#2538: SG tech startup culture still has a long way to go?

#2538full-timerantweb-dev· 1290d ago

From what I know, sg startups really pale in comparison to US SV startups. In the same series (e.g. Series A), the kind of money SG startups raise seem minuscule compared to US startups, and it just seems like sg startups are growing at a much slower pace. I think there is also really a stark contrast in terms of engineering talent. US startups are willing to pay big money for good engineers coming from the top schools (maybe because they raise more money?), and it seems like SG startups are just looking for cheap labour and they hire pretty unimpressive people. not many people in NUS CS would voluntarily give up big tech for a sg startup, but might do so to work at a US startup

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Yangshun· NUSWhispers lurker
What are the top SG startups these days? Asking for a friend
1290d ago · ·
- ten-ten·
  Meta
  1290d ago ·
- jishnu· CS1101S Alumni
  Biased since I work there - but Arbo Works (https://arbo.works) has amazing people, is very ambitious, and well funded. Arguable if its a 'SG startup' and not a 'US startup' since it's had both Bay Area and Singapore locations since Day 1.
  1290d ago ·
- X·
  @erect-respect meta isn't a goddamn startup
  1289d ago ·
- difficult-brake·
  @jishnu if youre ok with sharing, what’s arbo compensation like? Curious to see what a startup that is backed with such accolades would pay singaporean engineers
  1278d ago ·
difficult-brake·
@jishnu if youre ok with sharing, what’s arbo compensation like? Curious to see what a startup that is backed with such accolades would pay singaporean engineers
1278d ago · ·

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