NUSWhispers – Confession #106581

Hi, OP of #106571: https://www.NUSWhispers.com/confession/106571 First of all, I have my own savings from working through sch, so no parents support other than staying at home, and I do pay my share of bills. And it is tech related job, I think the market is quite bad now, I have seen many postings, requiring 10 yrs exp for 7k and it is still hard to find truly entry level jobs, 4k salary job, req 3 years exp and proficiency in many stuff, the job req list and the exp required did scare me off. I didnt even dare to apply for most of them, esp the jobs that req knowledge on like 5 languages and frameworks I havent even heard of (under 'required' and not 'good to have'), and that was only 4k to 5k job. 1 whole page of what to do, req high proficiency in so many languages and frameworks and software, and the pay not even 4.5k, honestly demoralising. Normal peasants like me prob get a 2k to 3k job and suck it. (Ya I saw a swe job for 2k lol). The agents I spoke to also told me 3k is the normal starting salary for tech industry, is this true or lowballing me? It's fine, not in a hurry, I just rejected the 3k tech job w possible OT til midnight, cos I feel that it is really too much. I'm considering to go back to the customer service job for now (hybrid, pays the same w no OT) while I find other jobs hahaa Thanksss