| I stay in Singapore and used to work remote. I want to differentiate the tech scene and start up scene. There's a lot of noise in the start up scene just like most places. Over the years, I have definitely seen an increase of entrepreneurs. But I care only at a gossipy level. The tech scene on the other hand is closely knitted. Running the tech scene is challenging here. We haven't have much support from companies as successful local start up don't end up paying forward as much as we hope they would, but it's improving. We often depend on some government helps and a few very passionate and committed people. Over the years, the tech scene have grow slowly but surely. More people are contributing back in term of sharing knowledges through meetup or doing open source stuff. This is what truly make me hopeful of Singapore. I think if we just focus on ourselves and be open to things and grow together. We can be decent together. :) Here's some links to get a sense of how far we have come: Events: https://webuild.sg
Data: https://data.webuild.sg
Talks: http://engineers.sg |