Polytechnic graduate unable to find full time employment, ends up working as part-time cashier

[A Singaporean]

Uptron is the gold standard.Forget NUS,NTU SUSS,SMU or SUDT.

Absolutely correct.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Poly grad becomes cashier? You think that’s shit?

How about uni grads who sell insurance/credit cards and say they work in banks? Lol

 

[k1976]

Ah Boy go work part time better than stay home feed on parents mah .... he actually no need to go out work since he can take over parents house and continue spend pocket money enjoy life until parents return IC ... by then he can inherit all the parents' bank accounts and CPF to live happily ever after .....

I did part time jobs in my University days to fund my studies and some extra. It is a good exposure

 

[bigozt]

Poly loser. Never think out of Sinkie box.

 

[face the facts]

blame the PAP TRAITORS

 

[eatshitndie]

i know of many poly grads who worked for apple in sg, got transferred to sillycon valley on l1 visas, jumped ship from apple to nvidia, and now earning over usd200k plus stock options. in another 6.9 years if nvda stock is to split again they’ll be multi-millionaires.

 

[birdie69]

Poly grad becomes cashier? You think that’s shit?

How about uni grads who sell insurance/credit cards and say they work in banks? Lol

I thought these are the better and high pay jobs created by CECA Indians, otherwise, no Jobs at all for sinkies if no CECA

 

[True Believer]

I did part time jobs in my University days to fund my studies and some extra. It is a good exposure

I worked in part-time at McDonalds as a crew and at Metro dept store as a sales assistant during my secondary school and JC school vacation.

 

[k1976]

I thought these are the better and high pay jobs created by CECA Indians, otherwise, no Jobs at all for sinkies if no CECA

That is how good ATAs foreign talents create good jobs for Sinki mah

 

[k1976]

Good Sinki Malay Cik did not waste time like Syed - dun in play football or gurita or pray 5x a day…​

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Convert From engineering sector to traditional baker: How a Singaporean built a life in a French village​

Vihanya Rakshika
Updated Sat, 6 September 2025 at 3:54 PM SGT4-min read

Mr Ewan Irwan, 51, is a beloved baker in the French village of Saint-Robert.
“Stunning, traditional, authentic” – that is how some visitors describe the bread at Le Fournil de Saint-Robert, a small bakery in a south-western French village.

Local residents and travellers alike are reportedly drawn to the bakery, whose aroma of wood-fired sourdough wafts into the cobbled streets and whose products and services have garnered it an average of 4.7 stars over 67 reviews on Google. The man behind it all is 51-year-old Singaporean Ewan Irwan.

Originally from Tampines, he worked in the engineering sector before meeting his then wife, Sophie, a Frenchwoman, in Singapore. In 2003, they moved to France, hoping to build a life together. Engineering jobs proved elusive, but a new calling soon emerged: bread-making. “Baking here is on another level. Most bakers are so dedicated to their craft,” he told The Straits Times on Sept 5.

Determined to master the art, Mr Ewan enrolled in a one-year diploma course in Lyon and spent two years in professional bakeries, learning the traditions and techniques of French baking. Yet the hustle and bustle of city life never suited him.

 

[k1976]

Yet, he said, he was surprised when several news outlets reached out, intrigued by the story on social news platform Says about a Singaporean mastering French tradition in a tiny village.

Patrons of Le Fournil de Saint-Robert enjoy freshly baked bread each day.

Eighteen years on, Mr Ewan continues to wake before dawn, tend the wood-fired oven and bake sourdough. He told ST that he treasures the lifestyle, the “calm and quiet, with a balanced work-life”.

His patrons certainly hope so, with a review from a grateful customer from eight months ago urging him to “keep it up for a long time”.

Mr Ewan says he has no plans to expand his business for now, telling ST: “For the moment I am happy to have what I have.” Although he did leave a delicious hint, adding: “Maybe in future I would consider going back to Singapore to set up a shop.”

 

[Sinkiesuk]

Sinkie hard to find jobs but easy to sign on

 

[k1976]

Sinkie hard to find jobs but easy to sign on

Sign on Airforce and work as techie is a good way to enter aerospace industries

 

[Sinkiesuk]

Sign on Airforce and work as techie is a good way to enter aerospace industries

Oh ya. Hear many of those case not only aerospace can also got other engineering sector. Police lepak but hard to find jobs other than security guard. Scdf still can find fire alarm protection industry. Army is the worse but only maybe some can find like do those armour repair and medic.