How's life as a tech guy in Singapore? I'm thinking of relocating there.
(I've lived in Hong Kong and China, so I'm not an Asia noob, but Singapore seemed better as a long-term place to settle).
(I've lived in Hong Kong and China, so I'm not an Asia noob, but Singapore seemed better as a long-term place to settle).
But, you asked, as a "Tech Guy" - and, with the exception of SimLim Towers/Squares (which are awesome electronics outlets - even better than Frys) - I feel a little out of the stream of things here, in ways I never did back in the valley. I used to go out all the time and hang out with colleagues who had worked for startups Two, Three, four generations back and were at yet a new startup, building new technology.
That sort of liquidity and networking doesn't seem to be happening here in Singapore (that I've discovered, perhaps there are niches - I know that there is an Ubisoft office here). So, that's the challenge - I know 500+ people back in Silicon Valley that I've worked with through one startup after another - and I know maybe 5 people here in Singapore 3 years later. It's not like you go to work for a company here that starts with 6 people, and grows to 600 in five years (which I've done a couple times now in the valley) - particularly if you are working for a branch of a company based out of somewhere else.
Taxes are great though.