Sharing my IT career path since 21y/o, degree holder

2011 - 2013 programmer 2200
2014 - 2016 IT consultant 4000 - 8000
2017 - 2018 Project manager 9600 - 12000
2019 - 2020 Head 15000 - 18000
2021 - current C level 47600

Never give up and don't burn the bridge work from home since day 1 Malaysia MCO till now. No plan back to office yet.

Yes

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

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

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....

Yup, bank/ins

Don't stop learning.... Basically I learn from Google/YouTube

Recently exploring data science, learning python for scripting data scraping for fun, hehe

Both, jump into the system architecture in your company, understand every integration and purposes (best if you could understand the purposes of every fields), this is important especially when you step into management board meetings, you will be the one that has a SAY besides director.

You need to understand that you are currently in a very good position, have the chance to meet and speak with management people which others don't, please make use of this chance and impression is very important. You doesn't need to be fluent in specific language but you must be committed to what you have agreed and presented.

For me, I started from investment banking, after get used to the investment platform, I extend my knowledge to core banking which I would have exposure on CASA, FD, Cards etc products (including insurance), and there's where I started to take bigger responsibility and important role Maintain good relationship with my GMD, MD, C levels and ground level staff, I have been so many taichi experience with these fella. Find your way to overcome this. Project management isn't rocket science, main issue is people

With above effort and opportunity, I managed to get such hike in terms of salary, position, and exposure.

Hope it helps

No worries, everyone has their own preference, character and way of working. Just do what you capable of and focus