Is the executive engineer position akin to Manager post?

If yes, can try ask higher cos since you have 8 years of relevant experence. But the golden qns is are u a local FT grad? lol....

PT degree dun waste time. Whatever scripts u read in the papers that education does not matters are just politics. I do not know of any HR that have taken orders to allow non local grads into CS. Esp fresh grad positions.

All the best!