Singapore is a small country with declining fertility rates. How should we keep up internationally amidst local resistance to immigration? We discuss this frankly. Our credentials:

Ruiming: Born and bred Singaporean. IC color: Pink.

Wei Choon: Born in Malaysia, studied in Singapore since he was 7 years old. Currently a permanent resident in Singapore. IC color: Blue

The first podcast we're doing in our new office.

It's a significant upgrade in terms of working conditions, accessibility, presentability, and of course, COST. So we are naturally wary.

In this podcast, we talk about these insecurities and how our perspectives have changed since we became employers of a small team.

This podcast is best experienced in video form. Watch it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/MJljGVPgbP0

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The last podcast we will do from our very first office!

*This episode is best experienced on YouTube. Check it out at: https://readtws.com/podcastep5

We talk about Netflix's hit series Squid Game. How accurate is the show as an analogy to real life? How far would we personally go to preserve our lives? Is Sang Woo evil? How can Gi-hun better manage his money better for season 2? All these and more in this week's episode of our TWS Podcast.

0:49 Pre-spoiler convo/ Similar shows

1:40 What Squid Game is about  

2:15 SPOILER MARKER 

2:26 Our reading to responses to the show  

3:34 The agency of the players 

7:21 Sang Woon vs Gi Hun disagreement  

9:58 Wei Choon’s biggest heartbreak about the show  

11:58 What makes people bad/guilt/good 

20:00 Squid game is hell on earth?  

21:39 Ruiming choosing the type of deaths 

22:43 Why people chose to join squid game 

24:48 The Concept of Hell being a state of mind   

25:27 Sad scenes in the show 

26:33 Thoughts and disappointment about Player 001  

31:57 Are the squid games and modern society fair? 

41:27 Financial Advice for Gi-Hun  

46:14 We are observers, like the V.I.Ps  

48:04 Do the ultra rich play with our lives 

49:27 How do ultra rich provide value 

50:08 Random discussion about Parasite  

52:46 What should the more privileged do for the less privileged?  

53:32 Who’s the true hero of the story?

Are young people pressured to find success in life too early? We talk about the definitions of success at different milestones, how we view our own ‘success', and the importance of walking your own path.

02:16 The average age of startup founders? A whopping 45.

07:20 How lists like 30 under 30 are designed to be newsworthy, and how that affects your view on success

09:00 The qualities that define a successful person in school is different from that in the business world

12:58 Does Ruiming think he’s successful for his age?

14:12: Our metric of success - Ikigai

17:05 When we felt like we were “too late to things”

23:40 A caveat - how “money can earn back” is a dangerous mindset

34:00 The importance of saving up so that you have the resources ready when the opportunity comes

42:00 Past performance doesn’t guarantee future results

46:40 Final thoughts

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We’re huge fans of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin). In this 2nd episode of our podcast, we talk about the life lessons we learned that relate to personal finance and leadership, the importance of trade-offs, and why we must have a WHY in life.

Watch this podcast on our Youtube channel (The Woke Salaryman) and follow us on Instagram (@thewokesalaryman) 

Hi, we’re Ruiming and Wei Choon, co-founders of a webcomic called "The Woke Salaryman". Our mission is to make personal finance easier and more entertaining for everyone. 

In this first episode, we're talking about the F.I.R.E. Movement.  F.I.R.E. stands for “Financial Independence, Retire Early.” The goal is to save and invest very aggressively—somewhere between 50–75% of your income—so you can retire sometime in your 30s or 40s.  

Follow us on Instagram (@thewokesalaryman) or check out our articles at www.thewokesalaryman.com