> Is it because of the culture of not valuing software as much as 'hard' engineering No - they are paid about equally. Here is a table (German text, does not

> Is it because of the culture of not valuing software as much as 'hard' engineering No - they are paid about equally. Here is a table (German text, does not matter, the table is clear enough): https://www.ingenieur.de/karriere/gehalt/wie-viel-verdienen-elektroingenieure/ https://www.ingenieur.de/karriere/gehalt/wie-viel-verdienen-... "Engineers with >2 years experience by sector", from top to bottom: chemistry/pharmaceuticals, automobile, energy, IT, mech. engineering, electronics, engineering and planning offices, construction As you can see IT actually is right in the middle.