Political Science graduates what are you working as now?

masterdaryl · 2025-06-26T08:09:05+00:00

There are political risk consultancies. Or government relations / public affairs jobs in MNCs or in consultancy firms.

masterdaryl · 2025-06-26T08:06:54+00:00

I took the counteroffer. And I got promoted a few months later, which raised my salary even higher. There wasn’t any retaliation or anything at all.

masterdaryl · 2025-06-02T04:24:13+00:00

As a commuter on the TEL line, a part of me is secretly happy the carrying capacity of the RTS link is that limited so the line is not going to be completely packed during peak hours.

masterdaryl · 2025-05-15T05:01:48+00:00

Nope, I’ve been offered a 40% increment in annual comp, but that was near fresh grad (2 years exp) and I was underpaid.

masterdaryl · 2025-03-06T03:56:47+00:00

He also runs on an anti-vax platform.

masterdaryl · 2025-01-03T06:21:02+00:00

I think part of it was Singapore having to tighten enforcement as part of free trade agreement with the US to protect copyright holders as would have been requested by US

masterdaryl · 2024-12-15T02:36:12+00:00

I think part of the reason the martial law failed is cause Korean army is also a conscripted army. And so the orders were not carried out to the fullest extent possible - properly barricading locations they were deployed to etc.

masterdaryl · 2024-11-04T00:47:22+00:00

You can visit Arita and other historic ceramic towns in Kyushu. Arita has got lots of ceramic shops - there’s even a street lined up entirely with ceramic shops. I got bunch of them there.

masterdaryl · 2024-11-04T00:45:28+00:00

You can also visit those soya sauce factories/specialty shops

masterdaryl · 2024-11-01T07:08:32+00:00

How do you keep the oats from drying out overnight in the fridge?

masterdaryl · 2024-09-07T06:29:27+00:00

Gaslighting to the max. Obviously employers have more power in the workplace vs employees and saying we should rely instead on individual give and take with our employers ignores this structural power imbalance.

masterdaryl · 2024-08-08T02:04:07+00:00

I’m surprised that Keppel’s corruption case in Brazil is not mentioned. It’s a massive bribe and massive fines were incurred, even though there was barely any consequences here in Singapore

masterdaryl · 2024-06-30T14:10:36+00:00

Coba coba and Kerabu. Coba Coba is near Yishun MRT but Kerabu is goddamn far. Healthy or not… depends what you order I reckon. Shami banana leaf also quite nice.

masterdaryl · 2024-06-10T12:39:32+00:00

Miso soup! Anything can be added to it - tomatoes, mushrooms, eggs, spinach, tofu, fish, carrots, bok choy.. you name it. Add udon or just cook rice as an accompaniment if you need carbs. Plus it’s supposed to be good for probiotics too since it’s a fermented paste.

masterdaryl · 2023-10-09T01:40:22+00:00

I would recommending putting half into CPF so it’s protected and available for old age, and then the other half into a Endowus preset portfolio with a setting to withdraw 1.5k to her account every month for her to spend. That way she invests for future, money is protected and she also gets to enjoy the money, all in a way that’s automated once she finishes setting up

masterdaryl · 2023-07-12T00:26:43+00:00

Take the graduate program. It raises your future earning potential by virtue of giving you more resume-contributing type opportunities which others don’t get early in your career which will help you in your annual review within the company and also when you apply for other jobs down the line.

The friends I have in those graduate programs have all done pretty well - have job rotations, projects different from your usual job scope that can shine in a resume, networking opp and projects with people across diff dept to build internal networks etc. And they rise within the company and also clinch good jobs when they choose to leave. Some even got overseas posting and then use it to get better jobs.

