in malaysia, is quite difficult to over 9000 for software engineer.

for every "YES I EARN OVER 9000 AS AN SE" you have 10,000 others keeping quiet earning 3K.

want to go higher, best to try oversea, esp in niche are like ERP programming, hardcore RPG.

well dreamer, Ts mentions he is late 20's and aiming 10K/month. in local market terms thats high end , and definately above average.

with less chances here, oversea is a definate consideration.

TS have u tried "solution architect"/"technical architect"?

btw a lot of company have salary scale and they tend not to hire ppl in at the very top end of their scale. cos when increment time very troublesome due to u alrd hit the limit in that scale.