Career in Malaysia ICT (IT) sector

Career in Malaysia ICT sector and

how you can succeed in it.

Competence – Progressive – Upskilling

Jun 2009

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My Journey so far…

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B.Sc Comp Scfrom UNSW,

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Grad Dip Info Sysfrom UNSW

I.T. Engineer

Group Leader

ITS ManagerSenior IT Manager

Senior Product Manager

COBOL

PowerBuilder

Oracle DBA

BaaN

ASP

IIS 2.0

VB 6.0

SQL Server

Project Management

Leadership…

Product Management

Business & Marketing

Cyrstal Report

2300 3250 3500 4500 6000 8000 10000$alary:

Age:

NegotiationInnovation

BASIC


What’s ICT?

InformationContent

Multimedia

Video

News Entertainment

CommunicationInternet Mobile

SMS

3G/4GWiMax

Broadcasting

Technology

Operating Systems

OpenSource

Microsoft .Net

J2EE

Database

IP Telephony

Storage

PC / Server

Human FactorsUser Interface

Artificial Intelligence

Virtualization

LAN / WAN

Security

Web 2.0

email


ICT is a key contributor to Malaysia economy


IT/Computer -

Hardware, 1%

IT/Computer -

Software, 7%

Finance, 13%

Engineering, 12%

Others , 43%

IT, 15%

Sales & Marketing,

17%

IT/Computer -

Network/System/

Databas e Admin, 7%

Out of 40,000 new jobs in JobStreet.com Q1 2009…

Source: JobStreet.com


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.


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.



Salary by Industry – for Fresh Graduate level

Northern Malaysia Central Malaysia Southern Malaysia

50th Percentile

(RM)

50th Percentile

(RM)

50th Percentile

(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 -

Industry



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

Northern Malaysia Central Malaysia Southern Malaysia

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 -


Chemical - 4,300.00 -

Computer/IT (Hardware) 3,200.00 3,500.00 2,700.00


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

Industry



Salary by Industry at Senior Management level

25th

Percentile

(RM)

50th

Percentile

(RM)

75th

Percentile

(RM)

Bank 7,079.00 8,000.00 9,530.00


Computer/IT (Hardware) 5,125.00 8,750.00 11,860.00


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

Industry

Central Malaysia



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 – 3rd 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


But…


For Successful Career in ICT


Be Strong in Fundamental KnowledgeI


II

#1 reason why IT projects fail – failure to communicate requirements.


III


Think “benefit”,not “feature”.

Think “Business”, not “Technology”.IV


ProblemSolvingAbility

V

How many durian trees are there in Perak?


Take Responsibility.VI

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


Take InitiativesVII

"Men who do things without being told draw the most wages."-Edwin H. Stuart


Learning AttitudeVIII

"640K ought to be enough for anybody."

Bill Gates, 1981


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XThe

Factor


How to move up the career ladder

People who know which problem to solve

People who can solve problems

People who can see problems


>$200,000 invested

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� Slide 17: ITS Tutorial School http://www.tuition.com.hk

� Slide 21: Prof Bernd Heesen http://www.profheesen.de

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