The Life I Wanted It To Be

I was still at my lappie while I have these thoughts…

I always wonder why do so many local students nowadays do not wish to go into engineering courses?

Singapore always boasts that our maths and science education system is the best in the world and had produced the “smartest” pri-school students compare to some other western countries.

If the kids are so smart, why is the continuity not there to follow them through tertiary education to take up engineering or other science courses. Instead they opt for softer courses like arts, biz, accounting etc.

The only reason I can think of right now, is partly due to the heavy emphasis of maths and science since young. The kiasu parents and schools want them to excel in them because it’s the easiest to score well in exams.

Maybe the children are forced to do well in maths and science, not because they have an interest in it. So when they grow up, where they have much freedom to do and choose whatever they want, they will tend to stay clear of those maths and science related courses. They think they have enough of it. It’s time to do other stuffs.

Well, that’s my hypothesis. May not be the main reason, but partly.

More like a belated post.

Yeah, as the title says…

“How to Succeed At Interviews” by Dr Rob Yeung

All the credits go to this book. I guess I can get a job so fast is because of it. Period.

Prior to that, I have totally no experience at interviews. My IA “interview” is more like a tok-cock-sing-songs session. I can’t count that as one. LOL.

And I didn’t even attend the s*t+e^v$e#n c*h*o*n^g interview course though I paid money for it. Hahaha.

So again, I had to stress that the book that I bought is the only virtual guru that I had!

Yeah! Buy this book in bookstores if you are getting a job soon.

Yeah… I got a job.

Sales engineer.

I think I am damn lucky. After I came back from Taiwan, just sent 2 resume. One called me, went for interview and got the job.

And I feel honoured too. I asked the lady boss, how many resumes she had in hand and while waiting for my reply, did she consider other candidates too?

She said no… and was just waiting for my reply only.

Ok… the pay is not high. Even my mum said it’s low. Yes, I feel it’s towards the lowly side too.

But I feel I can still accept it. That’s why I take it… and of course the coy provides me with a van too, includes weekend travel too.

Maybe I am incline more towards entrepreneurship so I think towards how my employer thinks.

I am just a newbie, to some extent, like what ap said when her interviewer said that all fresh grads are useless.

The employer don’t want to pay me better because I think she can’t see my value yet. I have nothing to prove to her my worth.

I understand that, because I also hire people to work for me before. I pay my “employee” a native writer from US to write articles for me. To be frank, I paid her below market rate too.

She’s good… much better than those fucking writers from i*n*d*i*a.

So, when I approached her to again to write articles for me again, she negotiate for a higher rate, which I willingly accepted, because I feel she’s good and I can see her value that she provides.

So, I STRONGLY belive that if I can prove my worth to my boss, she will pay me better. My mentality is – prove to her that I am worth her money. If she’s not willing to pay, I can always go… with my better experience and track record. . Of course, if I can’t perform, I can’t expect much also, she may even sack me. Hahahahahahah!

There’s one friend whom I known from NS, which is from MAE. He got a bonded-job for 1 year and keeps complaining that the pay is below the market rate. By the way, he earns 2.6k. To him, 2.8k is the rate to keep his mouth shut. Always talking how bad the company is etc.

I mean. c’mon. You are just a fucking useless grad. You should be grateful that you got a job. You should blame yourself for not negotiating before you sign the bond. Thought that you will get the “market rate” ? You are being too naive. Employers want to cut costs and get the highest profits, don’t you get it?  They will likely to offer you lesser salary if possible. NAIVE thinking.

Anyway, you cant even prove your worth…. go out and prove yourself before you complain again.

Sadly, that’s what most Singaporeans want =>  good pay, easy work, short working hours, no stress.

How to find? *Shrugs*