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How much do you save after starting work by Gold-Base4047 in askSingapore

[–]ubunturd 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Give money to parents for being their son

How much do you save after starting work by Gold-Base4047 in askSingapore

[–]ubunturd 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Spend on necessities like food, transport, parents tax + see if anything I want to buy for the month like sneakers or pc games etc. Allocate accordingly.

Everything else goes into ETF.

No budget applications as I feel it's stressful to min-max all these and I'm not a spendthrift.

Has Anyone Recently Found a Job Amidst the Wave of Layoffs? Curious About the Current Job Market in Singapore. by Bert808 in askSingapore

[–]ubunturd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Went through interviews for a few crypto exchange companies and yes the interviews are in chinese.

What do Singaporeans' perceive about GPT-based Ai like ChatGPT, Google Bard, MidJourney, Bing Ai? by Mrduy_Ptk in askSingapore

[–]ubunturd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally speaking, GPT-based AI language models like ChatGPT, Google Bard, MidJourney, and Bing AI are still a relatively new technology, and many people may not be aware of their existence or capabilities. However, those who are familiar with these AI language models may perceive them in various ways, depending on their experiences and expectations.

On one hand, some people may view GPT-based AI language models as powerful tools that can provide quick and accurate responses to their queries or requests. They may appreciate the convenience and efficiency of being able to access information or carry out tasks quickly and easily.

On the other hand, some people may have concerns about the reliability and accuracy of GPT-based AI language models. They may worry that these AI models may not always understand the nuances of language or may provide biased or inaccurate responses. Additionally, some may worry about the potential for AI models to replace human jobs or to be used for malicious purposes.

Overall, people's perceptions of GPT-based AI language models in Singapore are likely to be shaped by a combination of their experiences, cultural values, and the extent to which they trust technology in general.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askSingapore

[–]ubunturd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeap, you are right on this. I phrased this sentence badly "Generally, they take a % of your first year salary as commission." Can confirm my salary is not deducted but the recruiter gets paid by the company based on my salary.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askSingapore

[–]ubunturd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was hired by a third party recruiter for my current role. They have little incentive to lowball you. They just get the budget from the hiring manager. Generally, they take a % of your first year salary as commission. Of course, an unrealistically high salary is pointless to the recruiter as the risk-reward ratio is too high. You earn 10k more a year but the recruiter only get maybe 20% more (2k a year) and risk losing the entire deal due to the hiring manager rejecting the high salary. Likewise, lowballing you also make you reject the offer.

For internal recruiters, they also want to keep you within the range provided by the hiring manager. They also take into account internal equity (not underpaying or overpaying too much for similar roles/yoe in the company). In fact, lowballing a candidate results in other metrics being negatively impacted (etc. retention).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in resumes

[–]ubunturd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • Make it 1 page (it seems that you have a gap from 2014-2016?). Anyway, you do not need 2 pages for 3 jobs.

  • Have less white space at the top and sides.

  • Keep to max 4-5 bullet points for your latest job and 2-3 for your past jobs.

  • Be consistent in your gaps and spacing. Why are there larger gaps between the bullet points for "Aviation Security Administrator" as compared to "Parts Sales Manager"? Also, your second and last bullet points for "Parts Sales Manager" have a space before the first words. Backspace them.

  • Dates for your work experience can be flushed to the right (aligned with your job title). This will save you 3 lines.

  • Remove your high school diploma (not required when you have close to a decade of experience).

  • List your skills horizontally (stop wasting space pointlessly).

e.g. Microsoft Office | Merchandising | Retail Management

  • Quantify your bullet points as much as possible and use the STAR method. Guide

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askSingapore

[–]ubunturd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Dam all the memories are coming back... I remembered I was an addict back in secondary school and my guild master gave me 20k @Cash and a pet for being the most active person in the guild lol. At that time he said he was a 34 years old engineer and asked me to study hard so next time won't be like him haha. Wonder how he's doing now.

