Career help needed by 20 July 2022

Johnny Tropicsun — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 22:25:23 +0800

I need help before end of 20 July 2022 (because one of the potential employers put pressure on me). I don't know which job I should pick.

I'm a biotechnology graduate from Bukit Mertajam (in Penang) but developed a passion for building and upgrading computers after graduating from a university with a Bachelor's in Science degree. I also want a job that has a great career path ahead. I have written HTML as practice in high school, used private.sql.com.my (cloud-based database software?), used Ubuntu briefly, and forgot how to write programs in C language (because it was taught in a university years ago). I am 27 years old and I do have customer service experience.

First job is lab operation at Thundersoft and I have until 21 July 2022 to submit the offer letter. Not sure what it is although my friend (ex-employee) told me that it's a software engineer job (i.e. write a programming/script for test automation, understanding the computer architecture, troubleshooting & etc.). Salary is RM2,500 per month. Working place is at Bayan Lepas (over 25 km from my house). Have to work 5-days per week from 12 pm to 9 pm. There's 12 days of annual leave and 14 days of medical leave per year. There's medical insurance that cover in-patient and out-patient cases. There's RM600 dental and optical allowance. There's also year-end bonus (13th-month bonus, annual increment provided). My only issue with this job is that I will have to travel over 40 km everyday to work and back again (which can make me tired), have early lunch, and pay the toll fee at the Penang Bridge. I also forgot how to write in C language and I don't know how to use Terminal in Ubuntu.

Second job is computer software technical support executive at Software Depot in Butterworth (less than 15 km away from my house). The job involves helping customers solve their software problems and training new customers how to use some software. The software are mostly accounting software (e.g. UBS, SQL, Autocount, Million, POS software, etc.). The employer said that he can give me more than RM2,000 per month salary because RM2,000 is quite low. Traveling expenses (because I may need to go to customers' places to train them how to use software) will be covered and there seems to be some commission or incentive for training customers how to use software. Of course this job has lower pay but at least I don't need to pay any toll fee. Only major disadvantage of this job is that I have to work for 5.5 days (half-day work on Saturday).

So I'm looking for advice. Which has better career path?

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