eat noodles, walk/take public transportation). It can be very expensive if you live/eat like a Westerner (rent an entire condo for yourself, eat steak, own car/motorcycle).
Things are expensive in Singapore for those who are here as tourists. Hotels especially.
Job opportunities in Singapore is biased against foreigners. Hiring is based on locals-first policy. Web development is an industry with cheaper local/regional labour that is dime a dozen. You will face fierce competition that will force you to lower your salary negotiation just to clinch that job. Even if you do get, the ministry will very likely reject your employer's visa application for you due to the above reasons. Perhaps connections to reputable MNCs will help, I don't know.
My advice, come to visit and network. But don't put too much hope. Have Plan B if you insist to stay to look for job.
And Wd40, I know that in Europe I can also try to find something, as you're saying London or I don't know maybe Germany, Norway...etc.. But for now, I'm only interested in Singapore and beside that I see Singapore as an ideal place for my professional growth I also have some personal reasons for coming there .Wd40 wrote:
I think you will find better opportunities in other developed parts of Europe. like London, than in Singapore.
In Singapore, you will have to compete against Indians and Filipinos, will be ready to work for peanuts.
This is Asia, where people try to go as cheap as possible. Just because you have Asians doing web dev for cheaper cost in comparison to say, Westerners, it doesn't mean the quality is bad. I have seen really remarkable work done by them, even though their salary is cheap. It only means that their cheapskate employers take advantage of them and wring them as dry as possible.sl.jovanovski wrote:You're also right about the Indians and Filipinos but sometimes I guess it's not only about how much money you'll pay for some product it's about the quaility too, right?
Wrong. Also a wrong approach. You can jeopardize you career this way. It would be much, much better if you follow the advices of finding some better job first in Europe (yes, MNC preferred), gain some broader skills, more experience and only after it come over here. Frankly, I doubt you will get a work pass of any sort.sl.jovanovski wrote:But as you say I should come and visit first and of course I'm not putting that much hope but at the same time I guess if I don't try I'll never know, right?
So say this first because this is probably the only valid and making some sense reason for all you have mentioned.sl.jovanovski wrote:I also have some personal reasons for coming there .
Agreed this is the only thing that's been posted that validates all the postings.x9200 wrote:So say this first because this is probably the only valid and making some sense reason for all you have mentioned.sl.jovanovski wrote:I also have some personal reasons for coming there .
I know that's Asia an that peolpe work for a really low salary just to survive, not everyone but a lot of them but I'm from Macedonia as I said, it's not a bad country but the world is putting us in the same bucket as Indians, Chinese..etc. Sorry if someone got offended but that's the truth. So I really don't mind to start from a low salary.the lynx wrote: This is Asia, where people try to go as cheap as possible. Just because you have Asians doing web dev for cheaper cost in comparison to say, Westerners, it doesn't mean the quality is bad. I have seen really remarkable work done by them, even though their salary is cheap. It only means that their cheapskate employers take advantage of them and wring them as dry as possible.
However the adage that you pay peanuts, you get monkeys still stand in general sense.
I know, right? It's not a famous country and it's pretty far from Singapore but I don't really care about the distance.Wd40 wrote:I don't think too many people in the world even know where Macedonia is so don't worry I had to look it up, I was thinking its a former USSR territory
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