Anonymous career talk from Malaysian job seekers — salary, interviews, company culture, WFH and more.
Upwork: better for high-value longer projects, competitive but quality work. Fiverr: good for packaged services. Local clients: best rates if you have referrals. Start local, scale to Upwork once you have portfolio.
60-70% of roles are filled through networks before posting. Coffee chats with hiring managers, LinkedIn DMs, industry events, and asking your contacts who is hiring. These conversations convert much better than applicati…
Notion: beautiful, shareable, slow. Obsidian: local files, Markdown, fast, great for long-term notes. I switched from Notion to Obsidian 8 months ago and never looked back.
Biology degree. Self-taught Python and SQL over 8 months, built Kaggle projects, networked on LinkedIn. First DS role at RM5,500 after one year.
I'm in a weird spot. My current company pays well (RM7,500) and I'm comfortable, but the brand is not very well known outside the industry. Got an offer from a much more recognisable tech company (think top 5 most-known…
I'm graduating with a CS degree from UM this May and have offers from a few companies. Just want to know if what I'm being offered is fair. Current offers: - Local startup: RM3,800 + equity - MNC (tech role): RM4,500 -…
Mine has an EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) with 3 free counselling sessions. Most people do not know it exists. HR never talks about it. Check your handbook, you might have benefits you are not using.
Research market rates. Set your floor rate (hourly that covers your living costs). Add 30-50% buffer for taxes, EPF void, and inconsistency. Never race to the bottom, it attracts bad clients.
2 hours/day: 1 hour Stephane Maarek Udemy course, 1 hour practice exams on TutorialsDojo. Took the exam on a Friday. Passed on first attempt. Cost: RM120 Udemy + RM1,000 exam fee.
Recruiters are paid by employers so their primary loyalty is not to you. But they have access to roles and can advocate strongly if they believe in you. Be upfront about your salary expectations from day one.
My team uses: ChatGPT for drafting, Copilot for code, Midjourney for design concepts, Whisper for meeting transcripts. We have saved roughly 2-3 hours per person per week across the team.
TM has best job security, Maxis pays better and moves faster, Celcom is mid on both. Depends on priorities.
Went through 6 rounds at a top local consulting firm and made it to the offer. Here's what actually helped: 1. Structure first, answer second. Every case: say "let me take a moment to structure my approach." Silence is…
I have two internship offers and can only pick one: Option A: 3-month internship at a Series B fintech startup. Real ownership, building actual features, RM1,200/month. Small team, no formal programme. Option B: 6-mont…
Licensed counsellor: RM100-200/session. Clinical psychologist: RM180-350/session. SOLS Health, ThoughtFull, and MindaWell are popular platforms with sliding scale fees. It is worth the money.
By local companies, generally yes for entry level. MNCs prefer university degrees or demonstrable project skills. The portfolio matters more than the paper after 2 years of experience.
Sold Notion templates on Gumroad and Etsy. Made RM1,400 first month, settled to RM600/month passive. Low effort once set up. Start with templates for things you already use daily.
Moderate keyword matching helped. Stuffing hurt readability which hurt human review. Sweet spot: use job posting language naturally in your bullet points. Do not repeat keywords robotically.
From my job scanning: banks and MNCs prefer Oracle or SQL Server. Startups and tech companies split between PostgreSQL and MySQL about 60/40 in favour of Postgres now. MongoDB for document stores.
Left 7-year marketing career at 31 for a bootcamp. First dev job 8 months later at RM4,200. Now at RM7,500 after 2 years. Absolutely not too late.