Originally Posted by Unregistered

Before you claim that the guy is ********ting, why not ask him how he did it and LEARN? Just because you are not earning as much as him, you claim what he says is false? Maybe he EXCELS at what he does and you are just AVERAGE hence he is much much better paid than you?

If you are unhappy with your pay (not saying you are since you never indicated) because of the industry you are in and you know which engineering industries pay better (o&g, offshore & marine, certain parts of IT), why not try and enter those industries? Or if you know that engineers are better paid in other countries, why not try and become an expat working in those countries?

Yeah, you will most probably say "got so easy meh??". So, how hard have you tried? Have you sat down and assess the skills that you have that may be applicable to those better paying sectors? Have you tried learning sales/marketing to better sell/market yourself? Have you applied like mad to those better paying companies?

Question is: Are you good enough? Do you EXCEL at your work? Hell, do you even know what you are good at so that you can capitalise on what you are good at? It is common sense that only people who EXCEL at something get paid well. Yes, you may say that there are people who suck at work but yet get promoted/paid well. You may call them wayang/PLP, but hey atleast they EXCEL at wayanging/PLPing, still better than you right?

You can be successful (AKA earn alot) in any industry (yes, even engineering/IT) as long as you EXCEL at what you do. Why do you even care about "AVERAGE" OR "TYPICAL" pay scale? Are you aiming to be AVERAGE? If all you look at is "TYPICAL" pay scale, then I would recommend you join the public sector since that's a place where you can be AVERAGE and yet get a stable job that pays well enough for you to live comfortably.

Oh and 10 years of SAME experience =/= 10 years of DIFFERENT experience.
Matter of quality vs quantity.