> In Australia, a skilled electrician can earn the same salary as a software developer, and that's the way it should be. The issue here is that the work of a

> In Australia, a skilled electrician can earn the same salary as a software developer, and that's the way it should be. The issue here is that the work of a skilled electrician doesn't scale, unlike a software engineer. The classic example is process automation. I would argue software, and engineering in general, is one of the few disciplines where that's possible.