(AMA) I landed a SG$300k plus (cash) comp role in Singapore

Fairly hard unless you’re growing exceptionally and in firms with cash to burn- mostly the investment banks. Most expats (read white men/ women) end up taking the cream of the pay by virtue of their passport and skin color (I shit you not this is an actual thing). For locals, you’ve got to be exceptional to make it to this level in IT especially. I hope to change that by delivering capability building for locals. For people with 5-10 years of experience, your median TC (non FAANG) would be around 110-150k at best

Unfortunately the whole skin color thing is global. It’s just less pronounced in the western world

SVP, non-SW developer leadership role (combination of business & tech). Can’t get more specific as then I might as well say my name out loud.

Guess we can't *really* ask you anything then, eh?

Thank you. Ex-MS and yes, from the States. One of my former managers at MS is at the company and he referred me for the role. The entire process took around 3 months, start to finish including interviews with the SLT and Board of Directors.

Luck plays a little factor, but it’s mostly networking and skills you bring with proven results in the past to point to.

Yep, but I preferred not to opt for it. I’m sharing an apartment with a friend in the CBD and we are (grudgingly) calling the place our ‘bang bus’ 😂 My total outlay is around $2500 for a shared 3 room apartment with a hot tub in the CBD. This is pretty neat, and I really don’t need an overpriced apartment that I’d not use even 30% of the space in an area like say, Orchard or in the West like Alexandra, etc.

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