Other professions with similar subjective requirements need similar things to get a job (hell, some need it to even be able to get in school). Some you might ev

Other professions with similar subjective requirements need similar things to get a job (hell, some need it to even be able to get in school). Some you might even be working with on a daily basis and they make a third of your salary. I'd dare say the salary the average software engineer command these days (especially in North America) has that baked in the compensation. If you're not in the US and make a salary more in line with professions that have similar level of efforts, fair enough, you might have a point. Personally I just filled up my github account with 1-2 projects in 2-3 weeks last time I was looking for a job. A few thousand lines of code is enough to get the point across.