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

But working in Africa ok?

I have done both, stayed and negotiated my increment as well as jumped to get a higher salary. When I graduated, my salary right out of university was 2,200. Year 2 was 2,900, year 3 was 3,750, year 4 was 5,400, year 5 was 7,100, year 6 was 9k. Average annual increment over the years is more than 30%

This was many years ago when 9k monthly was a huge deal but the key is to deliver, and also to know when the organization is willing to support you

Job Title : Crypto trader
Job Desciption : Selling USDT in trading platform,  trading and staking cryptocurrency
Age : 36
Years spent in company : N/A
Company : N/A
Industry : N/A
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : N/A
Experience before joining (years) : 6 years of experience in trading crypto currency
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : WFH
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): N/A

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : Varies. Typically MYR 10K - MYR 20K per month
Contractual Bonus (months): N/A
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : N/A

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : N/A
Transport Benefits : N/A
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : N/A
Flexi Working Hours : N/A
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Job Title : Project Executive
Job Desciption : Reporting
Age : 31
Years spent in company : 1
Company : MNC (China State Own)
Industry : Construction
Tenure : Contract
Employment Level : Executive
Experience before joining (years) : 3yr+
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Mech Eng Degree
Location : KL/Sel
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM4500
Contractual Bonus (months): Nil
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : Nil

Benefits (where relevant) : Nil
Health Benefits : Nil
Transport Benefits : Nil
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : RM100 on mobile fee
Flexi Working Hours : Nil
Other Benefits : Nil

After seeing posts in this topic, I believe my pay is kind of low.

I previously was a project engineer for M&E services in construction. However, being a project engineer has very long working hours with no OT pay. That's why I changed into current job, which I only follow office hours. However, I don't feel like I learning anything or improving myself throughout the year, my job are simple, collect report from the projects team then report to HQ in China. Also I don't see any better opportunity in this field (construction project engineer), most of them offer sub 5k salary and request working follow site schedule with no OT pay (construction site mostly work 7 days a week)

I recently considering transition into Data Scientist/Engineering. I have understanding in programming in statistic, I will take a bootcamp soon, and then try to apply jobs in this field. I hope I can at least get my current salary/slightly lower, not sure is it possible. Any sifu here can give me more guidance here? Thank you very much.