33 y/o this year?

Yes

Job Title : Process Engineer
Job Desciption : Remote support refineries in process side of things, troubleshooting issues, optimization projects
Age : 30
Years spent in company : 5 years
Company : MNC
Industry : O&G
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Entry Level
Experience before joining (years) : 0
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Bachelors in Chemical Engineering
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 39 Hours

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM10.5K
Contractual Bonus (months): 0
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 2 months

Work Flexibility (where relevant) : Yes
Annual Leaves: 18 days
Flexi Working Hours : Yes

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Yes, standard package
Transport Benefits : Transport Allowance
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : No
Other Benefits : Gym, dental. Standard Stuff

Future Prospects (personal outlook) :
Current salary against peers in industry : Not sure how do i compare with ppl with similar experience and in other O&G companies. Would like to get ppl's opinion here
Growth prospects : Good room for growth
Where I will go from here : Looking out for better opportunities. Benefit wise is just mediocre especially given that it is a O&G MNC.

Hi all, sincerely hope for your advice here.
I'm 30 years old now with non-programming background and weak communication skill.
Hoping to shift into IT and coding industry as i think i have high interest on the industry but no dare to start switching carrer.

Any guide/advice to share me how should i start?

No idea what makes people feel this is troll..... Maybe they aren't up to the level yet

Let me tell you a story.

1. When people getting RM3k salary, they don't believe other people can get RM5k.
2. For those people who get RM5k, they doubt people who told them get RM8k.
3. Rm8k people will doubt those who get RM15k, and the story
4. Continue....

Most people think their salaries are good enough or very hard to go up anymore, so when they hear someone give them a number they think they can't achieve, they will have doubts.

teach me master .. care for a coffee and tok ?

The salary is in MYR?

Ya, that's why we need more exposure to the another level....

I don't feel 47k a month = master..... There's many more better package professional

Basically I'm not specialized in one area... I'm more like a "rojak" IT... I involved in web, app, front, backend, server..... And slowly move to management level, lead a team/squad, position myself as a scrum master in early stage, proactively involved in challenging projects and deliverables... Digitalisation, compliance, legal etc... Basically I'm proud on what I did and I believe you have my baby in your phone too...

I'm in bank/insurance line

Yes, Malaysia office (although I work from home) and yes I earn MYR.... Pay PCB like everyone did

Yes, they normally think that it isn't believable at that amount and here I see mid senior level managers in some MNCs and my industry also earning that amount. Most of the time, they are usually complaining about how much monthly PCB deduction is haha!

If comparing with those Top C level (MD, GMD level), they earn 6k or more hourly

Meaning they shitting time in toilet earn more than common monthly salary people hahaha.... But people not aware of that


For the PCB part... Close to 12k PCB a month and didn't feel support from gov anyway just bersyukur la....

All in the same company? Industry?

Yup, bank/ins

heard that better(UM, UTP) unis get higher salary compared to other unis(UiTM). can someone verify if its true. thanks

Salary based on uni = no basis

Sharing my career progress:

2004-2009: Project Engineer - Automotive: From RM1.8k~RM2.8K/month
2009–2010: Sabbatical, quit job and did MSc abroad in UK: RM 0K (used up all my life savings and work 3 odd-jobs daily after class to survive, i.e. academic fees + room rental + food)
2011-2012: Supply Chain – O&G: From RM5.3K~ RM6.3K/month
2013–2014: Assignment abroad– O&G: RM ~40K/month (Salary + Expat Allowance)
2014–2021: Supply Chain (Back in Msia) – O&G: From RM8.5K~RM19.5K/month
2022–Today: Assignment abroad – O&G: RM ~80K/month (Salary + Expat Allowance)

*all are before tax (except the assignment base)
*Same O&G company from 2011 until today

Hope to maintain and continue working on assignment for as long as I can, to save up for retirement. 17 years to go until retirement age (yes, old guy oledi compared to most of you here).

Job Title : Solution Architect
Job Description : Development design, DevOps, Manage ppl, Almost everything...
Age : 42
Years spent in company : 2 years
Company : payment gateway
Industry : financial services
Tenure : Perm
Employment Level : mid senior
Experience before joining (years) : 15 yrs
Highest paper qualification/ education background : degree
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40-42 hrs

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary : RM18k
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 1 to 1.5 month
Work Flexibility (where relevant) :
Work From Home Availability: flexible 3 days per week wfo
Annual Leaves: 14 days
Flexi Working Hours :If HOD allow

This post has been edited by frequency: Jan 27 2023, 02:51 PM

mind if I ask? What degree are u majoring?

IT, Information System Engineering

Congratulations on your achievements! While many are feeling sus I think it's not too far off. I'm in a similar trajectory with you as well but a year younger and probably around your 2020's pay.

Been chilling alot lately but are also wondering if it's about time to push further and penetrate beyond function head into C-levels of technology. I myself is also "rojak IT" as you were.

Any tips sifu?