At 28, computer engineer manages her own team in Singapore bank

Ms Michelle Tee has been the bank's application developer tech lead since July. PHOTO: CITI SINGAPORE
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SINGAPORE - Computer engineering major Michelle Tee knew little about banking when she joined Citi Singapore fresh out of university in 2016 under a technology analyst programme.

But her leap of faith paid off as she picked up key concepts along the way and was eventually promoted several times to manage her own team at the age of 28 - after just five years of working there.

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