Career in Malaysia ICT Sector and How You Can Succeed in It

Career in Malaysia ICT sector and
how you can succeed in it.

Competence Progressive Upskilling
Jun 2009
My Journey so far...
$alary: 2300 3250 3500 4500 6000 8000 10000
B.Sc Comp Sc
from UNSW,
Australia
Senior Product
Manager
Grad Dip Info Sys

from UNSW
ITS Manager
Senior IT Manager
Group Leader
Age: 21
I.T. Engineer
22 23
1994 1998
1995 1996
34
28 30
25
36
2009
32
272007
2000
2001 2003 2005
Product Management
Project Management
COBOL
Oracle DBA
BASIC
Leadership...
SQL Server
PowerBuilder
BaaN
Business & Marketing
VB 6.0
ASP
Negotiation
Innovation
Cyrstal Report IIS 2.0
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Whats ICT?
Information
Content
Human Factors
User Interface
Web 2.0
News Entertainment
Video
BroadcastingSMS
Multimedia
IP Telephony
WiMax
Internet Mobile
Communication
email
LAN / WAN
3G/4G
Artificial Intelligence
Virtualization
Operating Systems
J2EE
OpenSource
Microsoft .Net
Storage
Database
Technology
PC / Server
Security
ICI is a key contributor to Malaysia

economy
RM Billion
Percentage of
GDP
9.34%
10%
9%
8.43
8%
700
641.86 600
70/0
500
6%
400
5%
4%
300
3%
200
6.600
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2003
2005
2007
Sources: Department of Statistics, 200.7; International Monetary Fund, 2007; MSC Malaysia Impact Survey 2004-2008.
COP Contribution by Overall ICT Industry Contribution by MSC Malaysia
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Out of 40,000 new jobs in JobStreet.com Q1

2009...
Others,
43%
IT/Computer Software, 7%
IT, 15%
Engineering,
12%
IT/Computer Hardware, 1%
Finance,
13%
IT/Computer Network/System/
Database Admin, 7%
Sales &
Marketing,
17%
Source: JobStreet.com
Am I in the right field?

Plenty of opportunities .
ICT contributes 10% of our countrys economy.
15% of new jobs created are in ICT.

Strong support from MDeC and government.
ICT is fun it is also entertainment, music, games,
animation, fashion etc.

ICT is about working with people , helping people and
solving peoples problems.

Whatever career options you may choose later, studying
ICT can help you achieve it.

ICT is a global career you can work with the whole
world and travel to places.

ICT = great job + good money + hip lifestyle .
Top 10 most popular IT profession

1.Software Programmer/Engineer (21.0%)
2.Network/System Engineer (8.4%)
3.IT Executive / MIS (7.2%)
4.Functional Consultant / Business Analyst (6.0%)
5.I.T. / Department Manager (6.0%)
6.Technical Support (4.8%)
7.System Administrator (4.8%)
8.Supervisor / Team Lead in Software (4.7%)
9.Project Management in Software (4.3%)
10.System Analyst (4.1%)
Thats 71.3% of the ICT technical workforce.
Salary by Industry for Fresh Graduate level

Northern Malaysia
Industry
Bank
Call Center/IT-Enabled Services
Computer/IT (Hardware)
Computer/IT (Software)
Consulting (Business/Technical)
Education
Electrical & Electronics
Financial Services/Securities/Insurance
Manufacturing
Oil/Gas/Petroleum
50th Percentile
(RM)
2,200.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,900.00
2,100.00
1,900.00
Science & Technology/Aerospace/BioTechnology

Semiconductor/Wafer Fabrication
Services
Telecommunication
Wholesale/Retail/Trading
Central Malaysia
Southern Malaysia
50th Percentile
(RM)
50th Percentile
(RM)
- 2,000.00
2,000.00
1,995.00
2,000.00
- 2,150.00
1,800.00
- 2,150.00
2,000.00
- 2,500.00
1,500.00
2,000.00
-
- 1,900.00
2,680.00
- 1,700.00
- 2,300.00
- 1,600.00
Salary by Industry for Senior level (4+ years experience)

