Every Source Of Income I’ve Ever Had (As A Fresh Grad Software Engineer)

I’m a fresh graduate (graduated April 2021) in information systems, and am currently working full-time as a software engineer in a bank in Singapore. Other than my full-time salary, I’ve had quite a bunch of other income streams (income is used loosely here and some entries are included just for laughs) and hopefully this might just provide value for some of you.

Note: currency used here is Singapore Dollar (1 SGD ~ 0.73 USD)

1) Ang Pow Money (Ages 0-Now)

In Chinese culture, every Chinese new year, married folks give unmarried folks ang pow money (money in red packets) as a symbol of good fortune. Symbolic meaning aside, it meant free money (a couple of hundred) every Chinese new year.

2) Pocket money (Ages 7–17)

My parents gave me money to buy food when I went to school.

3) Searching for coins under vending machines (Ages 7–9)

For some reason, in Singaporean primary schools, there was a 20% chance that I could find a couple of cents if I searched underneath the vending machines. On lucky days, I could find 40 cents, which was enough to buy 1 drink (at that time est. 2003)