It's hands down international firms. You're looking at being involved not only on local projects but international ones as well. Some of the companies such as TY and Arup have short (STA) and long term transfer (LTA) assignments (about 5-10% of the entire company's workforce are either on STA or LTA)... so the chances are pretty good.

Other than that, I would say the amount of internal training and upskill programs that the international firms have are unparalleled compared to local firms. You'll be exposed to the latest work methods and also access to a wide network of individuals who can assist you in all things related to engineer through their internal forums.

And I think one of the best thing in terms of portfolio would be that the projects you undertake. They are usually unique, complex and challenging... and in most cases that's why clients engage them so often compared to local ones cause of the resources and knowledge international firms have to design a cost efficient, aesthetically pleasing and optimal performance building.

Check the list here for consultants that are currently involved in major super tall buildings in Malaysia.
http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/country/malaysia

At your age, this pay is super high. How did you manage to get to 12k with 4 increment cycles (assuming one increment cycle per year)? do you mind sharing?

Job Title : Systems Analyst Team Lead
Job Description : Lead, manage, deploy and support systems in order  to support business stakeholders
Age : 26
Years spent in company : 4
Company : MNC
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Senior Executive
Experience before joining (years) : Fresh Graduate
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): peak 75++ / non peak 45++

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary : RM12k monthly
Bonus: 20k+

yes i totally agree especially on the internal training and benefits. but consider this, the worst thing about working at international firm is that you aren't sure of when will you be able to be acknowledged and chosen to enjoy such benefits ? There are too many levels of hierarchy, unless you're performing extremely well and lucky enough to have a good senior that doesn't steal your credit, or else it's going to take some time.

As for local firms, its not that competitive, and if you have a good boss that acknowledge your worth in the company, given that the scale of the projects are not that small, it is still acceptable isn't it ?

Dilemmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

no if one day there's no new projects coming in, then you might be the first to let go?

hard to justify still, 4 years experience with 12k. nonetheless, very good for you   

Do you mind sharing your company's info?
I have complete my diploma,degree and recently ACCA. Would like to know best way to kick start my career

Wow this is nearly unheard of, 4 years in the same company you can get 12k basic salary, even people joining a new company will not get that much. How many promotion did you received? And what was your first salary drawn when you join the company? Just curious

Worrying but could be kinda real too. Of course hopefully that won't be the case..
I'm IT graduate so might be very different path with yours. Not very familiar with financial career path.
My first drawn salary was around 4k. About 4 promotions but MNC does it differently I guess. Promotion Vs merit goes separately and sometimes can come together.

I look at QS salary and I seriously regret going IT sia 

But working in Africa ok?

Almost 7 years passed just like this...since my last update:-

Age: 35
Job Title : Network Solutions Architect
Job Desciption : To provide network solutions, response to RFP/RFQ/RFI, to do POC.
Years spent in company :4 year
Company : MNC
Industry : IT
Tenure : permanent
Employment Level : Senior Exe
Experience before joining : 8 years
salary : Basic Salary RM 14280, Fixed allowance 1.5k, Commission about 2.5k a month.
qualification: degree
benefits: standard medical coverage, with phone allowance, and parking subsidy.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask.

Do recruitment agency or headhunter try to lowball your salary? I put my expected salary as `X` on jobstreet. Then this recruitment agency called and offered me a job which pays X amount. I then Google and use jobstreet to search for that post and it pays `above my expected salary`

if you put X and they give you X, they are giving you what you want. that's a good sign. If you put X and they give you X-Y only then it can be called as a lowball.

Yes...mostly Cisco

Lets just say that my expected salary on Jobstreet is RM6k, and then this company is offering RM8k, since the recruitment agency says that the company only offers Rm6k to me, does that mean this recruitment agency gets to pocket RM2k per month from this company? Is that how it works?

Lets just say that my expected salary on Jobstreet is RM6k, and then this company is offering RM8k, since the recruitment agency says that the company only offers Rm6k to me, does that mean this recruitment agency gets to pocket RM2k per month from this company? Is that how it works?

Almost 7 years passed just like this...since my last update:-

Age: 35
Job Title : Network Solutions Architect
Job Desciption : To provide network solutions, response to RFP/RFQ/RFI, to do POC.
Years spent in company :4 year
Company : MNC
Industry : IT
Tenure : permanent
Employment Level : Senior Exe
Experience before joining : 8 years
salary : Basic Salary RM 14280, Fixed allowance 1.5k, Commission about 2.5k a month.
qualification: degree
benefits: standard medical coverage, with phone allowance, and parking subsidy.