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I felt exactly the same way about Singapore. Penny pinching, MBA-ish types who don't get tech running everything, a confucianist predilection towards authoritar
by crdoconnor 9y ago
I felt exactly the same way about Singapore. Penny pinching, MBA-ish types who don't get tech running everything, a confucianist predilection towards authoritarian managerial styles and nobody rocking the boat makes it something of a tech wasteland.
Ironic cos the government has Silicon Valley envy and they've got it real bad - spraying cash liberally at everyone except actual developers in an attempt to clone the magic.
- mailshanx 9y agoInteresting perspective! As an engineer contemplating SG, I would love to hear your Singapore story - what did you find there, and what did you eventually do?
- crdoconnor 9y agoI found it was 98% companies like ^^ that. The companies I actually worked in were bad. I found two companies that seemed more or less sane (ok, but neither blew me away). One of them was receptive to hiring me but I got a different offer before we worked things out which I took and regretted. The other deliberated for, I think, two months before giving me an offer. That was more or less the last straw. I turned them down, returned to London after that and doubled my take home pay. Not long after I returned I discovered that not one but both of these companies were acquihired by Google when they opened an office in SG. I had a good chuckle at that. Yeah, I'd avoid it. There are pockets of good stuff as there are anywhere, but I think they're fewer and further between.
- lzy 9y ago> Not long after I returned I discovered that not one but both of these companies were acquihired by Google when they opened an office in SG. Do you mean the 2 companies were both acquihired by Google when Google opened the Singapore office? Since that's many years ago, out of curiosity, do you mind sharing the 2 companies' names? Thank you.