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It's not just software engineers... Product managers are making 80-100% of what a software engineer makes. So 150-200k even at startups, and upwards from ther
by epicureanideal 6y ago
It's not just software engineers...
Product managers are making 80-100% of what a software engineer makes. So 150-200k even at startups, and upwards from there at FANG.
Graphic designers are making 70-100%.
Even roles like "Human Resources Manager" are making 150k, because they're automatically "management", even though it's just a Bachelor's degree in Business and not a highly competitive role.
"Business analysts" (Excel and specialty tool power users) are making 100k+. No hard STEM degree or brutal interviews required.
However, it really is just in a handful of major US tech hubs that the pay is this high in tech. Outside the major tech hubs the high paying professions are the traditional ones... doctor, dentist, lawyer, etc.
- george_morgan 6y agoThe 'hard STEM degrees' and 'brutal interviews' are irrelevant if the industry is functioning: are the people in these roles are able to perform them and are the companies profitable whilst able to pay high salaries. If they are, there's nothing wrong with this situation.
- bluGill 6y agoUnless you own the company, then the extra pay is coming out of your profits.
- justincormack 6y agoMost businesses like lawyers, finance etc that are largely human based not capital based pay out almost everything to the workers. Often they were structured as partnerships. Even Goldman Sachs was a partnership for a long time until capital requirements increased.
- JanisL 6y agoThis isn't a zero-sum situation, paying the workers more can increase overall profits for a company.