Since I accidentally bump into this thread again, might as well post it again ... No idea where was my last post but it's few years back

Job Title : Mobile Developer (iOS)
Job Desciption : Develop iOS apps and whatever related
Age : 28
Years spent in company : 2 months plus
Company : Best to not disclose
Industry : IT
Employment Level : Potato since tak ada senior title in contract
Experience before joining (years) : Total in IT 5 years+, Mobile development 2 years+
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Bachelor in Computer Science
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): Standard weekday 9-5

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : 7700 + 300

Benefits
Health Benefits : Standard big corp coverage which I can't remember
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : NOPE
Flexi Working Hours : Not really but the old bird tend to come late if you know what I mean
Other Benefits : AL 20 days which I think it's worth mention

This post has been edited by gn9746203: Jan 10 2019, 07:33 PM

Let me recap a little bit with you, I was a lucky guy, I got the opportunity to travel overseas in my first job and I make roughly around my current pay during that time with allowance. So when I first decided to switch field, I took a pay cut and start fresh again. The company in Malaysia won’t really appreciate your overall experience, they just look at what they want so it’s highly possible they will want to pay you less but trust me, they definitely want a cheap laoubor who know a lot.

Put that aside, I still encounter company that have trust on me so they offer what I want despite I don’t have the relevant experience in the field but yea, show them you actually can do. I have good technical skill so yea, language isn’t an issue for me and I worked in a big team before so I can handle a lot of thing. By the way I was a back end developer too.

So try to ask you the same question, can you do the same ?

My pay is roughly like that throughout my career
2400
2600
3200
4000
Restart
3700
5000
6500
7700

You could see that I get atleast 20% every time I make a move. Every time the new company will ask me why you demand so much? I convince them during the interview and I prove to them during the employment ... that’s it. If I never make a switch my pay is easily over 5 figure now but I am happy with it now.

This post has been edited by gn9746203: Jan 11 2019, 12:30 AM

Backend dev definitely is a more important role but the problem with it is, backend dev has very good hardware and by that, I mean the server. No offence but that means most of the mediocre back end dev did not care the quality of the code and it really create a lot of problem for us the, mobile front end dev. I have worked with a lot of experienced back end dev and they don't bother improving the backend performance and gave me an answer of "well, the web front end works pretty well" ...

Mobile front end dev is quite challenging since we have limited resources, it's yet to take all the various devices into account so you really need to know what you are doing.

Anyway, I always tell myself this "you know what you could do, please don't let the employer bully you"

Well, most of the time you have to make a jump to get good increment unless your company is generous