The best Filipino Software Developers are headed for Singapore

Doing something like software development is a worldwide industry. When you develop a piece of software you can sell it worldwide, not just in the Philippines. Because of this, there is no reason that a Philippine company cannot provide a better salary to it’s employees! For example, a Philippine company has the opportunity to earn just as much from the software as the Singaporean company does – because they can sell it to clients all over the world. If they can both ear the same amount of money, they are playing on equal ground, and the Philippine company has ever possibility to offer the same pay the the Singaporean company does.

Offer a Filipino the same salary if he works here in the Philippines as he gets in Singapore – 99 out of 100 will stay here and not go abroad! The PSIA should be able to figure that out!

Again, unethical. Sure the money’s great but there’s no bribe on earth under a million pesos that will make me forget you need to give two weeks notice.

Once I resigned and went to another company the same day but only because my ex boss invited me to leave any time I want. And I’m not even a programmer or a manager, I was highly dispensable.

But besides the two weeks notice, it’s natural for workers to go where they pay you 5 times your salary here. We’re in the kind of muck we’re in right now because the business sector does not INVEST in INNOVATIONS and INNOVATORS. Singapore expects constant innovations from their employees. and would pay a lot for your skills and talent because they know the return is exponential. Di lang talaga marurunong mga capitalist natin dito. Again it’s that haciendero mentality. Pano gaganda trabaho sa pinas kung puro outsourcing at retail trabaho? At pano tataas ang sweldo kung trabaho napakababa?

yeah. my classmate’s brother who studied in UPLB and graduated BSCS is working in Singapore. Gets paid 80k monthly.

Hooray for staying in the country! :-)

Yugatech,

The Headline should read…The Best Filipino bloggers stay in the Philippines. Yugatech do you think it is possible to be the first millionare or billionaire blogger? Do you think blogging will be that lucrative?

why do you make it seem like you can earn money blogging when you also have a web hosting company? I bet most of your mula comes from the web hosting company?

Yuga… Remember you use to have a message of blog about your passion and you can change people lives because it is voice blogging that will help get your message across… something do that effect… Why do you always talk about how much money you can earn.. i guess that is not a passion since you worship money… Do you help support your family? Do you do charity work?

im sorry for the comments. Do you also do charity work for your family?

How many kids do you have? Which one is your wife?

I was actually thinking of getting neutered. Mahal magkapamilya.

hi yuga, engineers take pride in staying in the country, ofw engineers take pride in being the modern heroes. is the place where you work really that relevant? i mean singapore, there’s also the fact of cost of living. i work in San Francisco, CA, as a software engineer. I’m a newbie in terms of experience. i get paid more than the average here, but it doesn’t mean i don’t struggle. the cost of living here is just crazy here. If my son was here with me, since I’m a single mom, it would be a bad place for him to grow up knowing that I can’t afford even just a private school for him. if i wanted to have an easy life, i would’ve stayed in the philippines, but i wanted to give my son a better future, maybe not right now, but eventually. Like BrianB said, mahal magkapamilya. That’s the reason why I’m here, for my son. Doesn’t change wherever you go. I graduated from UPLB, it’s embedded in my brain that I should serve my country. Everytime i read an article about filipino skills exported to other countries, it hurts me. I love the Philippines, it’s by choice that I left, but i’m not disrespecting my country. Unknown to most of the population, ofws do serve their country. For example, OFWs donate to charities which in the philippines they couldn’t do. So again, is where you’re working at relevant?

Issai,

Don’t feel so guilty about being abroad. On the contrary you should feel angry that you had to leave your family to give them a decent life, and you’re an engineer. Half my high school classmates (we’re only 90 in an entire batch) are now abroad. Some do feel guilty about leaving but when I ask them why, the answer pretty much boils down to higher pay abroad, lower pay here… for the same job. It’s not your fault because it’s the way it is. Think about it. Oh, somebody is to blame but not the people who choose the higher pay. Blaming yourself is like blaming your eyes for seeing or your ears from hearing.

