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>Why would people ever choose to instead go write code for some corporation that will always be closed source, why? because I have a BS in engineering and I m
by grillvogel 11y ago
>Why would people ever choose to instead go write code for some corporation that will always be closed source,
why? because I have a BS in engineering and I make 6 figures. My wife spent 5 years after college getting her phd in a hard science and she now makes less than half of what I do and has to work way harder.
- 3minus1 11y agoI'm not even sure the work is more fulfilling. My wife is scientist and she mostly just works in isolation teaching herself things. My job is much more collaborative; I get a lot more opportunities to be mentored by peers and learn the state of the art. To me that is incredibly valuable. I'm not so arrogant as to think that I could be just as good at my job if I worked alone.