tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post683246926273216295..comments2024-03-08T19:26:19.450+08:00Comments on Blogging for Myself: Survival: Becoming an engineering nationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-90769542857142624602016-04-15T11:00:29.927+08:002016-04-15T11:00:29.927+08:00Nope you're wrong. Govt direction is merely to...Nope you're wrong. Govt direction is merely to return to the old days of 1970s and 1980s. Govt aim is still going to be producing armies of homegrown engineering workers for MNCs & GLCs. And MNCs & GLCs are still going to be the engine for S'pore. You will vomit if you know the extent of how much govt ministries & agencies like MOM, MTI, EDB, JTC, IRAS, MND, Ascendas, Mapletree all bend backwards (or bend over) for foreigner MNCs.<br /><br />The best & brightest engineers will still gravitate to banks & the financial sector. As for those engineers going into civil service --- just like from 1970s until today, 99% of them won't do engineering, only talk cock sing song; they won't really be using what they have been trained for.<br /><br />So the high-scoring ENG graduates will go for high-paying jobs in banks and civil service. While non-engineering companies like banks will actively recruit top ENG graduates as they are proven smart, driven, and logically-trained in thinking and solving problems. This is the reason why all banks in S'pore so aggressive in hiring engineers back in the late-1980s to mid-1990s.<br /><br />Govt's aim is that there are enough mediocre engineers left (like in 70s-90s) that can fill engineering positions required for MNCs and GLCs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com