A lot of people seem to earn more than 10k. I’m curious what these high-earners do and how long it took for them to get there. Would love to hear from those of you that earn 5 digits!
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Fyi median personal income in Singapore is about $5877.
Even then, there is much more to life than financial success. Your physical and mental health, relationships etc. are all equally big wins that I argue are worth significantly more than 10k/mth.
Netizens’ comments
- Took me 12 years to reach 10k
I’m a PMET working in MNCs. I worked across manufacturing, automotive, logistics, medical cos my skillset is very versatile
I really think 10k is not difficult to hit these days. As long as you are working in MNCs and you are making regular job hops with like 20-30% every 2-3 years, you will reach 10k in 10 years time. If you are in industries that are very profitable or exceptionally hot skillsets, I’m very sure u will reach there faster - I reached 10k at 31. In the finance industry working in an IT role. Currently 33 making about 13k.
So that’s about 7-8 years since graduation to reach 5digit.
Honestly my lifestyle hasn’t change since the days I started at 3k salary. Just got my bto after waiting 5 years so a household income of about 20k is really quite comfortable when both our lifestyles are unchanged and living hdb. The only difference is, buy things don’t need think so much lor.. Parents get a few k each month.. Renovation just buy what I like. Nothing much is different. I still like to wear my army tee, shorts and slippers out. Hawker centre and cook at home mostly. And spare time is spent on ps5 and jogs at night - started as IT support in an investment bank for 5.5k. got retrenched after 2 years and moved to an investment firm as a junior research analyst – 7k. took another 2 years to get to 10k. in my 11th year as a senior research analyst. makes about 500k a year now. have a degree in comp sci.