Engineering has been the hot topic plastered across the sunny island of Singapore most recently. With major companies like Google starting its next billion users initiative, and buying some Pie to kick things off. And not forgetting to mention Linkedin setting up a data center here in Singapore too.
The local government has given their fair share of support, however there’s the issue of retaining engineering talent, or could it be a case of the education system in the island nation not playing a proper enough part?
Today’s online panel lineup features:
Christopher Quek – Managing Partner of Tri5 Ventures. Singapore tech ecosystem evangelist. Community writer on Tech in Asia and author of the “Engineering in Singapore” series. Director of Make School Singapore, the local subsidiary of a developer coding bootcamp school from SF that specialises in iOS Programming.
Jaryl Sim – Founder of Tinkerbox Studios. and where he has been building software for startups and SMEs for 8 years. He grew Tinkerbox from a small team of freelancers, to the boutique agency it is today. His background is in software engineering, where he started programming since he was 15, starting off with gamedev in C/C++, and even Palm programming. He later went build product-focused tech, working with startups with innovative ideas primarily in Ruby and JavaScript.
- What is the current state of engineering, in particular programming, in Singapore? How do we compare against other ecosystems like the US?
- Is programming for everyone? I am a noob, What should I do if I want to take up programming?
- What has the government done so far in addressing the current dearth of engineering? Have they done enough?
- What are the subsidies one can expect to upgrade our programming skills?
- What career paths can engineers expect with the new implementation of the government’s initiatives?
- Who are the coolest employers in tech programming?
- What are the latest coding languages that one should know?
- What are the latest frameworks that is currently being implemented?
- Other than formal training, is there any other way to learn programming?
Note from Daniel, TIA’s community manager:
The host(s) may choose at their preference to not answer particular questions. The AMA is moderated by the community managers, so let’s keep the questions friendly. 🙂
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