Career advice pls (lost and confused)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

why try taxi driving? i heard you can earn $6-7 K per month.

go for it.

Can you please stop trolling? People is being serious here. Taxi don't earn $6k too, it has been clarified. Did you just come out of a cave?

I don't think biomed chem engineers are paid that high. I'm from chem engineering, though not working in pharma, but fresh grad is about 3.2k w honors. Unsure of salary progression as my friends are tight lipped about salary.

How much yearly increment did you receive in your last four years expressed as a percentage?

Anyway, I felt that you should make the jump. It's an opportunity to your goal. You mentioned "(supporting) sales manager and do costing/billing/tenders and occasional site supervision", that makes you an assistant manager unofficially. You can gain experience since it's something new, and if you are good you can successfully step up to managerial role in your forties.
Working hours are long, but hard work in beginning is essential.
Hard truth is you are at a disadvantage, with no honors and not a good first job. Why are you staying? You should move on.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Nice ranking, I would like to add on:

MNC banking > MNC O&G > MNC in general = Govt > MNC engineering >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SME
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Startup (general)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Startup(VC)( engineering)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>local Startup (electronic)
and to top it all, the crappiest:
Local startup consumer electronics! But hey at least this one, you dont have to resign manually and you have a nice honest way when explaining why you left the previous employment

Not true. Govt will rank about 2 or 3 with the last 10% wage increment last year.

We taxpayers are paying good money for crappy policies.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not true. Govt will rank about 2 or 3 with the last 10% wage increment last year.

We taxpayers are paying good money for crappy policies.

Are you capable of coming up with better policies?

[HGL]

Thank you everyone for your helpful answers. I will work hard to reach asst manager/ manager position in a few years time and hop according to the rankings you guys provided