You NCS seniors really have to wake up to the reality. 10 years ago, the IT courses at local uni are one of the dumping grounds. And for you to accept an offer from NCS, you're basically the bottom 20% of your cohort. And for you to remain there till today, it means you haven't upskilled enough to join a decent firm. Now the fresh grads coming in are gradually straight As students, the biz students equivalent of our generation. Naturally they have higher demand and, I believe, standard. If you're not humble enough to recognise that you're already far behind the rat race, and start to buck up, your future would not just be "low pay", but something much worse..