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Coming from a small town in Indonesia, went to Singapore to study. Will end up with about 30k SGD (~22k USD) in student loan. Fresh graduate pay for software en
by kucing 7y ago
Coming from a small town in Indonesia, went to Singapore to study. Will end up with about 30k SGD (~22k USD) in student loan. Fresh graduate pay for software engineering in Singapore ranges mostly from 60-100k.
I think the decision worth it* because it opens up horizon, opportunities to working overseas (not just Singapore) and much better living standard.
I didn't even know what a CS degree will do after graduation and just randomly chose it because I like Math back in HS. I guess the real benefit of a degree is the pointers and community you get. Surely this can be replaced with a good mentorship, but that requires a good network beforehand.
*the quality of education in Singapore University IMHO is far from the quality of the content I found in the publicly shared course content in US universities.