Comments on: High earners have engineering degrees http://www.salary.sg/2007/high-earners-have-engineering-degrees/ All about Income, Jobs, Career, and Investment in Singapore Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:59:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: chem. eng. undergrad http://www.salary.sg/2007/high-earners-have-engineering-degrees/#comment-758 chem. eng. undergrad Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:11:12 +0000 http://www.salary.sg/2007/high-earners-have-engineering-degrees/#comment-758 well said. normal engineers career path is limited to principal engineer with the very good ones rising to department managers. take note most company only got 1 or 2 engineering department managers. of course if your performance is not that good you might see yourself stuck at senior engineer(approx $5000-$8000 for MNCs) another way is go to technical consulting field.set up own firm be engineering consultant. This is more for chemical/civil engineering.Such consultants require immense experience = u should be having some white hair already? =) conclusion being engineers (in MNCs) can provide a reasonable comfortable lifestyle, however do not expect salary of more than $10000/mth.(u want go investment banking.) if u aim to be ceo then its a different story. well said. normal engineers career path is limited to principal engineer with the very good ones rising to department managers.
take note most company only got 1 or 2 engineering department managers.

of course if your performance is not that good you might see yourself stuck at senior engineer(approx $5000-$8000 for MNCs)

another way is go to technical consulting field.set up own firm be engineering consultant. This is more for chemical/civil engineering.Such consultants require immense experience = u should be having some white hair already? =)

conclusion being engineers (in MNCs) can provide a reasonable comfortable lifestyle, however do not expect salary of more than $10000/mth.(u want go investment banking.)
if u aim to be ceo then its a different story.

]]>