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how and when did a thread about the current job market turn into a lifestyle thread? focus people, focus! :D Because... I'd like to see how possible is it to get the type of job to have the lifestyle I want. Not extravagant, but more of having the time to cook healthy meals at home, ability to gril...

Where I'm at now, especially in the last two months with the world series going on, cricket knowledge is good to get you into the big boys group. Not that I would want to do that. Some things no matter how hard you try, you're just seen as trying too hard. Why not focus on doing my work so I can go ...

It's interesting how this conversation has evolved. Not sure where the author of that quote is from but there's a chance people from different places or of Chinese or non-Chinese descendant use it in different context. I may have critiqued that particular boss' style but it was not derogatory toward...

Thanks for pointing that out, ecureilx.

I'm Chinese and we've used this word in my family/friends all along... BUT if there's anyone's offended by it, please accept my apology in advance.

.. chinaman boss.... . [emoji15] [emoji15] And I recall you are a returning SGn. [emoji87] [emoji87] I wasn't born in Singapore but was living there for some time and thus naturalized and have family members there. As much as that, truth be told I'm not "die-die must go back". As for the word "chin...

Somehow I find there's an invisible plateau in mid-level jobs. You need to get that lucky break into the next level up. I was getting 54k in a miserable local chinaman company doing senior specialist job; the juniors were getting 30+k. Then someone (through Linkedin) contacted me for a regional apac...

For reference - I had a friend who also had a US doctorate (engineering) and came to Singapore a few years ago for similar job as yours.. He was paid $5050 plus $900 for housing. He also got 2-3 months' bonuses each year. Not sure what spectrum of the scale his pay was but he sure managed to save a ...

Katong is the best! Low density, buses to the city, good food everywhere, walk to the East Coast Park.

I was just looking at this thread. Has the OP and his wife moved to Singapore? Hope all's going well! When we were living in Singapore, we always lived on one salary and saved the other. True to our prep, there were some periods of time where one of us lost the job and left the other one working. We...

Thanks all! Interesting. I'll 'express my interest' via my Linkedin profile then. I'm in a niche area so jobs are few and far in between but when there is an opening I would often be shortlisted. My ideal would be to work as a contractor and part-time everything/work from anywhere. I c̶a̶n̶n̶o̶t̶ re...

This is probably asked before but what is it like now? post CNY 2015 that is. We are Singaporeans living in overseas and every so often we ask ourselves would we like to return? We've managed to establish good (not great) jobs here and life is good but just thinking on the elements of family in Asia...