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>I mean, by that criteria, why learn anything? This might be tongue in cheek, but I agree with the parent. Engineering excellence will not further your career
by a_imho 10y ago
>I mean, by that criteria, why learn anything?
This might be tongue in cheek, but I agree with the parent. Engineering excellence will not further your career much, companies tend to oversell meritocracy. Salaries flat out quickly, and there is a huge supply of good enough developers, if you step out of the line too much.
- runT1ME 10y ago> Salaries flat out quickly What other professions besides lawyers or doctors regularly have a 3 or 4x range for salaries of people more or less with the same job description?
- a_imho 10y agoIn addition to those? Actors, musicians, sport people. In the office? Managers. Hence the advice, focus on soft skills. I would wager the top 1% on the developer track earn nowhere near to the top 10% on the managerial track. And your best bet is to regularly change jobs otherwise good luck getting anything more than a 5-10% increase, while managerial salaries and bonuses scale with the size of the organization. Also, there is a lot to be said about the difficulty of the work.