haha very hard to say la hhaha..Some people start lower than others, but in the long run become richer..

It depends whether u good or not... actually in any field..if you are good you can demand higher pay, and people willing to pay you highly..
When people say engineers pay very low..i say bullshit.. top engineering graduates easily get RM5k and above, if they know where to find and ace all interviews... Thats why they are top in the first place..

Thats why no matter what u do, be the top 10%-20%

Just software engineer. But that time fresh grad, so enter as Graduate Trainee, not permanent. I'm just wondering if there's any place pay higher for Master Degree.

Job Title : Software Engineer
Job Desciption : SDN, NFV, system optimisation
Age : 40
Years spent in company : 3.5 year
Company : US MNC
Industry : Tech
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Engineer
Experience before joining (years) : 14 years
Highest paper qualification/ education background : PhD
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 45

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : ~RM 24k
Contractual Bonus (months): none
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : up to 20% of annual salary, RSUs

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Expat package medical, dental
Transport Benefits : None
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : None
Flexi Working Hours : can WFH as long as you deliver
Other Benefits :

local

Working on both unix and windows in c + cpp, interfaced to tcl. We use boost library, and not much other stuff.

i'm pretty good, above average for my skill (I compare myself to others my age/experience). But technically I still don't know a lot of stuff, espc data structure. The software I worked on require more electronic knowledge which I possess, rather than competing with ppl from Comp Science who have way more knowledge in programming I presume (I'm from Computer Engineering).

Yeah I know. I only realize how much knowledge I'm lacking in real world data structure is when I go for TripleByte online interview, where they ask a lot of data structure stuff. Heck they don't even teach you data structure in uni for Computer Engineering (I know comp sci did).

Currently I'm moving forward as Software engineer rather than programmer precisely because of this. But I'm taking up course on data structure since that will help me with my path down Software Engineer too.

Yeah I know. I only realize how much knowledge I'm lacking in real world data structure is when I go for TripleByte online interview, where they ask a lot of data structure stuff. Heck they don't even teach you data structure in uni for Computer Engineering (I know comp sci did).

Currently I'm moving forward as Software engineer rather than programmer precisely because of this. But I'm taking up course on data structure since that will help me with my path down Software Engineer too.

Precisely. Not sure what is the difference lol

Nah, software engineer, not system engineer. I'm not sure how they really classify the difference between programmer and software engineer. But from what I can notice in jobstreet, anything programming that requires the knowledge of engineering (semicon), then they will classify the job as software engineer.

my personal opinion,

Software-Hardware ratio 90:10, programmer.
Software-Hardware ratio 50:50, software engineer.

Also,
Programmer focuses more on end user experience (optimized application, optimized logics)
Software engineer focuses more on how the codes are designed (optimized code flow, optimized architecture design, component design, system design.)

Note that I mean they are doing almost the same thing, but their focus field is different by a little.

Job Title : Software Engineer
Job Description: Full-Stack Developer(.net)
Age : 27
Years spent in company : 5 years
Company :
Industry : IT
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Senior
Experience before joining (years) : 0
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week: 40

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM4500
Contractual Bonus (months): N/A
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : mths: 0.5-2

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Medical card
Transport Benefits : -
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : -
Flexi Working Hours : No.
Other Benefits : -

Seem like can get higher

Job Title : Junior Test Engineer
Job Desciption : Technical testing of features, bug fixes for web, app and internal tools
Age : 25
Years spent in company : 11 Months
Company : The yellow one
Industry : Proptech
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Junior
Experience before joining (years) : 3 months internship in mobile game studio and 1 month stint in a VR studio
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Bachelor in Game Dev
Location : Lembah Subang
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 50 hours

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 3000
Contractual Bonus (months): None
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : None

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Insurance for hospitalization w/ medical card
Transport Benefits : -
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : -
Flexi Working Hours : Yes but vary
Other Benefits : -

I'm already being pressured by my family to get a more profitable job/career considering my parents age but I felt like my experience is not justifiable to do so in such a short term. There were a few opportunities I spotted while browsing but I don't know anymore. Should I stay for a while or prepare to advance and move on to greener pasture?

If I'm not always so uncertain of my decisions, perhaps
My father wanted to retire in another 5 years or so and move someplace else to enjoy the remainder of his life (same for my mother as well), I got 2 siblings one of which is still studying for diploma (or degree idk), the other while graduated from automotive college, currently works with my father and isn't really capable of continuing the business (he's physically weak to do so either way).

So I'm planning to progress my career and improve my finance to be able to bear the future commitments and afford my own lifestyle, or live on my own if it ever comes to that , that is.

Maybe you can try to interview and get some idea on how is the market of your position now. Most of the time, the paycheck in new job are more attractive than current company promotion and you may explore to new things and strengthen your skill sets. There's chances 'promise' turned into disappointment unless it stated in black and white.