The Financial Coconut Podcast Working Overseas vs in Singapore: Salary, Costs & Career Growth [W&S 141]
Ever wondered if building your career overseas is really worth it—or if staying closer to home could actually give you more?
Join us with two remarkable guests who’ve lived the global career life, then made the bold decision to return home.
Here’s what you’ll hear:
- The real trade-offs between global roles abroad and regional success at home
- How family, identity, and balance shape major career decisions
- Surprising lessons about growth, discomfort, and redefining success
- What many professionals overlook when considering an overseas posting
Meet our guests:
- Chris Ngoi – Chief Strategy and Business Officer at Libeara (a Standard Chartered subsidiary); SMU Lecturer, with years of experience across Hong Kong, London, and Singapore.
- Hon Mun Yip – A veteran of both multinational corporations and Asian family businesses, with a career spanning five cities and industries from tech to farming, now a Coach, and NUS Adjunct Professor; Global Business Consultant
This isn’t just about careers—it’s about choices, trade-offs, and what really matters when life and work collide.
Tune in to hear their stories and insights that might just change the way you think about your own path.
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