Yes i agree with you goldfries. there are great oppurtunity in becoming a programmer, not to be mistaken with the post of programmer. You can make a lot of money by becoming a programmer but if you work as a programmer especially in a small company or in the government sector. Starting salary of a programmer will vary from rm 1600 to rm 2000 depending on your skills. If you have a lot of contacts and have a good skill in the current programming trend e.g. php, .net etc, why not try becoming a freelancer or attach yourself to a friend's company or better yet, open your own company. Does not need a sdn bhd company, an enterprise is enough. Find yourself some small project at first to familiarize yourself with the so-called "clients may not be smart but they are always right" attitude. Market yourself.

I've been doing programming since 1985 and now I own my own company and live comfortably. Update yourself as much as microsoft patches its windows When you are skilled enough, specialized yourself in one of the fields in programming e.g. application, games, security and maybe one day your name will be in one of the item in sharemarket