Career Review - My Salary over the years

I was looking at my salary over the years since graduation and comparing them with the median salary of Singapore residents from MOM (Ministry of Manpower)'s statistics. You can take a look at the chart below for a graphic representation.

The first three years of the working career was spent at a place that gave just 3% increment per year. I'm glad I left after 3 years. While there, I was slightly above median salary initially, soon the median salary caught up with me. I was also feeling that my current pay was insufficient, and did a job hop in 2012 in hope for better prospect, gaining more skills and better pay.

I then left for my consultant job which I talked about in the previous post. The first few years of my consultant job was great. I had 2 promotions in the first 3 years. After which, I never got promoted. It could be I've plateaued, my new manager doesn't like me, or I went for 3 maternity leaves for the next 5 years. Anyway, it's what it is.

So, in 2020, I left this consultant job. I was then lucky to get a new job with in a new company amidst the pandemic, which I'm grateful for. That's also the reason for the jump in salary in 2020 (it's actually just for the last few months of 2020). This time, my only aim was to get more pay and travel less. Better prospect or skills, honestly, I don't really care anymore. Not that I'm lazy, but I have come to realize that if you want better skills or prospect, it's not only your job that can give you, and what skills you gain, actually come from how you approach your job too. Anyway, if you want to learn new skills --- you can get them by learning yourself, or volunteering within your job or even outside. Better prospect? Well, it all depends on your company's performance, and managers right? Anyway, if you can't get better prospect within your company, get a new one. After all, with the higher pay you have now, you can command more in the next jump. I don't fall for better prospect for a lower paying job anymore.

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