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WTF type of interviews do lawyers, doctors, engineers have ?

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jeffreyrogers 8y ago
It's not the interviews. It's what it takes to even get an interview. Doctors have 4 years of med school, then 3-7 years of residency, then probably a fellowship if you're in a competitive specialty. Lawyers get 3 years of law school and then probably only get a job at a good firm if they went to a top law school. Then they work terrible hours. Finance jobs are very hard to get unless you have the right background. Other engineers might have an easier interviewing process but they don't get paid as well (plus they need a real engineering degree).
- deaddodo 8y ago
  Petroleum Engineers (US median - 129,990USD) and Computer Engineers (111,730 USD) are some of the highest paid engineers there are. And quite a few are in the same realm as Software Engineers (100,690 USD): * Electrical Engineer - 95,230 USD * Chemical Engineer - 97,360 USD * Mechanical Engineer - 83,590 USD * Biomedical Engineer - 86,220 USD And when you consider the skewing of those salaries due to the majority of software engineers working in LA (and surrounding SoCal areas), SF, Austin, Denver and New York vs petroleum engineers working throughout the interior US, the gap is much larger. Software engineers are paid well, but there are definitely other engineering fields beating them.
  - fjsolwmv 8y ago
    Software engineer has a huge range, from $80K/yr senior engineer at Epic in Ohio, to a college hire at FAANG getting $200 total comp in year 1, $300k/yr in year 5.
    - deaddodo 8y ago
      Which is why I used the national median. And also pointed out the skewing. Since there are a ton of SWE in SF making 140-190k (and more with experience + title increases). But you're unlikely to make anywhere near that in Indianapolis, Cleveland, Mobile, etc. Petroleum engineers, on the other hand, make 100+k in pretty much any region.
      - jeffreyrogers 8y ago
        Well being a petroleum engineer does limit you to regions that have oil and gas (or I guess you could work at a refinery too), but I see your point that there are some engineers who are compensated similarly to software engineers. I am not sure what their hiring process is like though.

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It's not the interviews. It's what it takes to even get an interview. Doctors have 4 years of med school, then 3-7 years of residency, then probably a fellowship if you're in a competitive specialty. Lawyers get 3 years of law school and then probably only get a job at a good firm if they went to a top law school. Then they work terrible hours. Finance jobs are very hard to get unless you have the right background. Other engineers might have an easier interviewing process but they don't get paid as well (plus they need a real engineering degree).

deaddodo 8y ago
Petroleum Engineers (US median - 129,990USD) and Computer Engineers (111,730 USD) are some of the highest paid engineers there are. And quite a few are in the same realm as Software Engineers (100,690 USD): * Electrical Engineer - 95,230 USD * Chemical Engineer - 97,360 USD * Mechanical Engineer - 83,590 USD * Biomedical Engineer - 86,220 USD And when you consider the skewing of those salaries due to the majority of software engineers working in LA (and surrounding SoCal areas), SF, Austin, Denver and New York vs petroleum engineers working throughout the interior US, the gap is much larger. Software engineers are paid well, but there are definitely other engineering fields beating them.
- fjsolwmv 8y ago
  Software engineer has a huge range, from $80K/yr senior engineer at Epic in Ohio, to a college hire at FAANG getting $200 total comp in year 1, $300k/yr in year 5.
  - deaddodo 8y ago
    Which is why I used the national median. And also pointed out the skewing. Since there are a ton of SWE in SF making 140-190k (and more with experience + title increases). But you're unlikely to make anywhere near that in Indianapolis, Cleveland, Mobile, etc. Petroleum engineers, on the other hand, make 100+k in pretty much any region.
    - jeffreyrogers 8y ago
      Well being a petroleum engineer does limit you to regions that have oil and gas (or I guess you could work at a refinery too), but I see your point that there are some engineers who are compensated similarly to software engineers. I am not sure what their hiring process is like though.