Why am I what today ? Engineer is what i am today.
Was it my ambition since young to be an engineer. Engineer, Computer Engineers, Electrical Engineer and all sort of engineering were considered a professional and glamourous career when I was a much younger age. Those days, engineers takes 6-7 years to earn their degree.
Intrigued by Macgyver and all things sci-fi, when the teacher ask what is your ambition, "Cita-cita saya adalah menjadi jurutera" which means I want to be an engineer. The rest is history, you have to do well to be stream into science stream, and then pursue a engineering degree thereafter.
Then you realised, the perils of life hits you. Bills, insurances, bills, loan repayments, healthcare, food, a roof, etc. It seems, the engineering degree will land you a reasonable starting salary and then thats it. It tortoise from there. As cost of living increases, your salary crawls.
What's wrong with engineering ? What happens to the prestige and the glamour held by it ? In the government effort to churn out more engineers, the degree course now takes only 4 -5 years. And furthermore, its very exam oriented, means who cares about whether you know how to use the Ohms law, all you need is to know how to answer the question.
I am rethinking whether to pursue ahead on the technical path, it seems vague and bleak to me. Not many companies in Singapore/ Malaysia really encourage innovation and invention because of the cost factor. We are still trying to keep cost low in competition with the much more developed countries, thats why our engineers are still relatively cheap.
I would certainly advise my future generation to re-consider properly if he/she wishes to pursue a career in engineering.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
mind a new Quantiy Surveyor as lunch kaki, Engineer?
well said.. very well said.
the same goes for IT.
i mean.. i wonder who in their right mind will choose a job where
1. you get worked more than most other profession most of the time, and you get paid around the same if not less.
2. you ARE expected to work overtime, and your overtime only starts at 9-10pm. not to mention the most you can hope for is a measly 10 dollars meal allowance, which you are not allowed to claim without a receipt ( who is the idiot who decided executives should not be paid OT, who is the idiot who decided IT ppl are executives in the first place?) and maybe a sponsored cab fare home (again with receipt) and that is only if you leave after 12 midnite.
3. you see a dozen other guys who are from other industries come join the already saturated IT industry. so far I have witnessed, Computer Engineers ( understandable), Electrical Engineers ( why the hell are they in IT, don't they get better paid in the semicon industry? ), Mechanical Engineer ( er... is it even related?), Chemical Engineer ( double er...), Architects, and most recently, an Agricultural Engineer ( :| ) I rest my case. Seriously, you don't need a Degree in IT, you just need one book. "C++: How to Program" and you da man!!!!
4. you are ALWAYS replaceable. you want a 5k salary? I can hire 2 guys, for the same price and do the same job and maybe more.
5. Bonus?? what bonus?
sigh... enough ranting... to make it simple, IT guy = the modern day slaves.
Carcar - ya, we can survey for food.
mun jai - we're duped. yes we are. time to do sumthin about it. but what !!!
Post a Comment