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I thought we are desperate in need of IT skills.

depending on skills and connections.
if like programming skill in outdated machine gone case. need to relearn. it industry renew every 5 years.
if you can do programming in like solidity sure there is good demand. your employer may be on the other side of the world you work from home. collect world class pay. and wonder if any tax to pay since income is from outside of singapore.