Nearly 200 students took part in the J.P. Morgan event, the highest turnout for a GenerationTech event since the firm started the flagship tech programme globally. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A few weeks ago, I toured Tai Keng Villas and Paya Lebar Crescent. After which, a reader expressed interest in the How Sun/Bartley enclave across Upper Paya Lebar road, so that's where we're headed today! The area we're touring during this walkabout is the triangular region bounded between How Sun Drive, Quemoy Road, Upper Paya Lebar Road, and Bartley Road..
During his years as a secondary school teacher, Mr Kenneth Chua frequently spoke to his students about the joys of learning, the importance of upskilling, and the value of resilience.
In 2019, after 10 years of teaching, he realised that he had not been walking the talk , that he was not fulfilling his potential, and that he could learn and grow further.
The 38-year-old decided to leave his job at the end of that year and pick up new skills. Last March, he enrolled for an immersive software engineering course at General Assembly, a coding school.
This was under the Tech Immersion and Placement Programme (TIPP), an Infocomm and Media Development Authority of Singapore initiative to develop tech talent.