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Sorry to hear that. I guess that company thought it could get a local developer of sufficient calibre. It's more administratively troublesome to hire a foreigne

Sorry to hear that. I guess that company thought it could get a local developer of sufficient calibre. It's more administratively troublesome to hire a foreigner, so some companies ask for citizens/permanent residents only. Did the job ad specify that? You'll probably have better luck applying to larger, foreign tech firms based here, if you still want to come. They'll have a process in place for hiring foreigners.

toni 11y ago
There really wasn't an ad for the job. They mentioned on their website that they always welcome applications from motivated programmers. But as I said the subsequent email exchange with them went nowhere. In the end I went to work for a startup in a somewhat less glittery Southeast Asian city (KL). This all happened a couple of years ago. In the meantime I'm back in Europe. These days I see a lot of job ads originated from SG so maybe I will try again, and this time with more luck :) I didn't want to apply to a large multinational because I was looking for a vibrant and small startup environment.