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, Senior Product
Australia Manager
Grad Dip Info Sys Senior IT Manager
from UNSW ITS Manager 36
Group Leader
34
I.T. Engineer
Age: 21 28 30 2009
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1994 27 2001 2007
1998 2003 2005
1995 1996 2000 Product Management
Project Management
COBOL Oracle DBA
BASIC SQL Server Leadership…
PowerBuilder BaaN Business & Marketing
ASP VB 6.0 Negotiation
Cyrstal Report IIS 2.0 Innovation
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What’s ICT?
Human Factors
Information User Interface
Content Web 2.0
News Entertainment
Video
Broadcasting SMS
Internet Mobile
Multimedia
Communication email
IP Telephony LAN / WAN
WiMax 3G/4G
Artificial Intelligence
Operating Systems
Virtualization J2EE
OpenSource Database Storage
PC / Server Security
Microsoft .Net
Technology
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ICT is a key contributor to Malaysia economy
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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 -
Ha rdwa re, 1%
Fi na nce, 13% IT/Computer -
Network/Sys tem/
Da ta bas e Admin, 7%
Sal es & Ma rketing,
17%
Source: JobStreet.com
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Am I in the right field?
Plenty of opportunities.
ICT contributes 10% of our country’s 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 people’s 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.
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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%)
That’s 71.3% of the ICT technical workforce.
Source: JobStreet.com
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Salary by Industry – for Fresh Graduate level
Northern Malaysia Central Malaysia Southern Malaysia
Industry 50th Percentile 50th Percentile 50th Percentile
(RM) (RM) (RM)
Bank - 2,000.00 -
Call Center/IT-Enabled Services 2,200.00 2,000.00 1,500.00
Computer/IT (Hardware) 2,000.00 1,995.00 -
Computer/IT (Software) 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
Consulting (Business/Technical) - 2,150.00 -
Education 1,900.00 1,800.00 -
Electrical & Electronics 2,100.00 - -
Financial Services/Securities/Insurance - 2,150.00 -
Manufacturing 1,900.00 2,000.00 -
Oil/Gas/Petroleum - 2,500.00 -
Science & Technology/Aerospace/BioTechnology - 1,900.00 -
Semiconductor/Wafer Fabrication 2,680.00 - -
Services - 1,700.00 -
Telecommunication - 2,300.00 -
Wholesale/Retail/Trading - 1,600.00 -
Source: JobStreet.com
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Salary by Industry – for Senior level (4+ years experience)
Northern Malaysia Central Malaysia Southern Malaysia
Industry
50th Percentile (RM) 50th Percentile (RM) 50th Percentile (RM)
Agriculture/Plantations/Aquaculture - 3,350.00 -
Automotive/Heavy Industry/Machinery 3,800.00 3,980.00 -
Bank 3,200.00 4,000.00 -
Call Center/IT-Enabled Services 3,500.00 4,000.00 3,400.00
Chemical - 4,300.00 -
Computer/IT (Hardware) 3,200.00 3,500.00 2,700.00
Computer/IT (Software) 3,500.00 4,100.00 3,300.00
Construction/Building - 3,200.00 -
Consulting (Business/Technical) 3,592.50 4,500.00 3,434.00
Education 2,500.00 3,080.00 2,800.00
Electrical & Electronics 4,000.00 3,400.00 3,050.00
Financial Services/Securities/Insurance 2,900.00 4,200.00 3,900.00
Hotel/Restaurant/Food Service 2,800.00 3,200.00 2,725.00
Manufacturing 3,800.00 3,625.50 3,500.00
Oil/Gas/Petroleum - 5,600.00 4,042.00
Printing/Publishing - 3,440.00 -
Property/Real Estate - 3,500.00 -
Science & Technology/Aerospace/BioTechnology 4,850.00 4,175.00 3,000.00
Semiconductor/Wafer Fabrication 4,167.00 5,600.00 3,950.00
Services 3,600.00 3,500.00 3,000.00
Telecommunication 4,307.00 4,470.00 3,863.00
Transport/Storage/Freight/Shipping 3,200.00 4,000.00 3,000.00
Utilities - 3,340.00 -
Wholesale/Retail/Trading 2,500.00 3,350.00 2,500.00
Source: JobStreet.com
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Salary by Industry at Senior Management level
Central Malaysia
25th 50th 75th
Industry
Percentile Percentile Percentile
(RM) (RM) (RM)
Bank 7,079.00 8,000.00 9,530.00
Call Center/IT-Enabled Services 8,050.00 12,255.00 13,000.00
Computer/IT (Hardware) 5,125.00 8,750.00 11,860.00
Computer/IT (Software) 7,000.00 8,500.00 11,587.50
Consulting (Business/Technical) 6,500.00 8,500.00 11,000.00
Financial Services/Securities/Insurance 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
Wholesale/Retail/Trading 6,360.00 8,500.00 9,425.00
Source: JobStreet.com
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ICT Salary Comparison in the region
Source: ZDNetAsia/ActiveTechPros Annual IT Professional Salary Survey 2008
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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 – 3rd most attractive global services location.
neoIT – Malaysian services providers are among top 100
global firms, e.g. eaCAP, SnT, Vsource, Scicom.
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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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But…
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For Successful Career in ICT
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Be Strong in
I Fundamental Knowledge
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II
#1 reason why IT projects fail – failure to
communicate requirements.
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III
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Think “benefit”,
not “feature”.
Think “Business”,
IV not “Technology”.
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V
Problem
Solving
Ability
How many durian trees are there in Perak?
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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
VI Take Responsibility.
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VII Take Initiatives
"Men who do things without being told draw the most wages."
-Edwin H. Stuart
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"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
Bill Gates, 1981
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Learning Attitude
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The
X
Factor
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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
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Invest in YOU
$alary: 2300 3250 3500 4500 6000 8000 10000
B.Sc Comp Sc
from UNSW, Senior Product
Australia Manager
Grad Dip Info Sys Senior IT Manager
from UNSW ITS Manager 36
Group Leader
34
I.T. Engineer
Age: 21 28 30 2009
25 32
22 23
1994 27 2001 2007
1998 2003 2005 Certified Coach
1995 1996 2000
Investment Strategies
Certified NLP Practitioner
Diploma in Memory Techniques
Accounting Sales Leadership
& Finance Marketing Strategies
>$200,000 invested
Leadership Academy
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Improving Lives Through Better Careers
Thank You & All the Best
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Acknowledgement
Sources of images/graphics used in this presentation, wherein full
copy right belongs to:
Slide 14: Montville Township School District http://www.montville.net/
Slide 15: Pierre Phaneuf http://www.flickr.com/photos/pphaneuf/502372884
Slide 16: MatJun http://matjun.blogspot.com
Slide 17: ITS Tutorial School http://www.tuition.com.hk
Slide 21: Prof Bernd Heesen http://www.profheesen.de
Slide 22: People’s CyberNation http://www.cybernation.com
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