Re:Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore
by langitbiru on Saturday September 05, 2020 @02:07PM
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They managed to persuade Grab to move from Malaysia to Singapore though.
Tech salaries are not poor if you compare them to other South East Asia countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, etc). If you compare them to other professions in Singapore... then I can't say (I don't know).
Moving Grab isn't a big deal, considering Grab's founders are Malaysian Chinese, and likely face indirect discrimination thanks to Malaysia's constitution. Malaysia drove them away, Singapore didn't persuade them.
Edit:- to counter your example, devs are not as highly paid for the living costs of Singapore. And they don't even form part of the upper bracket, which is largely populated by people in finance and management.
> Despite throwing money at tech salaries are still poor. Everybody gets that money except the developers.
That's just Asia. I don't think a developer is considered "high status" anywhere in Asia.
Top devs in India and China are usually paid on par with the managerial salaries there. I have a bunch of mates who get paid on par with/more than mid-level IB bankers.
Re:Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore
by langitbiru on Sunday September 06, 2020 @08:55AM
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I wonder why this is the case. I also heard the software engineers are not considered "high status" as well in UK. Not sure in Europe (like Sweden, Germany, etc).
Despite throwing money at tech salaries are still poor. Everybody gets that money except the developers.