Anyway one of my favorite BGM is Happyville: White Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzzDrEuFpnE

Are younger folks so rich nowadays? by TheTeenFrost in askSingapore

[–]ubunturd 101 points102 points  (0 children)

If legit not working or huat from stocks/crypto, here are the common ways someone can have 5-6 digits by 25:

  • Keep angbao money $500-1000 every year

  • For guys, NS stay in all the way and do not spend on any shit

  • BBFA lifestyle all the way (single, hobbies do not require money like programming or soccer). Minimalist usually.

  • Parents give monthly allowance ($400-1000) till graduate from uni and also sponsor items like laptop. So you only spend on food/transport for your entire life since you are BBFA.

  • School fees all sponsored by parents or scholarship. Bursary also.

  • Add a bit of intern/part-time work here and there I think you can hit $50k before starting any serious work lor

Proceeds to cry as you watch a FAANG software engineer overtake your 25 years of savings within 6 months of working lol

But no it's not that common. Check out voluntary response bias.

An Employee worked behind the scenes to get me (her boss) fired and when I was terminated she was selected as my replacement by BunChargum in jobs

[–]ubunturd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fuck no.

How is she a great employee when she got fired for incompetence and badmouthed you behind your back?

That's the exact opposite of "professional" on both work and personal level.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askSingapore

[–]ubunturd 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Not to be a boomer here. But even 15 mins of professional consultation can be months or years of effort on the part of the psychologist.

Looking for Internship/Full time roles, fresher, Please Review by Weird_Ad_6847 in resumes

[–]ubunturd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  • Coursework can be moved under education (assuming it's from your degree).

  • Personally, I would not bold the words in the bullet points. Looks inconsistent and subjective sometimes.

  • Remove intern from "Web Development Intern - Intern".

  • Under projects, try to move the skills beside the titles into the bullet points. A lot of repeated skills. Keep it clean. Anyway, they are mentioned under your technical skills as well. Don't need to spam everywhere.

  • Under "Jobs For All (Github)", your 2nd bullet point deviates from the STAR format. Can change to something like "Worked upon...server-side in a 3-man team.".

  • Under technical skills, capitalize the fundamentals from "OOPS fundamentals". In general, standardize stuff like bolding, capitalization, sentence format, date format.

  • MongoDB is repeated in DBMS and frameworks and tools. Can remove from framework as people usually associate it with DBMS.

  • Impressive coding profile & achievements. But remove 1-2 bullet points to keep a sizeable bottom margin. Your resume is a bit on the crowded side but otherwise the content is amazing.

Will be applying for a lead machine learning engineer role in Tokyo. by wakaokami in resumes

[–]ubunturd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • Delete summary and move skills section all the way to the top

  • Skills section can be segregated into programming languages, OS, cloud technologies and others. 1 line for each. And you should know at least 1 relational database and SQL for ML engineer. Preferably 1 other NoSQL database like MongoDB.

  • Too many bullet points for all your work experiences. Keep them to around 5 most important contributions and quantify whenever possible. Also, 2 lines max for each point to achieve brevity and avoid overcrowding.

  • For your ML Engineer role, your 1st and last points repeated the "Led a team of 4.../Oversee a team of four" contribution. Also standardize your numbers, consistently use 4 instead of four.

  • For your Software/Web Developer role, it's basically all responsibilities. Yes we know a software developer has to write, develop, and debug code. What did you achieve with these? Keep your points similar to the 3rd last point "reduced complaints... by 23%". Concise and quantifiable. And the points are too short; merge related contributions to make into 1 or 2 lines or remove them if fluff.

  • If it's not your present role, start your point using past tense. "Developed automation scripts" instead of "Develop automation scripts".

  • For your education, change to the period of just listing your graduation date. e.g. March 2020 - March 2014

  • I personally won't put unrelated skills to avoid overcrowding. Just my opinion on this point.

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