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> we are looking at the top 1% of software engineers Working for a big company that pays well does not mean you're at the top 1% of software engineers. It mean
by driverdan 8y ago
> we are looking at the top 1% of software engineers
Working for a big company that pays well does not mean you're at the top 1% of software engineers. It means you're willing to do what it takes to secure that job and maintain it, including moving somewhere many don't want to live.
- esoterica 8y agoIt means you're in the top 1% of software engineers in the only metric that matters.
- r32a_ 8y agoNot really, I rather be paid less but work remote and have more freedom with my time and where I work.
- spenczar5 8y agoTo be explicit, you're saying the only metric that matters (when we're ranking software engineers) is how well-paid a software engineer is?
- solveit 8y agoWhen we're discussing income, that seems reasonable.
- soup10 8y agopeople working on new systems and tech are generally better programmers than people hacking away at enterprise spaghetti at a big corp. big corp jobs like that pay better for less work though.
- el_cid 8y agoTo be fair - that's not the point he was making. As we were discussing income - that's the only metric that matters in the discussion at hand.
- sgustard 8y ago"willing to do what it takes to secure that job and maintain it" Some (most?) of that is innate ability and intelligence. Sure, there are well-paying jobs that are unpleasant. But for many others the company literally gets to choose 1 out of 100 candidates.
- driverdan 8y agoNo one has "innate ability" for programming. It's a human construct you have to learn. Getting a job at these companies largely requires studying up on CS101 trivia and CS basics to pass stupid tests. It's practicing how to pass their interview process. It's not "innate ability and intelligence."