Answer can be found in Singapore. With 5yrs exp, good time to go.
Become Circuit Engineer for ~5 years haven't RM 6k, Trapped in the Knowledge Gap Niche.
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QUOTE(iSean @ Dec 18 2025, 05:49 PM) Sup bro. Yup we were in the same college. Based on the info I gather, I can only speak for positions similar to mine (~2yoe, Master's graduate, R&D pos)Well, yeah will definitely take the overseas job opportunity, if given the chance, but most likely working in other roles in IC Design... or Post-Silicon Validation work... I'm not familiar with the Taiwanese Job Market, but do you guys get paid quite well? Compared to our Malaysians peanuts salary?  Personally I didn't favor Taiwan, US-China Tension right now. And I kinda buta-huruf on Traditional Chinese Characters. You mentioned "Having Experience in Tapeouts before even graduating." Most likely is working in those SME which chun out designs real fast within 1-2 Quarters...  Can take part in the process, but not sure whether if normal Malaysian Graduates can even do any "heavy lifting" in the design department  Analog definitely needs alot of intuitive knowledge... Which Malaysia Uni Degree won't cover... and really luck dependent whether you are able to pick up the knowledge. Ah personally, if you ask me, if you managed to jump outside of Malaysia, just stay outside. Everything is still based in Penang Island. (which the Island getting abit overly crowded and unhumane... ) IC Design Park in Selangor is a joke. I give it another 10 years, also I don't think they will manage to attract enough players to sustain the job market. Especially given the choices and prime location they pick their offices  Annual pay is more or less on par or better than in SG, factoring in the living costs. Tier 0 MNC such as google/nvidia : 3-5million TWD (tho a big portion is in stock unit) Tier 1 local such as tsmc/mediatek : 2-3million TWD (big portion in bonus) But need to keep in mind Taiwanese local firms pay predominantly in the form of bonuses, so good seasons pays well, but bad seasons might pay significantly less. Still, the base pay (~70-95k TWD/month) is considerably higher compared to Malaysia. For bachelor's degree fresh grad, I heard Phison is paying 55-65k TWD/month here. Now you know why K.S. Pua is willing to offer RM6k salary for fresh grad pos at MaiStorage  Language depends. In MNCs, mostly English. In local company, it depends on which company and which department. I heard TSMC have quite a few indians employees. The culture is similar to chinapek company tho, "flexible working hours" means longer than normal working hours lol. Almost everyone is a workaholic here, either by choice or due to peer pressure. Even in MNCs like Nvidia or Google, it is not that much better since the management is mostly local Taiwanese (which brought their culture from say Mediatek). People says WLB means work for asian, life for angmo hahaha  "Having Experience in Tapeouts before even graduating." Oh those friends of mine graduate from grad school in Taiwan. I think top IC design labs in research universities here do tapeouts regularly via Multi-Project Wafer shuttle, heavily subsidised by the government/industry alliances. IMO, there's still much to be done if Malaysia wants a piece of the IC design game. Especially in the education sector. This post has been edited by zlewe: Dec 18 2025, 11:33 PM |
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