In previous Money Journals, we got a glimpse into the financial lives of Kang and Ming, two primarily self-employed Malaysians.
This time round, we get up close and personal with the founder of Singaporean personal finance blogger thefrugalstudent as he shares with us his journey from engineering to personal finance to IT.
IT business analyst by day, personal finance blogger by night
Thefrugalstudent started his personal finance blog at 24, while still a student at the National University of Singapore (NUS). As a chemical engineering major, his days were filled with chemical process designs and mathematics. In between all the labs and lectures, he would be busy comparing interest rates and analysing portfolios.
Fresh out of university at 25 years old, thefrugalstudent has dived deeper into his passion for finance, stepping into a full-time role as an IT business analyst in the finance industry....