Leaving engineering for more pay


PETALING JAYA: With their pay not keeping up with the cost of living, many professionals are being forced out of engineering and are turning to better paying jobs with less pressure.

Self-employed Ahmad Faizul Zakaria, 32, left his job as a maintenance engineer at a small factory after about four years.

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