Ooh I just noticed this thread exists! I'm recently hired in a Japanese client based company so my JLPT cert was dusted and put to use.

Haven't practiced for years so in a way my language has karat-ed plenty, but 'm self studying on the side to catch up. Business level Japanese classes in ICLS has already started so I couldn't hop in.

I actually live in Setapak, and was a student at ICLS Bukit Bintang many years ago. When I took N3 (current N4) there was only 4 levels, the next year they increased it to 5, but I skipped N3 and went for N2.

For the most part N2 is sufficient to get employed, but the hard part isn't passing JLPT. It's daily conversation in a corporate environment. I'm having plenty of trouble here.

If you're talking about career options, a very good speaker with N2 has decent job prospects here.

You know I've been looking for one but I'm thinking maybe we should have some casual group chat or something like a Discord server for locals learning/practising 日本語。I'd really love to have people to practice with too.

I'm too chicken to take JLPT N1, since I'm a banana I have trouble remembering kanji as well as the Chinese literate peers in my class, I end up reading slower than everyone else