MAN WITH $2K/MONTH SALARY: “INFLATION GOING UP BUT MY SALARY STILL THE SAME”

I am in my mid 20s, drawing $2000 per month, poly grad.

As I look at the society right now, I feel lost and will not be safe for me to keep living like this.

With the inflation rates going up, and salary are not increasing in the same rate, I feel like I cannot survive 10 years down the road like this.

I have to find ways to improve myself!

I’m seeking for inspiration to how I can become better.

There are some options I have heard, but I wish to hear new ones too.

• Do grabfood, I heard of people earning $5k, but have to push, through the sun and rain, and we are under the mercy of the app. If the business is not good, I don’t know what skills I can retain from here to move to another job.

• Real estate agent, I see many of them showing off their achievements of the month, but also have heard many do not get any income for many months until they found a client. I am interested in this, but not too sure what are the risks, I cannot survive many months without income at the moment.

• Sign up for university, I’m not quite sure which course to go to, and I don’t have enough cash flow to go for local uni, maybe someone can advise if I should choose this route.

Netizen’s comments

not a career coach but ultimately in sg there are two main routes to reaching median income or above

1. get a degree, join corporate climb ladder or get enough experience to set up your own biz.
2. hustle meaning running your own biz from the start , doing some internet biz (crypto trading, affliate mkting or influencer or smth) or doing sales (for a company or RE or Insurance). higher risk , but requires more hardwork, street smartness and social skills.

1 is definitely the safer and usual route that most sgreans take if they can study. People who want to make it big and be RICH RICH takes 2) which is wayyyyy riskier. the success rate is ultimately low.

another TIP because seems like you are looking at 2) joining RE, never never never never never let other people’s success influence you. RE and FA often put on a “rich” facade to make clients and potential joiners feel they are successful.

some people do do both like work a full time job while selling insurance or real estate or running a side gig.