No need to be defensive. I wasn't putting down anyone. The guy on top seem to think a diploma person reaching MX12 in 9 years is worthy of mention, I was just trying to understand why because it sounds pretty standard (ok maybe slightly better than average) now that poly/deg tracks are merged.

I mean MX12 starts from 2.9k based on the salary.sg list, it sounds perfectly normal for a typical diploma grad in public sector to reach at least this sort of pay after working for 9 years right?