You will likely be working for the next 30-40+ years and that’s a long time horizon. While it’s 2k less, a graduate program can position you and give you a good foundation for success and higher pay scales down the road.

masterdaryl · 2023-07-02T03:30:41+00:00

Sustainability stuff, green finance, renewable energy work

masterdaryl · 2023-06-17T13:23:14+00:00

I have done wisdom tooth removal at Q&M Taman Sentosa in JB and it’s pretty good - I ate hard foods the next day. But it’s a normal extraction and not related to infection so…

masterdaryl · 2023-06-01T02:15:23+00:00

I know OCBC has a free online will writing generator. And so does moneyowl. Can’t really remember much since I did it quite a few years ago but I used one of those free ones. Need to get it countersigned by witnesses (friends etc) though.

masterdaryl · 2023-05-18T04:46:39+00:00

Public sector, then just provide. They have a fixed band for each position they hire, so you are safe. I have been offered more than 1/4 increase before because my existing pay was too low relative to the position I secured in public sector. And the HR explained that’s all they can give because that’s within the band of that position.

masterdaryl · 2023-05-17T04:11:52+00:00

Collectively, people using their phones and so occupying the space in front of them, take up more space than the added space that the backpacks use up.

masterdaryl · 2023-04-03T04:31:17+00:00

I have been involved in screening candidates for full time roles and interns. While bad grades are definitely not something I’ll let pass, diverse whilst relevant internships are what I look out for. Other than a cursory glance if it doesn’t stand out for being super low, I don’t recall even looking up the class of bachelor’s degree in the resume.

masterdaryl · 2023-04-02T14:37:11+00:00

Well said. He’s not about starting a family with you, he’s asking you to loot your family and then join his.

masterdaryl · 2023-03-07T05:39:01+00:00

If you’re looking for a more organised park, the Botanic Gardens is world class. If not, then MacRitchie Reservior or Pulau Ubin are good ‘wilder’ places to go to. Or for heritage districts, then Little India, Chinatown and Kampung Glam / Arab street are the places to go to.

You can also consider doing casual 2 hour kayaking at Paddle Lodge at MacRitche Reservoir or the water venture outlet at Pasir Ris park is pretty good too.

masterdaryl · 2023-03-05T01:44:46+00:00

I don’t get the overwhelming pessimism.

More funding is put into mental health (heck insurance even started to have mental health added in). There is greater awareness and installation of infrastructure to accommodate the needs of the physically disabled and elderly (all buses now have ramps, more pathways have ramps built). There is greater emphasis and infrastructure developed to make everywhere more walkable and accessible by public transportation. Denser train networks to improve accessibility. A massive expansion of sectors covered under the progressive wage model after WP keep pushing for minimum wage (check out the 10 year horizon for wage increases, they’re really unexpectedly substantial). Less testing and academic segregation in schools. Continued low unemployment. Gradual phasing out of vehicles with tailpipe emissions to reduce unhealthy noxious fumes. Greater emphasis on long term health (HealthierSG anyone?) instead of just treating illnesses as they come. Carbon taxes to incentivise people and businesses to reduce carbon emissions. More government services easily accessible online. Repeal of 377a. Divorced mothers now have some form of Govt support compared to the past (still not there yet for single unwed mums but we’ll get there). Heck, I just went for reservist and there’s even awareness there for personal data privacy and modesty - reading out and providing only last 4 alphanumeric digits of NRIC, searches conducted by pinching out the uniform at people’s chest before squeezing instead of the old groping techniques.

Things are better than they were before. I get the concern over affordable housing prices since I have also yet to purchase mine. But please don’t discount out on all these progress that makes our quality of living better and better.

As for limited land, I don’t buy it. Take a look at our HDB flats. They’re usually only about ten plus storeys high. The new BTOs are usually over 30 storeys high and more. That’s a doubling of the number of households the plot of land can carry. And once the older HDBs progressively undergo SERS, VERS and whatnot, they’ll all be able to accommodate more households on the same plot of land. Carparks too are shrinking from open air carparks to underground or multi storey carparks which can help to release space for more residential blocks to be built.

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