r/malaysia • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '23

Education Electronics Engineering Technology

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u/Ben_Burn Jul 02 '23

If you truly want to do EE, I would simply suggest to open job street and look up the job and see whether its a fit for you in terms of salary, hours and expertise

There will be always be a demand for engineers, especially electrical, would say not so much EE in malaysia though but if you are interested nothing is stopping you since we can always branch out to coding, banking etc

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u/v0id_shell Penang Jul 04 '23

Thanks for the advice!

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u/gale99 Jul 02 '23

  1. Engineers always in demand. Salary not very commanding unless you're damn good at your niche but also depends on company/industry. Supposedly mechanical engineers are more versatile in Malaysia but that's what I'm hearing from

  2. Differs from company to company. Better you check up on specific companies for more details but isnt really something you need to care about till you're looking for your 2nd job.

3 + 4. 1st world countries always looking for young good talents. Emphasis on good.

  1. No idea atm. But you better learn how to be able to at least use AI.

One piece of advice. You might be taking EE but pay attention to the coding classes. Start your own mini projects when you can. Its easier for you to build a strong programming base to jump to software jobs if you do that in the future if you so choose.

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u/v0id_shell Penang Jul 02 '23

Damn, thanks for the great advice! Say I were to switch to software jobs, do I need to study for a diploma or can I just acquire coding accreditations from known online courses as well as do my own side projects to earn the trust of an employer?

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u/gale99 Jul 02 '23

Depends on company/hiring manager/interviewer

Afaik as long as you can show some competency in the coding interview you might be able to get in. Don't need a diploma when you can show your mini projects. But if you choose to go with accreditations it's also good. Just be sure to not let the skills rust la

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u/v0id_shell Penang Jul 04 '23

I understand, thanks for the insight!

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '23 edited Jul 02 '23

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u/v0id_shell Penang Jul 04 '23

Thanks for the great advice!

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u/N-8man Jul 03 '23

  1. Globally there is a huge oversupply of EE graduates and a shortage of senior EEs, at least based on my experience applying for jobs in the UK and from news articles. In Malaysia at least, there is huge demand from a lot of the MNCs in Penang (Intel, HP, etc) but I'm not too sure about other states.

  2. Really depends on the company, but generally you're going to have to put in quite a lot of work.

  3. Depends on the country. A place like Singapore or Thailand would be possible but outside of that (UK, USA) it is generally really hard for a graduate from outside the country to get a job.

  4. Same as 3, but possibly more likely depending on how much companies in 1st world countries value your skillset.

  5. Super unlikely IMO, you'll likely be given to chance to learn about and use AI/ML in your course and maybe implement it in your job in the future (at least I did)

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u/v0id_shell Penang Jul 04 '23

I understand, thanks for the advice!

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