wow thats a very good offer leh... I once used to work as a Assistant Manager (IT), in a local branch of a big singaporean bank, back then I had around 2-3 years experience before joining, my position requires me to do mostly sys admin stuff plus system programming (c/c++, shell scripts, java) and they only pay like RM3000, gotta work late nites (2am+) and weekends. Damn cheapskate, after 6 months of probation which also happens to be at the end of the year where increments are given, they gave me zero increment even though my appraisal was good. Guess what, I rejected the confirmation letter and immediately resign and left.

Yes and sometimes, even if you have masters it wont count. I have specifically experienced this twice once from a manager doing an interview from a bank and once from a HR manager in a local company. They said the salary that they offer is based solely on the candidate's experience and if he/she has a degree, regardless if it is a bachelors or masters degree or if their degree is from a local U or foreign U...

Hey hey thats a very common situation, I've personally worked in 3 different chinamen companies, they are the same, one of them is also listed. Work work work, 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, overtime pay if any is like crap, most i got was RM10 for dinner if worked beyond 8pm, weekend is only like RM50 if you prove you worked more than 8 hours. Always more work than can be done, the big bosses keeps promising and making insane deals with insane timelines. Come delivery date, when fire starts its finger pointing and blaming, in the end it is ALWAYS ALWAYS the people at the bottom end of the food chain that gets the most heat, guess what, those are the developers. Right now I'm working for a MNC company with developers in north america, my boss is also from North America. Sure I probably wont be treated as equals to the developers in north america (they'll always have final say in technical matters) but at least I'm treated as a human with decent work hours, load and expectations and not exploited to death.

I'd reckon USD250 per day buys you crap loads of financial security... job security? There's no such thing even if you're a permanent employee in a big MNC company.

Yup, a lot of memorizing for certifications, thanks to our education system. Its almost pointless to look at certification because most of the time a lot of people cant even answer simple basic questions even though they have a bunch of certs.