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Hot take: Blindly following my teacher’s advice cost me years
I wish someone told me this when I was 16. I prepared for the wrong future. One of my biggest regrets? Blindly following career advice. At 16, I thought success was simple. Study hard. Get good grades. Go uni. Get a good job. Make money. That’s the Singapore formula that most of
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POV: your persuasive school friend becomes rich
“Wait… talking to people can pay THIS much?” Career schools don’t talk about: TECH SALES 📞💻 AKA: getting paid to convince companies to buy stuff. No medicine degree. No law school. No coding needed. Just: ✅ confidence ✅ resilience ✅ fast thinking ✅ persuasion If rejection r
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Careers students don’t know exist & should know about pt 1
Most of my friends only heard of "doctor, lawyer, engineer" growing up. Same 😅 But there's this role called Product Manager — you don't need to code, you don't need a specific degree, and fresh grads in SG are starting at $4.5-6K/mo 👀 You basically decide what gets built i
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The biggest lie students believe: Grades = Good Job, Career exploration can wait
Background: Local Fintech Bro, 5 figures/month in 3 years, 7 offers within 1 month Hard truth: Many top graders made wrong career moves, slowing their career by 5-10 years. What differentiates the top achievers? Early exposure & clarity to work smarter towards what will pay you. The bigge
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Part 3 - how to find career you’ll do well & PAY?
Background - local fintech bro, 29 year old, 5 figure a month, neighbourhood school & ex NUS Hello fellow locals, sharing 3 short tips on what i think made leaders impressed at various fintech/tech. # 1: Playing to your advantage (V IMPT!) 💪🏻 - I firmly believe everyone is unique. - for
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Part 2 - How to get good jobs?
Background - local fintech bro, 29 years old, neighbourhood school & ex NUS, 5 figure a month. Continuing post on some tips & reflection I used to secure 7 offers, 22 top company interviews in 1 month. Sharing 3 small realisation this time! 1. Increase exposure & self-awareness
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Part 1 - What I observed in top tier companies?
Background - 29 years old in Fintech, neighbourhood school & NUS scholar, 5 figure a month 1. Market trend: - Outsourcing of talents to cheaper countries like Malaysia, Vietnam (3-5x cheaper) - Hiring of PRs for high pay jobs - fresh grads telling me how hard it is to find a job 2. Si
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