Industry
Agriculture/Plantations/Aquaculture
Automotive/Heavy Industry/Machinery
Bank
Chemical
Construction/Building
Education
Electrical & Electronics
Hotel/Restaurant/Food Service
Manufacturing
Oil/Gas/Petroleum
Printing/Publishing
Property/Real Estate
Science & Technology/Aerospace/BioTechnology
Semiconductor/Wafer Fabrication
Services
Telecommunication
Transport/Storage/Freight/Shipping
Utilities
Northern Malaysia
Central Malaysia
50th Percentile (RM)
3,800.00
3,200.00
3,500.00
3,200.00
3,500.00
3,592.50
2,500.00
4,000.00
2,900.00
2,800.00
3,800.00
4,850.00
4,167.00
3,600.00
4,307.00
3,200.00
2,500.00
- 3,350.00
3,980.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
- 4,300.00
3,500.00
4,100.00
- 3,200.00
4,500.00
3,080.00
3,400.00
4,200.00
3,200.00
3,625.50
- 5,600.00
- 3,440.00
- 3,500.00
4,175.00
5,600.00
3,500.00
4,470.00
4,000.00
- 3,340.00
3,350.00
Southern Malaysia
3,400.00
2,700.00
3,300.00
3,434.00
2,800.00
3,050.00
3,900.00
2,725.00
3,500.00
4,042.00
3,000.00
3,950.00
3,000.00
3,863.00
3,000.00
2,500.00
Salary by Industry at Senior Management level

Central Malaysia
Industry
25th
50th
75th
Percentile
(RM)
Percentile
(RM)
Percentile
(RM)
Bank
7,079.00
8,000.00
9,530.00
8,050.00
12,255.00
13,000.00
5,125.00
8,750.00
11,860.00
7,000.00
8,500.00
11,587.50
6,500.00
8,500.00
11,000.00
8,500.00
10,500.00
12,000.00
Manufacturing
9,650.00
12,720.00
13,587.50
Services
8,850.00
10,000.00
12,750.00
Telecommunication
5,850.00
8,375.00
11,750.00
6,360.00
8,500.00
9,425.00
ICT Salary Comparison in the region
Source: ZDNetAsia/ActiveTechPros Annual IT Professional Salary Survey 2008

Strength of Malaysian ICT sector

Good knowledge and domain Experience learned from
servicing the MNCs in the manufacturing sector.
Diverse culture.
Cost competitive.
Well placed by renowned analysts in the ICT and
outsourcing sector:
Frost & Sullivan Strength in finance, logistics, energy and
outsourcing.
AT Kearney 3 rd most attractive global services location.
neoIT Malaysian services providers are among top 100
global firms, e.g. eaCAP, SnT, Vsource, Scicom.
Challenges for Malaysia ICT sector

Factors inhibiting growth / risk factor:
Limited market size.
Funding difficulties especially for growing
SMEs.
Infrastructure e.g. Broadband.
Buy local mindset is lacking.
Shortage of
talent .
Source: PIKOM
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How many durian trees are there in Perak?
If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it.

If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.
~Richard Bach
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Take Responsibility.
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Take Initiatives
"Men who do things without being told draw the most wages."
-Edwin H. Stuart
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."

Bill Gates, 1981
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How to move up the career ladder
People who know which problem to solve
People who can solve problems
People who can see problems
Invest in YOU
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Age: 21
I.T. Engineer
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how you can succeed in it.

Grad Dip Info Sys

2001 2003 2005

ICI is a key contributor to Malaysia

COP Contribution by Overall ICT Industry Contribution by MSC Malaysia

All Copyrights reserved JbStreet.com

Out of 40,000 new jobs in JobStreet.com Q1

Am I in the right field?

15% of new jobs created are in ICT.

animation, fashion etc.

solving peoples problems.

ICT can help you achieve it.

world and travel to places.

Top 10 most popular IT profession

Salary by Industry for Fresh Graduate level

Science & Technology/Aerospace/BioTechnology

Salary by Industry for Senior level (4+ years experience)

50th Percentile (RM)

50th Percentile (RM)

Salary by Industry at Senior Management level

Call Center/IT-Enabled Services

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ICT Salary Comparison in the region

Source: ZDNetAsia/ActiveTechPros Annual IT Professional Salary Survey 2008

Strength of Malaysian ICT sector

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Challenges for Malaysia ICT sector

For Successful Career in ICT

MO E $trvice 0011 Read Knyboard CharaGter

#1 reason why IT projects fail failure to

How many durian trees are there in Perak?

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it.

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"640K ought to be enough for anybody."

How to move up the career ladder

People who know which problem to solve

People who can solve problems

People who can see problems

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2300 3250 3500 4500 6000 8000 10000

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Improving Lives Through Better Careers

Thank You & All the Best

For more career advice, go to

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