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I think he's arguing that the average wage in our industry is low simply because the workforce leans so young, so a disproportionate number of software engineer
by saryant 9y ago
I think he's arguing that the average wage in our industry is low simply because the workforce leans so young, so a disproportionate number of software engineers are still junior—and making junior wages—compared to other industries where the age curve is more spread out.
- legitster 9y agoAh. That makes more sense.
- wmeredith 9y ago> the average wage in our industry is low Is this a joke?
- saryant 9y agoThere are a lot of literalists in this thread. The average wage is dragged down because the age distribution leans so far to the left. That is, the average wage disguises the wages made by staff/principal engineers, which can be 3-5x the comp numbers commonly tossed around for SV engineers.
- CryoLogic 9y agoIt's probably true. There are more CS majors now than ever in the history of the US.
- khedoros1 9y agoThey aren't low compared to wages in other industries, but I've heard it repeated over and over that they're low compared to the value that software devs create.