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> Maybe there really isn't a shortage of tech talent If that conspiracy theory had any bearing in reality then we wouldn't see a) tech workers receiving elite

> Maybe there really isn't a shortage of tech talent If that conspiracy theory had any bearing in reality then we wouldn't see a) tech workers receiving elite athlete-level salaries, or b) candidates with no formal education being paid handsomely to work in entry level/low complexity positions.

codingslave 7y ago
Google basically only needs a small team to design a completely new distributed system for some kind of database. Or only a team of ten for some autonomous driving algorithms, so their work is highly leveraged and is worth hiring the best in the world for. Enterprise coding is nowhere near as leverageable.
astura 7y ago
I don't receive anywhere near elite athlete level salary...
- rumanator 7y ago
  The Major League Soccer minimum salary is currently set to 60k/year. The average software dev salary in the US is over 100k/year.
  - Mountain_Skies 7y ago
    Using the minimum MLS salary is incredibly disingenuous. If you want to be pedantic, might as well use the salary of the tennis instructor at the local YMCA. Athlete level salary in common usage in the US means professional athletes in one of the three major league sports. The average salary ranges from over $7 million in the NBA to $2.7 million in the NFL. That's what is being implied by athlete level salary and it simply isn't the case for most software developers.
  - jimbokun 7y ago
    "The Major League Soccer minimum salary..." "...elite athletes..." (any elite soccer player plays in Europe)
Mountain_Skies 7y ago
Outside of a small percentage of tech workers in a small number of coastal cities, no one gets athlete level salaries. In much of "flyover country" the typical software developer makes mid five figures while other tech workers make even less.
- rednerrus 7y ago
  SRE in Detroit is making roughly the same average salary as a lawyer, Devops is even more.

codingslave 7y ago

Google basically only needs a small team to design a completely new distributed system for some kind of database. Or only a team of ten for some autonomous driving algorithms, so their work is highly leveraged and is worth hiring the best in the world for. Enterprise coding is nowhere near as leverageable.

astura 7y ago

I don't receive anywhere near elite athlete level salary...

rumanator 7y ago
The Major League Soccer minimum salary is currently set to 60k/year. The average software dev salary in the US is over 100k/year.
- Mountain_Skies 7y ago
  Using the minimum MLS salary is incredibly disingenuous. If you want to be pedantic, might as well use the salary of the tennis instructor at the local YMCA. Athlete level salary in common usage in the US means professional athletes in one of the three major league sports. The average salary ranges from over $7 million in the NBA to $2.7 million in the NFL. That's what is being implied by athlete level salary and it simply isn't the case for most software developers.
- jimbokun 7y ago
  "The Major League Soccer minimum salary..." "...elite athletes..." (any elite soccer player plays in Europe)

Mountain_Skies 7y ago

Outside of a small percentage of tech workers in a small number of coastal cities, no one gets athlete level salaries. In much of "flyover country" the typical software developer makes mid five figures while other tech workers make even less.

rednerrus 7y ago
SRE in Detroit is making roughly the same average salary as a lawyer, Devops is even more.