I already thought about going there (Singapore) among other countries.

Aside from the salary issues, also consider our TAX. Grabe. Ok lang na malaki, the thing is I can’t seem to find where my taxes went.

i’m always a firm believer that staying here in the philippines is a much better choice. but lately, i have noticed a patern of working abroad among my friends and relatives. and to tell you the truth, they are already earning well here. but what made them think otherwise?

allow me to enumerate some of the reasons why

1. opportunity
2. higher pay
3. standard of living

yes, it’s “possible” to earn big moolah here in the philippines, but i couldn’t say the same for wielders, security guards, electrician, carpenter, etc. *smile*

@yuga: ako pre yugs walang free lunch?

I agree with chinesemafia, it is more safer to stay in foreign soil than to stay in the Philippines, you can feel the security and prosperity which I think we supposed to have in our own country. Thingking of the companies which earns the same millions or even more than the Singaporean IT industry is earning, I would say , I agree to what Mindanao Bob had said that if only the Companies are giving the same offer then it would really be a fair competition. Unluckily, if you have not tried to work abroad then you cannot see and feel the difference of earning it in other country than in Philippines. Especially on taxes!
ask your self ” were does it really go?”

I worked in Singapore as a manager for 2 months. I didn’t like it so I came back to Manila. Even if my salary was 3 times what I was getting in Manila (and I’m making almost P100k in Manila), the cost of living is very high.

Imagine, a bottle of beer at the 7-11 costs $7?! Besides, I hate walking and in Singapore you can’t buy a car unless you’re a permanent resident.

First thing I did when I got back was have a long drive in my car :)

I would just like to mention that Canada is wide-open for IT ( web development etc. ) professionals. Economy is booming and friendly people. Canadian immigration is quite liberal. Further information may be found at the web site http://www.CanadianCitizen.com. So there may be an alternative to Singapore plus gum chewing is allowed in Canada.

Hi,

I am Irish working in the Philippines looking to channel inward investment into the country for the ICT sector.

I agree with the majority of the comments. Governmental support plays a vital role is stopping migration of highly skilled workers.

It is however normal for 9-5 orientated people to leave and work all over the world for larger companies.

I believe where real focus is supporting small software startups. Usually the best are innovative, but here there is absolutely no financial support for starting a business, little advice, only generic do’s and dont’s of starting a business. So the best loose heart, dont see a future and look to progress in other countries.

There is huge potential here, huge skill, but know one knows about it. I am looking for a simple directory of all software companies in the Philippines.You think I can find one!

Also half of the software associations sites are dead. It all comes down to support. You don’t have it.

There is no PR mungers pro actively promoting the software industry here in other countries.

I gave a small talk recently the topic was the growth of the ICT sector. I have never seen such content free useless information in all my life being promoted as progressive growth.

Support the small man, that is the key. All top performers get tired of the shackles and the slow pace of their company at some point.

The key is have the business development support in place which nurtures top performers and encourages them to start small enterprises…

Anyway, best of luck to you all.

It shows how poor our country is… shit I’ll go abroad too to get a better salary for a good living! slaps to our government.

If you’ve come this far down in these comments, consider yourself lucky. It’s now more than two years after this article was written; but it’s not too late, specially because the 2010 election is still at hand.

Why are there more jobs in Indonesia and Thailand than in Pinas? I see several reasons, but two really stand out: (1) there’s very little foreign investment coming in; annually we only get hundreds of millions of dollars, but Indonesia and Thailand each gets billions; and (2) aside from exorbitant taxes, it is really very difficult to start any business here. The red tape and nonsense one has to go through even just to start a cafe are almost impossible to comply with, imposed from both national arms of government and local city offices. We have to get rid of these obstacles to business.

My solution? It’s very simple: vote for Manny Villar!

Does you know when the newer iphone operating system being launched?